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Birthday 82!
82nd Birthday - how did that happen?
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Burning Palms walk and Jacqui's birthday
The family (but unfortunately Michael and Kris not available) arranged to do this walk on Oct 26, which Jacqui had chosen as a birthday bush walk. The walk is from a location in the Royal National Park down a scarp slope, to the sea, at a place called Burning Palms,
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Birthday party weekend
The same weekend as the wedding, we held a lunch at Home for all the family on the Sunday . it was all prepared by Kris, who made it all very attractive. Jacqui provided the cake, her speciality, and the whole lot was enjoyed by everybody. Fortunately, the weather proved well
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Mary's very significant birthday!
Hosted by Alison and Craig, we were joined by all three other sibling families and grandchildren and second and third cousins. The first cousins were invited but as well as a small accident in the garden, the weather for the journey from the mountains was horrendous. It was also pretty
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EEEeeek.........!
Michael and Kris and boys came down for Caryl's 50th birthday party (!) . We hosted Louis, Max, Lachie and Harry as well as Mike and Kris overnight while the partygoers took over a local wine bar.Looks like it was very jolly! Michael had offered to bring their E
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Christmas 2024
Caryl and Will generously hosted us all on Christmas day on their patio. The weather was good-not too hot and with a well shaded lawn we played some games after lunch and the pool was popular with grandchildren particularly of course. There had been a very busy beehive in
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Fawlty Towers Dining Experience
The family had kindly given me tickets for this and booked for last night at the Castlereagh Boutique Hotel in Sydney, Uber transport as well! It took place in the really attractive upstairs 'Cello Room" about 112 people sat in mostly tables of 8 while Basil, Sybil and
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Weekend-Family
Michael and Kris came down with Harry, Alison back from a training course, Jacqui and family returned from NZ, and Caryl and Will returned from Nelson Bay . It was also Tom's 50th birthday!
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80th birthday cards
19 cards --lower left-two from State and Federal MPs. I know the State member but the Federal one was an unwelcome 'parachute' drop to an uncontested seat. The gall of it.
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My 80th and Elliot's 9th birthdays
At Caryl and Will's house, the daughters had organised a cake (Jacqui) and magnificent menu of many varied foods and a programme of 'events. This included poetic renderings of past scenes, where my beach attire choices came in for some ridicule. Then a court scene where I
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A 95th birthday
We celebrated the 95th birthday of Ron, one of our liveliest French conversation members, last Thursday. Ron also gives presentations including visuals in Powerpoint, on a variety of topics he researches and also his early life. Incredible memory and sharp reactions and hearing, though he elects not to drive anymore.
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Louis' 9th Birthday and whale watch station
Which took place yesterday in the scout hall, with nine friends. Jacqie and Caryl had planned and ran several games. We visited the new 'whale watching station' at Cape Solander, Kurnell with Kris Mike and Lachie. It took ages to complete but the result is architecturally pleasing, with