Remember, this is what we wrote about ourselves back in 2005 for our 30th reunion.
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| Name: | Jeff MACPHERSON |
| Current Occupation: | Fire-fighter |
| Living Where: | Kincumber, Central Coast |
| Single/Married/Divorced: | Single, but taken |
| Any Children: | 1 boy 21 and 2 girls 18 and 17 |
| Current hobbies or pastime: | Running, surfing, reading, snow skiing |
| Favourite Food/Movie/Books: | Pizza / That thing you do / John Grisham |
| Where do you go for holidays: | Last time Kokoda track |
| Other Comments: | Maybe later |
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| Name: | Tony MAUNDER |
| Current Occupation: | Computer Manager at the South Western Area Pathology Service - Liverpool Hospital. When I left school I took a traineeship as a Pathology Technician. Did that for about 18 years ending up as a supervisor of the Microbiology general laboratory. Had an interest in computers and followed that into the IT department in Pathology. Also have a part time business with my own computer company (AM Advanced Computer Services) doing everything IT related. |
| Personal: | Married/divorced/married - 3 kids in all 8, 10, 20 |
| Current hobbies or pastime: | Play tennis, golf and recently taken up Taekwondo - never too old to try anything. Love anything to do with sci-fi movies or books |
| Favourite School Memories: | Nothing in particular - met some good friends and just sorry I never kept in touch |
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| Name: | Des MAYBLOM |
| Current Occupation: | Disabilities Carer |
| Living Where: | Byron |
| Single/Married/Divorced: | Single |
| Any Children: | No |
| Current hobbies or pastime: | Computer, Soccer, Theatre |
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| Name: | Lyall NAYLOR |
| Current Occupation: | I am a ranger/conservation officer with the Qld Parks and Wildlife Service and have been in my current role at Cape Tribulation for 12 years |
| Living Where: | On the Daintree Coast |
| Single/Married/Divorced: | Divorced |
| Any Children: | Three kids, all in their 20's and are independent |
| Current hobbies or pastime: | Wildlife, photography and travel |
| Favourite Food | Thai |
| Where do you go for holidays: | SE Asia, UK, South America |
| Favourite School Memories: | Very fond memories of High School years and of the people who journeyed with me |
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| Name: | Jacqui NEWMAN |
| Current Occupation: | Head of Production at Animal Logic - Visual Effects/Design/CGI Animation, Post Production for movies, TV series & Commercials |
| Single/Married/Divorced: | Single |
| Any Children/Pets: | Sophie (13) & Jake (10) - 2 x RSPCA bitzers |
| Favourite Food/Movie/Books: | Italian & Japanese / Lord of the Rings & Million Dollar Baby / To Kill a Mockingbird |
| Current hobbies or pastime: | Walking my doggies - become very social with
other dog walkers. There are many cafes that accept dogs as well
as humans, as long as you are outside. Been on the RSPCA million paws
walk for the last 6 years. Love the movies - probably go once a week. Am an avid reader. |
| Where do you go for holidays: | Travelled extensively in my early years through work, so tend to holiday closer to home these days, and of course, don't like to leave the dogs for long! Last year went to Bali. Loved it so much, going back again next month. Otherwise, my sister is now living in Queensland, so this has also become a regular. |
| School Memories: | Coming back to me finally after 30 years! |
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| Name: | Karen OMMUNDSON (now Coyne) |
| Current Occupation: |
Full time Mum - Part time work at school |
| Living Where: |
Sydney, Blue Mountains |
| Single/Married/Divorced: | Married to Robert (Bob) |
| Any Children: | Matthew 18,Olivia 16 and Taylor 14 |
| Current hobbies or pastime: | Quilting, baking and entertaining |
| Favourite Food/Movie/Books: | Anything but offal / Babettes feast / I've read The Citadel six times |
| Where do you go for holidays: | We always go south in summer. Last August "I" went to Hong Kong |
| Favourite School Memories: | I loved being in Finians Rainbow; Smoking on the log; The beach after the formal - strange waking up in the sand! Throwing paper planes with Kirk and Tim in Maths class - can't even remember the teacher's name. Science was always fun. |
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| Name: | Tim PHARO |
| Current Occupation: | Inmate Silverwater |
| Living Where: | Silverwater |
| Single/Married/Divorced: | Married |
| Any Children: | Two girls Aretha and Taleah |
| Current hobbies or pastime: | Basket weaving, Exercise Yard and visits from family and friends |
| Favourite Food/Movie/Books: | Thai / The Graduate / Lord of the Rings |
| Where do you go for holidays: | Anywhere or any place where fun and relaxation can be had |
| Favourite School Memories: | School morning assemblies, collecting bottles for a refund at the canteen, fights in the canteen at lunchtime, the teachers who each had their own individual characteristics - Jack Smiles, Miss Cruikshank, Mr Bee, Mr Larbalister, Mr Reeves, Miss Goodsir and so on. In fact I only think good things of school - now that's a worry. |
| Other Comments: | Currently negotiating for release. Hope to be there on the 12th. Looking forward to it |
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| Name: | Pam PORTER (now PUPO) |
| Current Occupation: | National Credits Co-ordinator, Hills Ind |
| Living Where: | Roselands |
| Single/Married/Divorced: | Married |
| Any Children: | Daughter 20, Son 16 |
| Current hobbies or pastime: | Seeing that I married an Italian - Tomato sauce making, salami sausage making and wine making etc etc |
| Favourite Food/Movie/Books: | Home made Italian/Steel Magnolias/Four fires |
| Where do you go for holidays: | Skiing in winter & the coast in summer but sometimes the mountains |
| Favourite School Memories: | I've been somewhat isolated but I remember the laughs. I think I spent most of the time enjoying the humour, otherwise I would've had a better job. Reading the updates so far is helping the memories revive. Mr Key and Miss Flint were such a source of amusement. But the water fights in the canteen were great. Happily I went to school with some of the best comedians we have. |
| Other Comments: | After the 20th reunion, I realised that not keeping touch with old school mates was not good. I really enjoyed revisiting the teenager in me. I can't wait till November just to revive memories and touch base with those who may remember me and catching up. |
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| Name: | Glen PREECE |
| Current Occupation: | Artist. Recent exhibitions in London and New York |
| Living Where: | Home and studio - Bowral, Southern Highlands, NSW |
| Single/Married/Divorced: | Very happily married for 21 years |
| Any Children: | All beautiful!! Hannah aged 15, Edward aged 12 and mad Max aged 10 |
| Current hobbies or pastime: | Painting, Flyfishing and my 66 Dub |
| Favourite Food/Movie/Books: | French Onion Soup, Romeo and Juliet (Franco Zeffirelli - 1968), The Complete Works of Pablo Picasso |
| Where do you go for holidays: | London, Paris or Central Australia |
| Favourite School Memories: | Mullins and Keys caning me for things I didn't do. Oh yes, the fruit fights, especially the day I hit a teacher in the face with an orange, and broke the window of the science block with an apple. I was caned that day, and It wasn't Mullins or Keys, but Smiles!!! All that stuff about buying a Sunny Boy for about 5c and cruisin' around Narrabeen on a Friday night |
| Other Comments: | I look forward to meeting you all again soon |
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| Name: | Richard PRICE |
| Current Occupation: | Engineer, Energetic Healer |
| Living Where: | Los Angeles, CA (just moved) |
| Single/Married/Divorced: | Single |
| Any Children: | 21 year old son living in NZ |
| Current hobbies or pastime: | Travelling, movies, hiking, horse riding, ice cream and way too much computer stuff |
| Favourite Food/Movie/Books: | Italian, Japanese, ice cream, good old home grown tucker / Powder, Lord of the Rings, Contact / Any sci-fi, any spiritual stuff |
| Where do you go for holidays: | NSW or Vic high country, south coast, Ireland (back packing), Santa Barbara, any other place that will have me |
| Favourite School Memories: | Working with Greg Andrews and Peter Larsson in the school hall, Finian's Rainbow (although I'd moved to Emu Plains by then). That trip we did in '73 to Hill End & the Wellington Caves. When I wasn't being called "Spottie" (that one just got under the skin) |
| Other Comments: | 32 years is such a long time ago (I left in early '74 for the Nepean High) and I've travelled so much. Seen a lot of stuff. Australia will always be home. You guys all helped in that. |
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| Name: | Deanne PRITCHARD (now ASH) |
| Current Occupation: | Secretary. I worked up until my daughter started school, now just do part time work as well as all the other things mums do - Canteen, stalls, fundraising committee, driving to ballet, driving to hockey, the list goes on and on |
| Living Where: | Penrith. A far cry from Forestville, but when you get married and want a house, it was the only way to go. But we love it. |
| Single/Married/Divorced: | Married - 24 years this year |
| Any Children: | 1 - a daughter - Elizabeth 14. We decided to have fun for the first 10 years of married life. |
| Current hobbies or pastime: | Not much time to do a lot, but I like reading, sewing, but the best fun is to be a part of my daughter's hobbies such as dancing and hockey |
| Where do you go for holidays: | Since being married, we tend to do short road trips around NSW, seen quite a few places that I never knew existed. |
| Favourite School Memories: | A little, rather a lot, blurry. I tended to spend a lot of time in the library with Jenny Pedersen (looking back - a big mistake). Other memories are of cooking classes, which sometimes turned to disaster especially when someone decided to try to burn the building down. |
| Other Comments: | Looking forward to November, I was at the 20 year reunion and this should be just as fun. Keep up the good work. |
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| Name: | Brian PURCELL |
| Current Occupation: | Program Officer at Australia for Council for the Arts (helping to give grants to musicians). Career highlight was singing in cult band Distant Locust. Nothing like INXS of course, but we toured Europe in 1991, appeared on MTV Europe, released well-received CD, rocked in den Haag, restored Roman ampitheatres in Florence and val d'Aosta, an underground nuclear shelter somewhere in East Germany ... (but please tell your children - music doesn't pay!) Other highlight was producing audio books for the Royal Blind Society and ABC (recording Norman May for "The Rise and Rise of Rugby"!) Had some down times, but always gave it my best shot. |
| Living Where: | Ashfield |
| Single/Married/Divorced: | Married for 10 years to Georgina |
| Any Children: | Two beautiful children, Sophie 10 and Samuel 6 |
| Current hobbies or pastime: | Family stuff |
| Favourite Food/Movie/Books: | Anything exotic / Apocalypse Now / Enduring Love |
| Where do you go for holidays: | Blue Mountains, Bellingen |
| Favourite School Memories: | Being a black-face minstrel in Finian's Rainbow; pining after girls but being too shy to do anything about it; (regrets - I've had quite a few); confirming 'that men bite dogs' in the school debating team (What the hell was that about?); getting pissed with friends; and yeah I remember the doughnut eating competition. |
| Other Comments: | Well done to those who constructed the website! See you all soon! |
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| Name: | Ken RICKARD |
| Current Occupation: | Business Owner/Capitalist Running Dog |
| Living Where: | Allambie |
| Single/Married/Divorced: | Married 25 years |
| Current hobbies or pastime: | Surf Life Saving, Rugby, Swimming |
| Where do you go for holidays: | Thailand |
| Favourite School Memories: | My favourite school memory is hanging around the back of E Block at lunch time with Ray O'Brien, Tim Pharo and Richard Orr trying to make sense of it all. Looking forward to seeing you all |
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| Name: | Austin ROBINSON |
| Current Occupation: | Own a Real Estate Office |
| Living Where: | French's Forest |
| Single/Married/Divorced: | Still Married (Sorry Girls) |
| Any Children: | 3 girls, 25, 22 and 20 |
| Current hobbies or pastime: | Picking on my daughters' boyfriends |
| Favourite Food/Movie/Books: | Anything (I'm fat) |
| Where do you go for holidays: | Anywhere my wife lets me go |
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| Name: | Kevin RUSSELL |
| Current Occupation: | Itinerant Anglican Minister: Chaplain Royal Australian Air Force, Director Chaplaincy Training Command Air Force. Peripatetic lifestyle across Australia and to other interesting places like Cocos Islands, East Timor etc etc |
| Living Where: | Currently in Melbourne. Have lived: Meadowbank, Roseville, Newtown , Richmond, Munno Para (SA), Bullsbrook (WA), Richmond (NSW), Sale (Vic), Salamander Bay (NSW), Anna Bay (NSW), Werribee (Vic), Hoppers Crossing (Vic) etc - I said we were an itinerant family - But we do know where we are heading |
| Married: | To Debra |
| Any Children: | Hannah (13), Daniel (11) |
| Pastimes: | Minor renovations, Doctorate and devising ways of re processing the household telephone from our teenage daughter |
| Where do you go for holidays: | Various places other than where we live |
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| Name: | Sharron SKEHAN (now Olivier) |
| Current Occupation: |
Once a respectable journalist, now a corporate communications tart .. er, consultant |
| Living Where: | Wamberal |
| Single/Married/Divorced: | Wedded to a handsome Frenchman for 15 years, now wedded to blissful solitude |
| Any Children: | 17-year-old Eliot |
| Current hobbies or pastime: | Learning Italian |
| Favourite Food/Movie/Books: | Yamba prawns/Australian/ at the moment, Annie Proulx s Bad Dirt |
| Where do you go for holidays: | This year Montone, in Italy |
| Favourite School Memories: | Mr Hockey s economics lessons with Les Nelson, Tim Cousins, Jonathan Eastwood and Joanne Bailey. Long hot schooldays at Dee Why Beach. Puppy love. Racking off to Qld in the Kombi with Jayne Kemp. Finding new interpretations for 'acceptable school uniform'. The excellent companionship of The Log people |
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| Name: | Gerry STORT |
| Current Occupation: | Advanced Life Support Ambulance Officer |
| Living Where: | Wollongong |
| Single/Married/Divorced: | Happily married to first wife for 18 years |
| Any Children: | Dan 17, the computer gamer and Ben 15, skater boy |
| Current hobbies or pastime: | Rugby, fishing, urban hiking, personal investment |
| Favourite Food/Movie/Books: | Eat too much of everything! Not overly big on movies and books |
| Where do you go for holidays: | Last few have been the Sunshine Coast, Port Douglas and a few Balis but we love Europe even after 7 trips |
| Favourite School Memories: | I went to Ballina High in 1972 but Miss Goodsir's English classes are a standout. |
| Other Comments: | After doing my HSC in Balllina, I drove aeroplanes for 10 years around Melbourne, Perth, Cessnock, Sydney, Coolangatta, Townsville and Papua New Guinea. I had a lengthy trip around the planet while I was still free, white and single and now ambulancing around NSW for the last 19 years - Sydney, Dubbo and now Wollongong. |
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| Name: | Susan SUMMERBELL (now GuiIfoyIe) |
| Current Occupation: | Housewife |
| Living Where: | Blue Mountains |
| Single/Married/Divorced: | Married |
| Any Children: | Two children - Boy and Girl |
| Where do you go for holidays: | Usually Queensland |
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| Name: | Peter THORNTON |
| Current Occupation: | Sweet f a |
| Living Where: | In self-imposed obscurity at Roseville |
| Single/Married/Divorced: | Single, never married, I enjoy sex too much |
| Any Children: | None of my own, but I agree with Hilary Clinton who once said, "there is no such thing as other people's children". However with that in mind, I'm not paying for yours. |
| Current hobbies or pastime: | Surfing, running and maturity has given me a healthy interest in others |
| Favourite Food/Movie/Books: | Fresh food/the Super-8, 3-reel epic entitled The Kokoda Trail that I produced, directed, shot and wrote. Despite the films stellar cast it was almost banned from further screenings after its majestic debut by the progressive 4th formers due to its coma-inducing dullness/anything by Barney Hoskyns. |
| Where do you go for holidays: | Away |
| Favourite School Memories: | The oh-so-cool strut of Levi's Californians on swimming carnival day or, nervously wagging school with the crew to catch a big swell at Collaroy (?) or, a new crush on a different (totally unapproachable) girl every week . .. Defining moments in awkward adolescence, all of them. |
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| Name: | Mal WALKER |
| Current Occupation: | Bus Dev Mgr for a large logistics company |
| Living Where: | Westleigh |
| Single/Married/Divorced: | Married to an ex Forest Girl |
| Any Children: | Two boys 18 and 16 + a girl 13 |
| Current hobbies or pastime: | Still play drums, surfing, reading, play baseball (with my 18 yr old) |
| Favourite Food/Movie/Books: | Italian and Iced Vo Vos. I m a Lord of the Rings nut. Enjoy Tim Winton books |
| Where do you go for holidays: | North or South Coast, Pretty Beach, Cairns |
| Favourite School Memories: | Finian s Rainbow rates highly. Always enjoyed playing with Guinness, my brother Iain and coy. Also the gigs, late night rehearsals and get togethers (when we were meant to be studying for the HSC). Lunch time escapades to Kekwick s, surfing and muck up night at Long Reef etc. Worst memory: spraying everyone in Miss Flint s science class with Sudan red III dye. I was in big trouble... |
| Other Comments: | No I ve said too much already |
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| Name: | Stella |
| Current Occupation: | Dietitian |
| Living Where: | Sunshine Coast hinterland |
| Single/Married/Divorced: | Married to David |
| Any Children: | Pat (16); Nick (13); Matt (10) |
| Current hobbies or pastime: | Revegetating any native bush areas especially rainforest and riparian areas. Just started painting since we moved to Qld in 2001 |
| Favourite Food/Movie/Books: | Anything I don't have to cook; Lord of the Rings and Harry Potter (what do you expect with 3 boys); Da Vinci Code and The Red Tent |
| Where do you go for holidays: | Sydney, Cairns. Haven't been OS for years (BC) |
| Favourite School Memories: | At school - The Log and listening to Starman
in Art Classes Out of School - Curl Curl dances, Narrabeen Antler, Broken Candle Manly; Bryants Manly Vale; sunrise Warriewood Beach |
| Other Comments: | My boys really want to meet my school friend's kids |
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| Name: | Andrew WRIGHT |
| Current Occupation: | Marketing Support Manager for a Swiss crop protection company |
| Living Where: | Sydney, Cherrybrook |
| Single/Married/Divorced: | All of the above |
| Any Children: | Stirling 20, Lucas 7 |
| Current hobbies or pastime: | Golf, squash, spending time with the boys |
| Favourite Food/Movie/Books: | Anything that's hot & spicy / No favourite movie / Still read |
| Where do you go for holidays: | Still struggling for the work/life balance, but enjoy visiting friends in the bush and holidays by the sea |
| Favourite School Memories: | All the boys in 1A2 getting caned by Jack Smiles after one of the blonde girls dobbed us in; Handball tournaments; Maths lessons with Frank Labalister; Finian's Rainbow in 5th form; Talking crap with Stuart, Tim, Richard, Brett etc; Those great hairstyles - and that's just the guys - but at least we had some hair |
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