This is what we wrote about ourselves back in 2005 for our 30th reunion. If you don't want your profile displayed here, please let us know
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| Name: | Neil ADAMS |
| Current Occupation: | Used to work 80 hour week in Software ownership/management/consulting. Then ran one of the largest berry orchards in Aus in Southern Highlands (complete with commercial kitchen and 'gourmet food brand') where the climate was too bloody cold (-10 to 35). Now work in retail with a Home theatre/video retail and rental/ on line games business |
| Single/Married/Divorced: | Yes |
| Living Where: | Ballina |
| Current hobbies or pastime: | Go fishing every week and with any number of the absolutely best beaches in Aus around me |
| Where do you go for holidays: | Ballina |
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| Name: | Bob AFFLECK |
| Current Occupation: | Business owner |
| Living Where: | Perth |
| Single/Married/Divorced: | Married |
| Any Children: | Three age 7, 5, 2 |
| Current hobbies or pastime: | No time! |
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| Where do you go for holidays: | Rottnest Island off Perth, bush or NZ |
| Favourite School Memories: | School camp, English classes (Yes, I am sick!) and wagging to ride my motorbike out to Whale Beach. |
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| Name: | Greg ASHTON |
| Current Occupation: | Self employed |
| Living Where: | Sydney (last 3 years) |
| Single/Married/Divorced: | Separated (18 years) |
| Any Children: | Son Rhys 22 yrs is a Lieutenant in the Australian Army Tank Division - Graduated from Duntroon last year |
| Current hobbies or pastime: | Golf, Bikram Yoga, Racehorses and Rugby League. Played my last game in the 2002 season. Coached and played in America and France. In 1990 met up with Tim, Kirk and Garry in Montpellier, France after an MTV concert |
| Favourite Food/Movie/Books: | Chinese / Frequency / Robert Barrett |
| Where do you go for holidays: | Tweed Heads/Coolangatta - Moved to Coolangatta in 1979 |
| Favourite School Memories: | Trip to the Hawkesbury with Mr Larbalister. Johnno & the hamburgers. Mr Mullins blowing up all the time. Blood everywhere when Alwyn Ackerman fell over a seat with a Shelleys bottle in his hand. The effigy of Mr Mullins on year 4 break up day. |
| Other Comments: | Greg had other school memories but they have been censored. Ask him on the night. |
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| Name: | Bronwyn BADGER (now ROSADA) |
| Current Occupation: | Mother and Marketing Manager |
| Single/Married/Divorced: | Married |
| Living Where: | Sydney |
| Any Children: | Dean 5, Benjamin 3 - Started Late! |
| Current hobbies or pastime: | Love to read when I get the chance |
| Favourite Food/Movie/Book: | Japanese / Shrek (Hey, I've got kids) / DaVinci Code (Had to see what all the fuss was about) |
| Where do you go for holidays: | Anywhere I can |
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| Name: | Jenny BELLINGHAM (now MUIR) |
| Current Occupation: | Childcare Centre Owner/Director |
| Living Where: | Harrington, Mid North Coast |
| Single/Married/Divorced: | Married |
| Any Children: | Kristen 25 and Andrew 23 |
| Current hobbies or pastime: | Patchwork & Quilting, Gardening, Mosaics, Learning to Sail and ride a Scoota |
| Favourite Food/Movie/Books: | Mango, Chicken, Cherries, No Favourite Movies but I love reading |
| Where do you go for holidays: | NSW South Coast |
| Favourite School Memories: | Web of Life classes, cheer squad practice; art classes to music "Thick as a Brick", Indonesian lessons; singing on the bus going to sport (swimming, life saving, bowling) - "I am Woman" at the top of our voices; lunchtimes sitting in the sun. |
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| Name: | Carol BROOKER (now LOVEGROVE) |
| Current Occupation: | International Call Girl with QANTAS |
| Living Where: | Hobart, Tasmania |
| Single/Married/Divorced: | Married 23 years |
| Any Children: | Rebecca 18; Monique 15; Craig 13 |
| Current hobbies or pastime: | Renovating our new home |
| Favourite Food/Movie/Books: | BBQ's, can't remember any movies, Da Vinci Cod, Angels and Demons |
| Where do you go for holidays: | Around Tassie, Gold Coast, Sydney and in the past UK and Europe |
| Favourite School Memories: | Mr Larbalister throwing chalk across the room - what a great shot! Lunchtimes with the girls especially Deanne Pritchard and Jenny Pederson. |
| Other Comments: | I am so pleased you have finally found me after 32 years. I left at the end of 4th year and moved to the UK. Now living happily in Tassie since 1980 |
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| Name: | Paul BROWN |
| Current Occupation: | Chief Accountant |
| Living Where: | Sydney |
| Single/Married/Divorced: | Single |
| Any Children: | None that I am paying for |
| Current hobbies or pastime: | Golf, soccer and watching sports |
| Favourite Food/Movie/Books | Thai/Animal House/The Little Red School Book |
| Where do you go for holidays: | Thailand and Egypt |
| Favourite School Memories: |
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| Other Comments: | I have a good life, manage a soccer club, Treasurer of a Golf Club, own horses . . . hey I'm single !! |
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| Name: | Tim COUSINS |
| Current Occupation: | Importer/Wholesaler - Artificial Flowers, Glassware, Xmas Ranges |
| Living Where: | Northbridge |
| Single/Married/Divorced: | Married to Vanessa |
| Any Children: | Lucy 4 and Jack 2 (That's right 4 and 2) |
| Current hobbies or pastime: | Any activities with the children - parks, picnics, always outdoors with the kids. Swimming, biking, kayaking |
| Favourite Food/Movie/Books: | Japanese / Monsters Inc / Ice Station |
| Where do you go for holidays: | Hong Kong, China, Malaysia, Thailand |
| Favourite School Memories: | Too many memories that get better the more I think about them! Six years of High School, and all these years to reflect on what we've made of ourselves. The Forest wasn't so bad after all and it gave me a great foundation for a life of travelling/buying and selling. I'm really looking forward to seeing everyone again. |
| Other Comments: | Does anybody have (my) old class photos (even prior to H/school) that I can copy please? |
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| Name: | Roslyn CR0WE-MAl |
| Current Occupation: | Mediator / Program Co-ordinator |
| Living Where: | Sydney |
| Single/Married/Divorced: | Single |
| Any Children: | 3 - Ryan, Alisha and Daniel |
| Current hobbies or pastime: | Music / Reading |
| Favourite Food/Movie/Books: | Chinese / 3 Days of the Condor / Fermat's Last Therom |
| Where do you go for holidays: | Anywhere |
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Name: |
Sharyn DAWS0N (now RICHARDS0N) |
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Current Occupation: |
Chef, taxi driver, counsellor, mediator, teacher, cleaner,
accountant, nurse. Oh did you mean the one I get paid for? |
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Living Where: |
Northern beaches |
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Single/Married/Divorced: |
Married |
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Any Children: |
Two boys - 18 and 15 |
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Favourite School Memories: |
Water fights in the canteen; Finians Rainbow and the after party at Terrey Hills; Sitting at the log in 6th form; Playing mother to a baby chick for Web of Life; Cream buns and Match Sticks from the canteen
Miss Flint's finger nail inspections and uniform length checks; Having to wear berets and gloves in year 7; Malcolm Archer and Mark Johnston trying to break the Guinness Book of Records for doughnut eating |
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| Name: | Gail DEAN (now DEAN-GUNDILL) |
| Current Occupation: | Business Owner/Shire Councillor/School
Council Chair Previously Shift supervisor/training officer "male orientated" mining industry! |
| Living Where: | Dongara WA (where you still don't need to lock your car or house) |
| Single/Married/Divorced: | Defacto |
| Any Children: | Claire 17, Jacob 13, Leanne 8 |
| Current hobbies or pastime: | Hassling MPs for what I want for our school and community |
| Favourite Food/Movie/Books: | Cloud Street, anything I don't have to cook myself |
| Where do you go for holidays: | Ningaloo Reef Camping, Rottnest Island, 5 kms from where I live you can camp on the beach and have it to yourself |
| Favourite School Memories: | Wagging and going to Dee Why, the Curly Bops, The Canteen Water Bombs and Finian's Rainbow |
| Other Comments: | We were putting pressure on the high school
girls about the length of their skirts but looking at the old photos it
seems a bit hypocritical! (I think they may get a reprieve!)
My kids questioning why I was the only girl who played boy in the school
play.
Can't make the reunion this time shame maybe the next one. Hi to Tara email me if you want. |
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| Name: | Julie FIDLER |
| Current Occupation: | Mother, Company Secretary, Desktop Publisher |
| Living Where: | Turramurra |
| Single/Married/Divorced: | Happily unmarried (also for 30 years) |
| Any Children: | Two, boy 16 and girl 13 |
| Current hobbies or pastime: | Hanging out at Blueys, playing netball, horseriding with my daughter when I get the chance |
| Favourite Food/Movie/Books: | Just about anything in each category |
| Where do you go for holidays: | Mostly Blueys (still!), although we are enjoying taking the kids to places we loved when we travelled the country - Kimberley, Kakadu, FNQ. Red Centre on the agenda later this year |
| Favourite School Memories: | Gary Poppleton getting a birthday call from Humphrey Bear on his birthday (2nd form); Mr Reeves saying, "Weeelll, sixth form" at the beginning of every class . . . can those really be my best memories? What about Guinness concerts at lunchtime for 5 cents? They were pretty cool! |
| Other Comments: | Jenny Milford where are you? Send me an email via the website! |
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| Name: | Frank GIBSON |
| Current Occupation: | Self employed management consultant |
| Living Where: | Shanghai (including some time in HK, more than 11 years in China) |
| Single/Married/Divorced: | Single, no Kids |
| Current hobbies or pastime: | Diving is my passion these days (mainly Asia/Pacific but I've been to Africa and South America), also spent several years learning Chinese |
| Favourite Food/Movie/Books: | Anything but Chinese/Watch too many movies to say - DVDs in China are about $1 / recently read Jung Chang's "Mao: The untold story" |
| Where do you go for holidays: | Anywhere where the diving is good, go to the Philippines 5 or 6 times a year |
| Favourite School Memories: | All the great people: Kurtz, Dutchy, Mike Donaldson, Mal, Kekwick, Larry, Springfoot, Strommie, JD, Rex T . . . and too many more to mention. They were crazy years |
| Other Comments: | Hope to make it to the reunion and see everyone. Went to Steve Kurtz's wedding last year and caught up with Mal, Dutchy and Strommie etc ... that was very cool |
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| Name: | Mark HILL |
| Current Occupation: | Research Scientist |
| Living Where: | Currently Sydney also Colorado and Newcastle-upon-Tyne |
| Single/Married/Divorced: | Yes |
| Any Children: | Beth 20, Claire 17, Christopher 15 |
| Current hobbies or pastime: | Research, eating, drinking, breathing and making merry |
| Favourite Food/Movie/Books: | Anything in a remote place |
| Where do you go for holidays: | USA, Mexico, England, Europe |
| Favourite School Memories: | hmmm, memories - is that like recovered memories? |
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| Name: | Kerry HOGAN (now HOGAN-ROSS)) |
| Current Occupation: | Solicitor |
| Living Where: | Randwick |
| Single/Married/Divorced: | Married (but what if I wasn't? - No options for gay, de facto, widowed - anyone wanting to bring a discrimination claim, I know a good lawyer) |
| Any Children: | Yep - Dylan (20) and Lauren (18) |
| Current hobbies or pastime: | Wondering what to do when I grow up. |
| Favourite Food/Movie/Books: | Chocolate / For2005 - Amenabar's The Sea Inside / Lots but eg Tim Winton's The Turning |
| Where do you go for holidays: | NSW North Coast, New York, Italy |
| Favourite School Memories: | Pyjama parties with the girls - Jayne, Shea, Kay, Julie, Bim, Julie, Ann when we were 13. Gary Poppleton (2E1) |
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| Name: | Geoff HOLLAND |
| Current Occupation: | Media Consultant |
| Living Where: | London, England |
| Single/Married/Divorced: | Separated |
| Any Children: | No |
| Current hobbies or pastime: | Music, travel, food, M1 |
| Favourite Food/Movie/Books: | Asian / Most recent - Fahrenheit 9/11, Lost in Translation / Noam Chomsky, Hunter S Thompson |
| Where do you go for holidays: | Australia / US / Europe / African continent |
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| Other Comments: | I'm amazed at the interest and affection people have in wanting to stay in touch after all these years . . it's great. |
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| Name: | Richard HOLLOWAY |
| Current Occupation: | Regional Arts Development Officer for Arts Mid North Coast Inc based on Coffs Harbour Education Campus. Previously 3 years as an Academic, lecturing and researching in the Social Sciences. Prior to that a variety of positions in the Human Services sector. |
| Living Where: | Bellingen for the last 13 years, prior to that the Central Coast |
| Any Children: | Two lovely daughters, Lowanna 11 and Jenna 18 |
| Current hobbies or pastime: | Surfing, swimming, bush/beach walking, sketching etc etc |
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| Name: | Bill HUCKER |
| Current Occupation: | Run an International Freight Company but with all the taxes and government requirements, overheads, incompetent staff, ATO breathing down my neck ..... sorry I got carried away, don't get me started |
| Living Where: | As close to Forest High as possible |
| Single/Married//Divorced: | Have been single and married but not yet divorced |
| Any Children: | Yes |
| Current hobbies or pastime: | Reminiscing about my Forest High days |
| Favourite Food/Movie/Books: | Tuck Shop - Canteen Food / Reruns of obscure footage of Forest High days / Yarrabee |
| Where do you go for holidays: | I make an annual pilgrimage to Forest High |
| Favourite School Memories: | Have none |
| Other Comments: | Thank you for this opportunity to express the important events of my life to so many people |
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| Name: | Mark HURT |
| Current Occupation: | General Manager of a light and heavy vehicle repair business for the last 15 yrs. 30 yrs in the bloody motor trade straight from 5th form after Finians Rainbow ended. |
| Living Where: | North Rocks NSW |
| Single/Married/Divorced: | Married (2nd time and for 24 yrs) |
| Any Children: | 2 girls: Fallon 21 RN and Chloe 11 Nutbag |
| Current hobbies or pastime: | Water Skiing, Golf, motor racing (armchair expert) actually that should apply to the bloody golf too and Sydney Swans supporter |
| Favourite Food/Movie/Books: | Italian, Chillies, Japanese and meat pies at the AFL / Hunt for Red October / Hunt for Red October (you may have picked up that I like submarines) |
| Where do you go for holidays: | Family holidays to Byron Bay every year and OS to islands about every second/third year |
| Favourite School Memories: | Keith Scott's amazing impressions of teachers; Finian's Rainbow, the people (especially the people) and walking out the gate the the last time in August 1974 |
| Other Comments: | A chance meeting of some old Forest High mates in a little cafe up the coast ten years ago allowed me the good fortune of being a part of this reunion (and the 20). I'm sorry I missed the 10 but can't wait for the 50. Cheers. |
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| Name: | Leigh INGRAM (now BRYSON) |
| Current Occupation: | Nurse / Student at Law (Mid Life Crisis) |
| Living Where: | Northbridge |
| Single/Married/Divorced: | Married |
| Any Children: | 3 - girl 21, boy 17, girl 13 |
| Current hobbies or pastime: | No time for any hobbies, study and working are priorities |
| Favourite Food/Movie/Books: | Sushi, Almost Famous |
| Where do you go for holidays: | Bali (I'm crazy) |
| Favourite School Memories: | Wagging school, sunbaking our legs, watching "Days of our Lives" at Rhonda's |
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| Name: | Stuart JACQUET |
| Current Occupation: | Civil Engineer turned business manager. Currently World Vice President of Sales for a French company called 'Lafarge' (It's a pretty big business). We make cement, readymix concrete, plasterboard and roof tiles. Return in 2006 new year to be Aus CEO |
| Living Where: | In a nice place in the south of France called Aix en Provence |
| Single/Married/Divorced: | Married |
| Any Children: | 1 girl - Sarah who is 15 years old now |
| Current hobbies or pastime: | Surfing and skiing is still big for me. Motorbike riding has been a great 40's syndrome hobby that paid off when we moved to France. Building is a pastime that I can't seem to get over. Eating and drinking in France is not bad - I think I can call it a hobby. |
| Favourite Food/Movie/Books: | entree ... light salad with good olive oil main...duck (honey or orange is fine) dessert ... Apple pie thanks / Biggest Wednesday wasn't bad / Harry Potter |
| Where do you go for holidays: | Somewhere different every time if I can |
| Favourite School Memories: | Touch football on the oval at every opportunity (early politics on which you would play on ) Handball in the playground with those icons like Steven Coates who could hit the ball with a force that was very uncomfortable to be on the receiving end of, and what about the 'mahoney shot' ? Was that ever made legal? |
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| Name: | Lyndall (JONES) |
| Current Occupation: | Human Resources Director |
| Living Where: | Lower North Shore, Sydney |
| Single/Married/Divorced: | Single |
| Any Children: | No |
| Current hobbies or pastime: | Golf / Theatre / Cooking |
| Favourite Food/Movie/Books: | Raspberries / The Time Traveller's Wife |
| Where do you go for holidays: | US / Asia / Europe |
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| Name: | Dianne (Di) KIDSON (now WILLIAMS) |
| Current Occupation: | Contract Computer Consultant |
| Living Where: | Perth, Western Australia (left Sydney at end of 4th year - 1973) |
| Single/Married/Divorced: | Married, 2 children - Tom (17) Ellen (15) |
| Favourite pastimes: | Squash (still playing competitive), gym, casino |
| Favourite Food: | Seafood and Thai |
| Other Favourites: | Puzzles, crime literature / movies |
| Where do you go for holidays: | 5-star preferred! Recently to Kota Kinabalu (Borneo); 2 yrs ago toured Europe with the family for 7 weeks, love Club Med holidays |
| Favourite School Memories: | Having fun in the science class, inter-school tennis, upsetting the needlework teacher, gym sessions on the beam, high-low bars and vaulting, socialising with my 3 closest friends - Sue Menhinick, Debra Hassell and Denise Johnstone. |
| Most Hated School Memory:: | Swimming lessons at the beachside pools! |
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| Name: | Margot KABLE (now O'BRIEN) |
| Current Occupation: | Registered cardiac nurse |
| Single/Married/Divorced: | Married 28 years |
| Any Children: | Chris 23, Pete 19, Beth 15 |
| Current hobbies or pastime: | Embroidery and watching my daughter's equestrian eventing |
| Favourite Food/Movie/Books: | BBQ's when I don't have to cook / Steel Magnolias / Cloud Street by Tim Winton |
| Where do you go for holidays: | Camping down south |
| Favourite School Memories: | Finians Rainbow, school formals for 5th and 6th form (my daughter asked what 5th and 6th form means which makes me feel even older) |
| Worst School Memory | In 4th form Mr K accusing Roberta, Cathy, Jackie, Frank and myself of having an orgy at Roberta's house during our lunch break. |
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| Name: | Rick LOVEGROVE |
| Current Occupation: | Teacher - High School |
| Living Where: | Nth Curl Curl |
| Single/Married/Divorced: | Single |
| Any Children: | Not that I know of |
| Current hobbies or pastime: | Surfing, Ski Racing (snow), Golf, sailing, veging in front of TV & gardening, drummer of church |
| Favourite Food: | Thai |
| Where do you go for holidays: | Tangalooma Moreton Island, Snow - US/Europe/NZ |
| Favourite School Memories: | Being friends with heaps of people and shit stirring everyone. The smoking log, Arrogant, fairyland, lighting the garbage bins, 1A2 caned for spitballs, lunch at Kekwicks, 1A2 camp to Hawkesbury, Year 9 Camp to Hill End & Tamworth, Year 11 Formal at school, Guiness playing at school functions, fruit fights, muck up day chicken & champagne brekky, wet sawdust down people's shirts, mud slides |
| Other Comments: | BSc, MA, Dip Ed, PTC, Ski race Aust, State Records Power Lifting, District Rep Manly Warringah Soccer |