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milestones Weddings Thomas Washington (2001) and Alexandria Grainger 28 April Rhett Townsend (1994) and Sarah Mayze 4 August - below Daniel Green (2000) and Holly Datson 23 September Mark Packer ( 2006) and Deborah Anstee 28 September
brian thomson (BBC 1966) I finished at BBC in 1966 and went straight into the Bank of New South Wales. From 1968 to 1988 I sampled vocational opportunities - oil drilling in New Guinea, the North West Shelf and in the North Sea; construction in Port Hedland, selling insurance (hated it); repping for a major distributor of motorbikes and chainsaws; hospitality (waiting on tables as a student); public servant in Canberra; and transport on the way to collecting a degree in Social Work from the University of Queensland. In 1988 my wife and I travelled in Europe, the US and the Seychelles. In 1989 we headed for South Australia where I began to study wine marketing at the then Roseworthy College. With no exit plan after my study, we are still in the Barossa Valley 23
BIRTHs
Ben McGeachie (BBC 1999) and wife Sarah welcomed Eva Grace on 11 October 2011 at Mount Elizabeth Hospital in Singapore
Vale Ian Hurwood (1953) passed in December 2011 Noel Glasgow (1939) passed in February Anthony (Mark) Sargood (1960) passed in April William (Bruce) Wylie (1945) passed in April Robert Bertram (1961) passed in April John (Jack) Byers (1939) passed in April Allan Richard Hodge (1944) passed in May
years later. My wife Anne, who is a lawyer, is the CEO of the
John Ferrett (1957) passed recently
local 'branch' of Regional Development Australia. This enables
John Prove (1957) passed recently
me to indulge my fancy of running our 16 hectare vineyard. We
Tennyson Lau (1957) passed in June
are a top quality vineyard and aim to be in the top one percent
Robert (Bob) Esler (1944) passed in June
of vineyards in Australia. I think that we are probably three to
William Jameson (1942) passed in August
five years from attaining that goal although this year some of our
Peter Delugar (1959) passed in August
fruit was purchased for inclusion in the 2012 Penfolds Grange
Ralph Brown (1951) passed in August
- confirmation that we are on the right track. We make limited
Emmanuel Hellen (1951) passed in August
quantities of wine under the LanzThomson label, soon to be changed to Moolanda Vineyard. We have two children, Raf (17 years) who is a state Under 18 hockey player and his sister Phoebe (13 years) an aspiring actress, model and fashion designer. I believe she is typical of the genre.
John Baker (1962) passed in August Frederic Hemming (1953) passed in September Lister Bainbridge (1955) passed in November Keith McDonald (1943) passed in December