Pity we didn't have Merv, Wrighty, Dougie, Van, Lynn L, Gerd, Bill S, Rob as well as their partners and Mavis and Ethel! Just think how much fun we'd have had then!
Sorry that
Nola and Dino couldn't make it because Nola has busted her arm (humerus). Thinking of her as she heads to specialist on Tuesday!!! Fancy having to wait that long.
Here is GK getting close and personal with the waitress! (Just beat Dave G to it!) This is Ella (above). She was one of GK's bright little buttons at Orana Heights in Dubbo some years ago. No, she's not a replacement for Fay!!
Here Jock thanks Russ on behalf of all of us and gives him a wee drop from the O'Brien winery! (Thanks O'B also.)
Good to see Tom and Anne also. Somebody looks awfully happy that she has just finished up. There's no stopping them now.
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2011 and beyond
***** Lake Macquarie early 2011 - mark your calendars. Dates coming.
***** Let me know if you are contemplating joining Hughes, Keasts, Smarts, Wrights and Fitpatricks on their Qld vantrip in August 2011. Phone 0411 386 814.
***** 2014 will give us a chance to celebrate 50 years since grad!!! Wagga Wagga?????
Grahame taught here in 1968-69 before he and Fay (Bailey) Keast headed for 4 years in Canada. This is part of Orange Public School. Grahame decided to ride to all the schools where he'd taught overt the years. He'd already ridden to Niemur, Cooma, Mittagong and Heckenberg. Now he had the northern section to cover. 
Where the bloody hell is Goodooga? was a well-known question. Well, check out the NSW-QLD border. Look where the straight bit meets the bendy bit. Now it's about an inch along on the straight bit. Got it? Near Lightning Ridge. In fact food and accommodation is at the Ridge. Here is Grahame with Rowan Mason who was in first class when Grahame was teaching there. He now has an important financial admin job at the school.
Grahame averaged about 90 km per day, with his wife Fay driving behind as his support. He rode alone mostly, but had company on two of the eight days of riding. 
Orana Heights PS was where Grahame finished his teaching career. He was principal there from 1998-2003. Fay taught at Dubbo Public. 
Dave Reid (WWTC 1959-60) and his wife Irene, looked after Grahame and Fay before they headed off on their last day - Cowra to Koorawatha.
Here is Jean Pigeon (now what's her maiden name??) with the Keasts when they arrived at Koorawatha, at the end of their journey. Jean graduated from WWTC in 1965.
You can't take the teacher out of an old Wagga boy eh? 
Koorawatha.... the end of a journey. 1,060 km in May and then 678 km in October, visiting schools where he'd taught. Visiting by bike. Praise the Lord. 
