September 23, 2023 – Glebe Hotel

Well, that was a bloody fun and interesting night!! (Note: probably not Herald style). So many conversations started but not completed, so many gaps left unfilled. A room filled with laughter, joy, excitement and rediscovery. Several Olympic pools of beer and wine consumed. Some of us have aged well, some less so – but everyone had a ball taking themselves back 40-odd years.

A special thanks to Ross Willis who took all the fabulous photos (unless otherwise acknowledged) – a sterling effort!

The calm before the storm! It did not take long for the Nude Room to fill up with 40+ ex-Fairfax journos… (Pic: Dave Noble)

Leonie Lamont and Lindsay Simpson

Neil Mercer, Mick O’Donnell, Sue Aitken and Margaret Rice

Mark Coultan and Richard Glover

Greg Turnbull, Rod Frail and John Schauble

Alan Tate, Greg Turnbull and Margaret Rice

Cosetta Bosi and Greg Turnbull

Anne Davies and Mark Forbes

Bob Bowden, Paul Chamberlin, Sue Aitken, and Mick O’Donnell

Susan Wyndham, John Sandeman and Richard Glover

Margaret Rice, Susan Wyndham and Kate McClymont

Sue Aitken, Mick O’Donnell, Bob Bowden, Jenny Cooke and Paul Chamberlin

Jenny Cooke and John Sandeman

Steve Bibb, Pam Lesmond and Kate McClymont

Mark Forbes, Lindsay Simpson and Neil Mercer

Margaret Rice and Chris Henning

Dave Noble (looking grumpy at the bar, must have been a wait…), Alan Fewster, Anne Flahvin and Mark Coultan

Roland Fishman and Jason Dasey, still telling it how it is….

All that Foreign Correspondent stuff seems to have made Eric Campbell a little murderous, but Patricia Sheahan survived. Cosetta Bosi thought it was a riot, while Brad Norington was somewhat bemused

Anne Flahvin, Alan Fewster and Kate McClymont deep in conversational intrigue in background, Brad Norington and Stephen Rice in foreground

Eric Campbell, Brad Norington and Stephen Rice

Leonie Lamont and Paul Chamberlin

Cosetta Bosi and Brad Norington

John Schauble and Jenny Cooke

Patricia Sheahan and Steve Bibb

Dave Noble and Barbara Drury

Pam Lesmond & Greg Turnbull

This looks intense! Stephen Rice and Mick O’Donnell

Lindsay Simpson and Richard Glover seem a little oblivious of the images behind them

Mark Coultan, Mark Forbes and Judith Whelan

Cosetta Bosi and Tony Gray

Fond memories of The Sun – Eric Campbell and Pam Lesmond

Anne Flahvin and Brad Norington

Leonie Lamont and Kate McClymont

Brad Norington, Anne Flahvin, Jenny Cooke, Mick O’Donnell and Stephen Rice

Alan Fewster and Anne Flahvin

Susan Wyndham and Lindsay Simpson

Barbara Drury and Elisabeth Sexton

Roland Fishman and Deborah Hope

Chris Henning and Roland Fishman

Judith Whelan and Chris Henning

The 1980 and 1981 cohorts catching up over dinner – somewhat quieter than upstairs! Mark Coultan, Pam Lesmond, Alan Fewster, John Sandeman, Steven Bibb, Susan Wyndham, Margaret Rice, Tony Gray and Dave Noble. Lots of funny stories shared!!

Susan Orr jetted in late from her home in Denmark, here with Dave Noble

Susan Orr and Cosetta Bosi, still hanging in there close to midnight!

Margaret Rice and Susan Wyndham (pic: Susan Wyndham – how did she do that?)

Steve Bibb, Jason Dasey and Elisabeth Sexton (Pic: Susan Wyndham)

Our never-tiring photographer, Ross Willis, taking a short break (Pic: Susan Wyndham)

Oh, that’s the bloody 80/81 crew again, this time with Ross Willis in the phone shot – Mark Coultan, Pam Lesmond, Alan Fewster, John Sandeman, Steven Bibb, Ross Willis, Susan Wyndham, Margaret Rice, Tony Gray and Dave Noble (Pic: Susan Wyndham, with help from the waitress)

Bronwyn Watson, Cosetta Bosi and Tony Gray (looking to the future?)