Thank-you for your continued efforts Andrew. I look forward to joining you at the Reunion Dinner.
My personal journey has been challenging with my husband Rick’s (Burbury) physical illnesses, complicated by a shark attack in 2021 when he lost his arm.
I continue to
practice in an intermittent fashion as a medical psychotherapist – requiring a
segue from general practice in 2003 into psychiatry for 6 years then a
Masters in psychotherapy (my niche at last! J).
Very best wishes, Julie Kibby
Hi Andrew,
Well after an annus horribilis (well, relatively
speaking) of my mother’s passing and Covid x 2, retirement is now complete and
the days are filling with family, travel and renewed studies! As often heard
from patients “I don’t know how I ever found time to work, doc”.
Late last year we did a cycling tour from the bottom of
the boot of Italy right up to Venice over about a month. Bloody hard - lots of
hills in Italy! The contrast in food, wine, culture, attitudes and wealth along
the way was most impressive. It is physically impossible to get a bad coffee in
Italy.
Enrolled now in Archaeology at the Alma Mater, and
blessed that the lectures are mainly in a lovely old wood-panelled theatre in
the Quad building. The University is so different in many ways to our glory
days - very transactional, very business-like (it is very much an export
industry now), social activism is but a quaint footnote. But at the same time,
the Quad, Anderson Stuart and the Holme remain as ever they were. Young
wide-eyed students are still young wide-eyed students, and the feeling of
relaxed, uncommitted freedom resurfaces. But maybe that’s just me looking
through the misty lens of 1972! Oh, and if one more 18 year-old congratulates
me on still wanting to be active and learning “at your age” I shall be
hard-pressed to resist ripping out their tongue-stud and nose-ring!
Sad to daily miss our old Jacaranda friends in the quad,
but their young replacements seem to be content and flourishing, and will no
doubt be “those old trees we used to sit under in the Quad” for future
generations of alumni.
Best regards,
John (and Shauna) de Launey
PS: I am trying to break a prior unbreakable commitment
for the reunion night - will let you know within days if successful.
Hi Andrew
Just booked for our reunion dinner on Sat April 29 - thankyou.
I found your blog but
not tech savvy enough yet to directly add to it. Amazing stories and
achievements by our colleagues Gough Whitlam sure got his $ worth by making Uni
free and exiting Vietnam call up back then eh? So many of our collective
offspring have gone on to contribute even more now as we ease off or out. My
youngest just passed her fellowship Obs Gyne and my eldest started GP in
Bangalow after a former journalist career. I'm still doing two days a week GP
still mostly melanoma and skin cancer but many old everything patients after 41
years here in Raymond Terrace.
Still addicted to flying of course with many hours in the clouds in gliders planes ultralites. 48 yrs married to Becky (Bexy to her beloved ten grandkids). Married in 4th year Uni so she still holds us and the whole extended tribe (and SFUND ) together. I feel both proud and humbled by those stories, Mark Henschke in particular a stand out. It seems you have to exit early like Mozart, Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix etc to get the posthumous accolades one deserves. Thanks so much for your efforts in our behalf and look forward to seeing you in April,
Justin Smith
45th Year Reunion Dinner – Moore Park Golf Club.
Sydney Uni Medical Graduates -
Sat 29th April 2023
NAB account name: Andrew
Byrne
BSB 082212 Acct No: 631978224
Best wishes, Andrew Byrne ..
(with help from K. Brown, J. Markos, J. Stokes, J, Scullin, B. Haylen and
others).