Thursday, March 21, 2019

BRISBANE IN THE 1950'S

BRISBANE IN THE 1950'S


 WHAT I LOOKED LIKE THEN



BRISBANE BACK THEN


EAGLE FARM AIRPORT LOOKED LIKE THIS



TEENAGERS HOPING TO MEET JOHNNY RAY

(YEP - I'M THERE IN THE FRONT ROW)




AND FINALLY QUEEN STREET BEFORE THE MALL

Tuesday, March 5, 2019

MOMENTS IN TIME


MOMENTS IN TIME

A partnership that started way back in the 1950's and still going strong in 2019 deserves a photo or two.  That's me and my Reluctant Traveller in the pix below, starting off on the journey of a lifetime.

I won't bore you with a replay of  what we both consider has been an amazing life, suffice to say we survived the down sides and thoroughly enjoyed the fun times.

We've ducked and dived, enjoyed and thrived, sometimes cried when the going got tough, but ultimately we stuck together and ended up where we are now,  a 90 year old and his 80 year old bird looking back on a partnership that strengthened as the years flew past.

Not long married, Lennons in Brisbane.
A grandmothers 90th birthday

The best man at Andy Anka's wedding
A rare photo with both Jen and Rewa-early days

With Jen on Straddie
Facing up in Ecuador with Stan in his panama hat

On the farm at Thane Steve and Stan

Meeting up with Jen in London

Welcoming Josh into the world

Billo Perry's latest catch, Straddie

Sand boarding with Phil and John
Producer and cast of I've Got a Secret

With Jen in London

A day at the Ekka with Ben and Josh

Fooling around in Tassie
Wedding bells Toowoomba for Jen and Chris

The Mortimer grins, with Steve and Phoebe

Phil, John, Steve and Stan & a few ales
With boss & compere - our Logies on display
In Munich - where else?

Stan on a suicide dive - he survived

Still in beautiful New Zealand

We caught and ate a lot of fish on Straddie

The view from Rainbow - we're aging by now
That cute little boy in the Jag shirt is the father of the even cuter little boy in the photo below.


Now it's Stan's turn to own up to 90 years of age, and the little bloke is our first Great Grand child,
Oliver Mortimer - Ollie for short.