Was going to call our meet up an ASOPA Reunion but I thought that was a bit over the top.
Well the story goes like this..the three remaining 1962/1963 Asopians who still live in Sydney met at Berowra on the far northern outskirts of Australia’s biggest city ( population wise that is)
Someone once told me that Brisbane is bigger in area.
At the meetup was Rod & Cheryl Hard..Keith Ingrid & Ingrid’s mum, Libby (who proved to be a very agile senior by negotiating our precipitous steps)
Would love to say it was a beautiful Sydney summers day unfortunately it wasn’t ...It was overcast & windy..so much so that we couldn’t have the lunch outside..but we got over that.
Rod & Keith both brought lovely bottles of wine..they looked good..I had a sip of all of them..as many of you know I haven’t had any alcohol since October 2010..but my resolution for 2012 is not to whinge about it..I still love to sip at other people’s wines before the taste gets too much for me.
Topics of the day included ..what our kids were doing..Rod & Cheryl’s boy is just finishing his apprenticeship and their daughter is just starting Year 12.
Keith & Ingrid’s boy is working in Keith’s office.
Keith is easing out of the business and doing a fair bit of work on New Guinea matters..which he is enjoying.
Keith & Ingrid are going on a cruise up and down the coast of South America in about a month’s time ...we are assured it is not of Italian origin and doesn’t carry 4000 people.
We had a very amicable and friendly discussion on New Guinea and Australian politics..not like the old days when we would chuck plates at each other..oh the joys of being young.
A highlight of the day was when somebody murmured under their breath “ukulele” well that’s all it took and before you could say “Hank Williams” Elissa and I flashed our ukes and before the horrified guests could escape they copped a blast of “You are my Sunshine” and the late great Leadbelly favourite “Midnight Special”.
Still can’t work it out but the party finished soon after that .
Dave from Dubbo
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| Ukulelelele... Elissa and Dave - Yodlelelele |
GOOD to see Dave looking well and concentrating on his instrument and his music sheet.
ReplyDeleteI remember a Berowra mini-reunion in the early 2000s. I'd been unable to go to the big one that year held in northern NSW, co-organised by Col and Wendy Booth I recall.
But drove up to Sydney after the footy season and radio and newspaper commitments were all over. Keith, Ingrid and Libby were present that day. Also Talkee, Mrs Talkee and sons.
I'm pretty sure Sir Roderick Hard was also there.
I well know the Kesby's steps leading to the house from the street. Very precipitous and very well negotiated, Ingrid's Mum !!
Pity last Sunday's soiree couldn't be held on the Kesby's back deck. The views across the valey and into the trees is sublime.