All,
Those of us who attended
the picnic enjoyed a beautiful sunny day. There was plenty of kai and plenty of
good conversation. BBCG ladies again handled the catering superbly. These
hard-working people included Assumpta Christine, Emanuella Nerau, Lucy Junker,
Lina Palanga, Monica Larcombe and Vero Henderson, and not forgetting Les
Henderson It is often difficult to predict our attendance statistics. Last year
the food was sold out early, so they prepared a lot more this year, and had a
bit of a surplus at the end of the afternoon. We hope more of our friends will
get there next year and enjoy the whole affair.
See the BBCG Facebook to
learn more about the 6 months projects that they are planning for the next, and
the fund-raising events to support them
As usual there was a
generous sprinkling of interstate travellers including Ted and Con from WA and
the Bandit from Victoria. John Robinson had most of his family over from Kiwi.
And Phillip Williams came up from Bowral for his first Bougainville Reunion.
There was a dozen or so who
went to both parties, ie, the Under the
House charity function, on the Friday evening, as well as the Reunion on Sunday
at the usual Boondall-by-the-lake picnic.
This year we had 5% change
of addresses. If you move house or have a new email address or mobile number,
please send details to Peter or to me. Peter is eager to build up a bit
of a team. If you have time to spare then he will have a task that will suit
you. E.g. John Mowatt will set Peter up with
a better mailing system for more regular newsletters. And you will see more
regular Davo Blogs from me and Peter.
Many of our regulars were
there soaking up the sunshine including Rhonda and George, Vic and Sally.
Grand-son, Xavior was becoming quite skilful at getting his soccer ball into
the lake, just out of the reach of his Pa. Bypass was there, as were
Cyril, Murray and Lynne and their daughter, the dancer. Mrs Devereux was
brought to us by her family and then afterwards, Cathy took Marcia to connect
with Gold Coast public transport. We admire your energy, Cath. We so
admire you also, Marcia. Today you must feel that you have completed a half
marathon. I can tell you that we appreciate your efforts to get with us each
year. (Did you know that Davo did a
10 km mini-marathon earlier in the morning, fund-raising for charity ?). Gary Costello I had not seen for many years.
The Ryans were well-represented, as was the Weiss dynasty. Kurt travelled all
the way from Melbourne. It was nice to connect with Justin Cohu who we
had not seen since he left Bougie. From Maleny came the Sherwoods, Keith and
Carole, as did Derek (Banga) Wilson. Former Pink Palace bean counter,
Phil Williams, made his way all the way from Bowral. I will shortly visit
Bowral and Phil. The Hosking family accounted for a big chunk of the attendees.
It was also so nice to catch up with Ken and Elsie Brady.
See the photos on the “ex
Bougainville Copper” Facebook.
Does anyone have a contact
for Ken and Wella Hooper? They have been missing for the last year or so.
Cynthia`s non-attendance prompted a phone call to Sydney. I can report that her
and Barclay are keeping well. Ross and Wendy Colvin must hold some sort of
record for unbroken attendance at our picnics. The Howie family was well
represented. On Friday evening I heard Karyn long before she actually came into
view. It`s Ok, we are good mates! Rae and Lisa came from the Sunshine Coast.
How rude of me Rae, not spending time with you. By the way I spoke with Jim
this week. Some goss i would like to share with you is that our network will be
reporting an 80th birthday prior to the end of the year.
We are proud to know you,
Zilmer. Everybody note that Peter will shortly venture to Charlotville,
Virginia to compete in the world squash championships.
Robbie Brown was at both
functions. She sure gave the dance floor a workout on Friday.
Russ was at the picnic.
Russ, when you get back to Cairns please send out a search party for Chaddy.
Cyril will agree that Chaddy has never before gone a year without making a pest
of himself. It is Ok, Chaddy is also a mate . . . . . . . . Rob and Peter
Quod`s were in good form. It was so nice to hear them speaking of their dad and
his last few months. Peter related to me how the next line of Quods are
completing their tertiary qualifications and entering the workforce. I do
hope that at least one of them will reach the rare career heights that were
attained by their Pa. We so missed Paul, last Sunday. Several months ago I would
not be giving this much cheek.
By the way, Melbourne is
still there. Chris andIi recently visited with Glenda Smith, the Wrights, Paul
and Veronika, the Mortons, Harv and Sara and the Stewies, Neal and Di. The
Stewies are out of town a bit, in an idyllic corner of the world. We had
a really nice time on their little farm.
Regards
John, and Peter B.
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