Thursday, September 2, 2010

RICHMOND RIVER HIGH SCHOOL
1977 INTAKE REUNION
Hello Friends
Can you believe that it has been 30 years since we did our School Certificate...???
Well, we think it is time to get together again to see what we have all been up to for the past 3
decades.
We have been busy organising a fun-filled weekend of reminiscing, back-slapping, good times, fun and
friendship and we would love to see you there.
A brief run down of the weekend’s activities.....
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 1 - Drinks at the Goonellabah Tavern (”The Hilltop Hotel”) from 7 pm
onwards.
Meals can be purchased from two restaurants located at the Tavern - www.gbahtavern.com.au/
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 2 - Reunion dinner at the Italo Australian Club, Barrow Lane, North
Lismore - 6 pm for a 7 pm start.
Tickets will cost $40.00 per person which includes a nibblies on arrival, a 2 course fully
catered meal, music and dancing + a DVD of archival photos from our school days and photos
taken on the night.
A list of accommodation available in and around Lismore can be found on the reunion blog - address below
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 3 - Family day at Rous Public School, Rous Road, Rous
from 10.30 onwards.
BYO lunch, drinks, chairs and picnic rugs and hangover cures...!!!
BBQ will be available - Tea and coffee available.
Tickets for the Saturday night dinner can be purchased via direct deposit by September 4.
(NO tickets will be available at the door to allow organisers to kick back and relax too)
BANK: St George
ACCOUNT NAME: Cheryl Durheim
BSB No: 112-879 ACCOUNT NUMBER: 437577435
Please use your name as a reference.
Your tickets will be forwarded to you in the mail (please email us or call with your postal address)
**Any leftover money after all costs have been paid will be donated to the Cancer Council**
If you have any old photos we can use, please scan them and email them to us so we can add them to
the DVD - we have all the class photos from Years 7 - 12
REUNION BLOG - www.rrhsreunion2010.blogspot.com/
REUNION EMAIL: reunion2010@westnet.com.au
FOR MORE INFORMATION CALL: Sharon Pratten (Hunter) - 02 6624 7012
or Cheryl Durheim (Hill) - 02 6629 5372

Tuesday, March 9, 2010

MARCH 10 UPDATE

Hi folks.
Shazz here.
Well, Cheryl and I have had a great deal of fun over the past few weeks visiting Richmond River and spending time in the library going through all the archived photos.
We were lucky enough to be able to bring them home and scan them here at my place - another excuse for a long lunch....ha ha ha !!!!
But we are still looking for more so if you have any photos please email them through to us (as an attachment) to reunion2010@westnet.com.au
The only class photo we are missing from the whole 6 years is one of 9H3 so if you were in this class and have that class photo we would love a copy.

We are planning on giving everyone a DVD with copies of all the photos we receive (included in the price of your ticket for dinner on Saturday night) so it would be great to have a whole stack of photos to use.

Here are just a few of the school's archived to whet your appetite.

Recognise any of these staff....????
(click on the photo to enlarge it)
Some of them are still teaching.
Phil Brodie is AP at Kadina High School
Roly Dixon and Steve Dawson are STILL teaching at RRHS.
Wonder if they all still have such great legs....???

We believe this was a Year 7 Science excursion with Mrs Flatley.
(click on the photo to enlarge it)
She is in the back row on the left near the boy who is waving.
Mrs Flatley is still teaching at Kadina High School.

And let me tell you what a surreal experience it was to be back at the school and walking the halls, past the cooking rooms and the art quadrangle and up those library stairs.

We have also established a good network of friends on Facebook so if you want to keep up to date with any info just add us as friends on FB - just do a search for either Cheryl Durheim or Shazz Pratten.
We have created a FB page just for the reunion - do a search for
"RRHS REUNION 2010 (1977 INTAKE)"
There are also some photos on there to send you tripping down memory lane.

At present the plans for the reunion weekend are as follows.....

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 1
"Meet and Greet" at the Goonellabah Tavern
(a.k.a. "The Hilltop")
No set time but if you start arriving from about 6.30 I am sure you will find someone to share a drink and a few memories with.
And you can grab a meal there too if you need to.

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 2
Dinner, dancing and a trip down memory lane over at the Italo Australian Club in North Lismore.
We are still working out the details and pricing but will be pre-selling tickets from June onwards.
If you could email us your address and those of others that you know of, that would be a big help.
We would prefer it if you would buy your tickets before the night so we aren't stuck at the door selling tickets on the night
(cause we want to party too)

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 3
Family day out at Rous Public School (between Lismore and Alstonville)
Both Cheryl and I have ties to the school and Drew, the principal, has kindly offered the use of the school for the day.
It is BYO everything - food, drinks, chairs (if you are local that would be a big help), maybe a soccer ball or cricket bat....we will have BBQs set up and running for you to use, toilets will be open, and we will have tea and coffee available.
A nice way to finish off, what I am sure will be, a great weekend.

We will be finalising the details in the next month or so and then we will be sending out invites and information so you can start planning your reunion weekend.

For those of you needing accommodation here are a few motels and B&Bs you may like to check out.....

New Olympic Motel
Molesworth Street, Lismore

AZA Motel
Keen Street, Lismore

Lismore Wilson Motel
Ballina Street, Lismore

Centrepoint Motel
Molesworth Street, Lismore

The Lismore Bounty
Keen Street, Lismore

Melville House
B&B
Ballina Street, Lismore

Elindale House
B&B
Second Avenue, Lismore

The Garden Inn
Wollongbar

Pines On The Plateau
Alstonville

Annie's Place
B&B
Tregeagle

If you have questions, please feel free to drop us an email and we will see what we can do to help you out.

Hope everyone is well and enjoying life and looking forward to our big weekend.
Take care

~shazz~
(Sharon Pratten - nee Hunter)
xo

Saturday, September 26, 2009

Names ......Girls

1977 intake for RRHS
ACKERLY Kim ….......
ALLEN Linda.............Whereabout Known
ARTHUR Sara...........Whereabouts Known
ARROWSMITH Leanne........
ATTA-SINGH Dannielle.......whereabouts known
BAMBERY Sandra..............
BEATTIE Cathy.................
BLANCH Carol...................
BOYD Donna......................
BOYD Meg..........................
BOURNE Rose................wherabouts known
BURNS Fiona...............
BUTCHER Maree.........
CHARMERS Deborah........whereabouts known
CROWTHER Sue...............
DA-RE Leanne................whereabouts Known
DAVIDSON Annette.........whereabouts known
DAVIS Mary-Anne...........whereabouts known
DE CHRISOFARO Irene......whereabouts known
DOUGLAS Leigh...............
EDWARDS Annette............whereabouts known
EDWARDS Julie..................
ELSLEY Sharon..................whereabouts known
EVERINGHAM Helen.........whereabouts known
EVERINGHAM Kathalina.....whereabouts known
FARRELL Toni.......................whereabouts known
FAULKS Judith.....................whereabout known
FRAME Kerrie......................whereabouts known
GIGGINS Sharon.................whereabouts known
GRAHAM Linda...................whereabouts known
GRANT Kerrie.....................whereabouts known
GREEDY Susan.................
HATTERSLEY Kristine......whereabouts known
HEILBRON Linda...............whereabouts known
HILL Cheryl.........................whereabouts known
HOULDEN Narelle..............whereabouts known
HUNTER Janine.....
HUNTER Leonie.................whereabouts known
HUNTER Sharon................whereabouts known
HYDE Bronwyn...................whereabouts known
IRELAND Karen..................whereabouts known
JAMES Helen............
JARRETT Michelle..........
JACOBSON Kim...........
JEFFRIES Jan............
LEE Peggy................
LEESON Kate.............Whereabouts known
MACINTYRE Lindy.....
MAHER Sandra..............
MARSH leanne..................whereabouts known
MARTIN Ellen.............
MARTIN Felicity................
McDONALD Glenda..............
McGREGOR Kate..................whereabouts known
McRAE Debbie.......................whereabouts known
McWHIRTER Tammy................ whereabouts known
MOFFAT Felicity...................
MOIR Jane.............................
MONGOMERY Donna..........whereabouts known
MORGAN/TAAFFE Heather........whereabouts known
MORTON Eileen............................whereabouts known
MULDOON Pauline.................whereabouts known
NAUGHTON Jan.......................
NICHOLSON Virginia............... whereabouts known
NILON Kim............................... whereabouts known
NILON Robyn...........................whereabouts known
NOBLE Janelle............................whereabouts known
NOWLAN Karen.........................whereabouts known
O'CONNER Sandra.....................whereabouts known
OLLEY Eileen.............................whereabouts known
O'NEILL Lynette.........................whereabouts known
O'NEILL Sue..............................whereabouts known
O'SHANESSY Kerri.......................
PARRISH Debbie.......................
PERIN Tania.............................. whereabouts known
ROBSON Sharon.........................whereabouts known
ROGERS Jenny.........................
SANDERSON Joanne................
SACARRABELOTTI Donna...........
SHACKEL Helen.........................whereabouts known
SHEDDEN Kim.......................... whereabouts known
SIDDLE Zoe.............................whereabouts known
SIMES Susie............................
SKIMMINGS Lisa.................
SMITH Cheryl.....................
SOMMERVILLE Yvonne........ whereabouts known
STARKEY Jennifer..................whereabouts known
TAYLOR Larissa.....................whereabouts known
TOWNLEY Nerida.......................whereabouts known
TURNER Adele...........................whereabouts known
VIDLER Kathy............................ whereabouts known
WAPPETT Annette.................
WATT Jennifer.............................whereabouts known
WATT Margaret........................
WHITE Megan...........................whereabouts known
WHITNEY Catherine.................whereabouts known
WILLIAMS Judy.........................whereabouts known
WILLIAMS Sarah....................whereabouts known
WILSON Gae.............................whereabouts known
WILSON Lyn..............................whereabouts known
WORLING Dana........................ whereabouts known
ZAMBELLI Linda.....................whereabouts known

Names ....boys

1977 intake for RRHS
AKERS Glen ..........................................whereabouts known
ALCOCK Gary.......................................... wherabouts known
ARTHUR Peter ........................................whereabouts known
BUTCHER Steven.....................................whereabouts known
BANCROFT John......................................whereabouts known
BLACKADDER Robert...............................Deceased
BARTHOLOMAI Robert............................
BOLT Edward...........................................
BUCKLER Peter.......................................whereabouts known
BALL Gary..............................................wherabouts known
BURNEY Geoff.....................................whereabouts known
CARTER Charles....................................
CARTER Glen..........................................
CARTER Mark........................................
COLLINS Gene .....................................
COWLAND Gary ...................................
CRAIG David..........................................whereabouts known
CRAMP Brett..........................................whereabouts known
CROCKFORD Darryl ............................whereabouts known
CHERRY Donald.....................................
COLLINS Ian.........................................whereabouts known
DENNY Tony .........................................whereabouts known
DEVRIES Mark........................................whereabouts known
DUDGEON Cedric....................................whereabouts known
ETHELL Mark.........................................
EDWARDS Graham ...............................whereabouts known
EFFER Joseph........................................
ELSLEY Steven......................................wherabouts known
FOSTER Peter......................................whereabouts known
FORSTER Brett ...................................whereabouts known
GOODALL Mark ..................................whereabouts known
GRAY Darryl..........................................Whereabouts known.
GREGG Tony.......................................
GORDON Andrew ...............................whereabouts known
HALLIDAY Michael .............................. whereabouts known
HAMILTON Kirk...................................whereabouts known
HAMPSON Chris ...................................
HANKINSON Shane.............................whereabouts known
HELM Tim...........................................whereabouts known
HUGHES Troy...................................... whereabouts known
HULL Harvey......................................whereabouts known
JAMES David .......................................
JARRETT Chris..................................whereabouts known
JONES David.....................................whereabouts known
JONES Michael ...................................
KING James .........................................
LAYCOCK John ....................................
LOADSMAN Phillip ...........................whereabouts known
LYNCH Peter.........................................whereabouts known
MURRAY Craig....................................whereabouts known
McKENNA Alan ...................................whereabouts known
McNAMARA Tony.............................whereabouts known
McINERNEY William.........................
MAHER David ....................................
MATHERS Glen ...............................
MEREDITH Brett ..............................
MOORE David.....................................whereabouts known
MORSCHEL Brett................................whereabouts known
MUMFORD Robert..............................
MASON Jeff........................................
NEWMAN Geoff ..................................
NICOL Gary........................................
O'BRIEN Matthew..............................whereabouts known
OSBOURNE Garry...............................
OWEN Peter.......................................whereqabouts known
OUTERBRIDGE Lyle...........................whereabouts known
PAGOTTO Paul....................................whereabouts known
PARMENTER Steven..........................
PARSONS Danny..................................whereabouts known
PAYNE Brett.........................................whereabouts known
PRATTEN Mark...................................whereabouts known
RAMSAY David.....................................whereabouts known
RANKIN Peter......................................whereabouts known
RIDLEY John.......................................
RILEY Adam..................................... whereabouts known
RIORDON Russell..............................whereabouts known
ROBERTS Aubrey.............................. Deceased
ROBERTSON Mark........................
RUANE Robert..............................
SANDERS Gary................................whereabouts known
SIEFFERT Mark...............................whereabouts known
SILLETT Graham ...........................whereabouts known
SKINNER Mark..............................
SMITH Rodney.............................. whereabouts known
SOMMERVILLE Michael................whereabouts known
STEWART Jim.............................whereabouts known
TABAK Paul...............................
THORNE John............................
TONKIN Graham.......................whereabouts known
TROY Glen................................whereabouts known
WALKER David.......................whereabouts known
WALKER Graham.....................whereabouts known
WALLIS Tony............................whereabouts known
WASSELL Tim..........................whereabouts known.
WELLS David .........................
WHEELER David.....................whereabouts known
WILLIAMS Rodney.................whereabouts known
WOTHERSPOON Paul............

Sunday, August 16, 2009

WELCOME

Hello Friends
Welcome to the very first post for our reunion blog.
Here we hope to keep you up to date with all the plans for the proposed reunion on the long weekend in October 2010 - celebrating 30 years - YES 30 YEARS !!!! - since we did Year 10 at good old Richmond River.

In the coming weeks and months we will be posting information about venues, costs, plans for the weekend, photos, etc so we hope that you will be popping back in to keep an eye on things.
Please feel free to post any comments or suggestions or even the whereabouts of a missing class member.
We will be posting a roll of students soon, indicating if we have contact with them through Facebook or by other means.

Besides posting here on the blog you can also contact us via email at
reunion2010@westnet.com.au

We are looking forward to getting this reunion organised and meeting up with everyone again.

Kind regards
Cheryl Durheim (nee Hill)
Sharon Pratten (nee Hunter)