Newsletter No.34: September 2005
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Birthday Milestones: Matthew Lyell is 21 on the 24th October and Brendon Couch will be 50 on the 5th November
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Carmel & Leigh Macvean are expectng their first child in January, also Terry & Mandy Lyell are expecting an addition to their family in January, their 3rd John &
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Betty Lyell celebrated their 53rd wedding aniversary on the 16th August.
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Since the last newsletter Rob & Clare have left Italy and are heading north through Austria, Germany & the Netherlands, you can follow their adventures on their web site http://www.thetravelalmanac.com/worldtrip05.htm I have received lots of news for this newsletter which is terrific lets keep it coming, also I have attached some photos received from the Robbs .
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Justin Wood ( son of Stephen) has gone to England to meet up with friends and hopes to find work there.
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In June Lorraine Wood and daughter Maureen Robb drove to Kurrajong in the Blue Mountains to celebrate grandson Simon Camish’s and fiance Lauras’s engagement party. They plan to marry in September 2006
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Liam Collins has gone to Singapore to take up a tennis coaching position at the Shangri La tourist Complex
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Ann Collins is going to be having an art Exhibition in Singapore via Liam’s contacts and so is busy painting getting prepared for that.
Bellman's at Kangaroo Island
At Easter the Bellman family (Helen, Mick & kids ) plus Nanna (Lorraine Wood) and another family of 5 plus 5 small tents went on a 19 day camping trip to South Australia and Kangaroo Island. Kangaroo Island is about 150 kms long and 50 kms wide and is South of Adelaide between the Great Southern Ocean and Bass Strait . We had 3 overnight campsites on the way at Dunkeld, Naracourte & Deep creek Conservation Park and finally to Cape Jervis where there is a 45min ferry trip across to the Island. We stayed 7 nights at Flinders Chase National Park at the west end of the island. The wildlife of wallabies, kangaroos and possums were so friendly that they almost ate our table. (They would if we let them). After this we stayed two nights at Kingscote, the major town on the island at the east end.
We went out every day and visited as much as we could. They had beautiful beaches where we went swimming and boogie boarding (and we even got Nanna boogie boarding). We saw “Remarkable Rocks and Admirals Arch”, Seal Bay, Lighthouses, A Eucalyptus distillery, A honey farm, a sheeps Dairy, pelican feeding, fishing, penguins and plenty of beautiful wilderness areas and wildlife. After the ferryy back to the mainland we caught a Car ferry across the Murray river at Wellington and traveled along the Fleurieu peninsula. We camped at the Coorongs, Beachport and traveled to the Limestone Coast to Mt Gambier. We spent two nights on the Glenelg river at Nelson and then along the shipwreck coast to the Otways where we went on the Treetops walk and finally home through Colac. A fantastic trip!
Chris and Maureen:
Long service leave coming up in 2006. Have been 10 years in Wangaratta since leaving Mansfield. Just booked our overseas trip commencing August 2006. Thus we have one year to plan our itinery covering about six weeks. New York - Ireland - Scotland - England - France - Singapore - Oz.
- Anthony Had a brief one week visit to Sydney recently after almost 4 years in New York. Parents drove up from Wangaratta on a weekend to see him!! In September he is heading to Spain for a month of R & R plus involved in some capacity in a movie that is being completed. This was the last report but always subject to change with our No. 1 son.
- Gerard Is back living in Brighton since March and working part time at Crown Towers managing spa and gym. Is now a member of the Sandringham Athletic Club and looking forward to competing in track events in the coming months. Is half way through completing his Diploma of Finance to complement his interest in stocks and shares.
- Anna Anna has recently formed a company called Random Events with her boyfriend Addam Crawford. They are both involved in freelance work for theatre and in particular companies involved with big events. Anna's skill is in the management roles while Addam is the lighting/sound/image projection guru. Anna recently returned to CSU at Wagga as a guest lecturer for 2 days to tell students of her experiences. The attachment is a newspaper article that appearedin the Wagga Daily Advertiser reporting her return to the Uni that helped launch her career. Both Anna and Addam are heading overseas on the 7th November to London with the express intention of finding plenty of work in their fields of expertise. A month prior to leaving Addam will be working at the Macau 2005, 4th East Asian Games. Their company logo is "Lets Play"was designed by Anna's sister Beth which leads into her activities.
- Beth Beth successfully completed her degree in Graphic Design at LTU, Bendigo in November 2004. Celebrated her 21st birthday this same month as she was too busy in September. By March 2005, Beth had relocated to Sydney to take up a two month contract job with Now Events. This proved a great experience and allowed her the opportunity to be in a city that had the most to offer in the graphic design industry. In the meantime Beth also set up her own business called "The Girl with a Curl" to give her the vehicle to be able to do freelance work. As a consequence Beth has already done private work for four clients. Her big news however is that she landed a fantastic permanent job with Taurus Marketing in their creative department. Beth has now been with the company since mid June, is learning heaps and loving every minute. I attach her business card and the CV she emailed to Taurus that opened the door to her eventual employment.
- Hope all this news not too much of a shock.
D.O.B. 12.04.1970
Occupation: - full time mum mixed with started up own baby wear business named BabyLatte with a good friend - funky and affordable t-shirts and pj's for babies aged 3 months - 2 yrs currently selling to friends & at various markets - look out for our website coming soon.....
- previous - Public Relations Project Manager - Victoria Police - 2 yrs (development, implementation and event management of 150th Anniversary Celebrations of Victoria Police in 2003 - year long celebrations statewide)
- Marketing Assistant - AT Kearney 1.5 yrs ( international management consultants)
- Small Business Marketing and Events Co-ordinator - Optus Communications (6 yrs medium & small business marketing, multicultural marketing + event management)
- Customer Service Consultant - Victorian Superannuation Board (6 yrs)
Husband - Jim Karamoshos, he's currently a concrete pump operator (line pump) - its his own business and he's been doing this for about 6 years.?............and he roasts his own coffee......the freshest tasting coffee you'll ever taste, he's a gun at anything though
Hobbies - sewing (only babywear stuff) keeping healthy & fit, walking, kick boxing & self indulgent pleasures such as facials & massages (a bit time poor presently though for these)
Interests - reading, have a fascination for different cultures, traditions, languages and peoples travel tales, foreign / art house movies or anything not too 'Americanised' (as in predictable plots + all high fiving etc) travelling and definitely dining out
Children: Oscar Theodore - 15 months and simply adorable, just about to walk, has 6 teeth, and teething seems to go on and on and on.......its so exhausting but he's just divine!
Favourite Entertainer - My son
Favourite CD - 3 on par - Nina Simone Gold - Preto E Branco Palagente & Enigma
Favourite Movie - thats a hard one, there have been many, but 'The Apartment' (french version) is a goody with all twists and turns.... anything with an element of surprise that keeps you guessing is a good movie in my view
Favourite TV Show - The Movie Show ABC - only way for me to get upto date on movies seeing thats on the back burner at present and really loved The Office (UK version) it really reminded me of working for Vic Police -scary stuff!
Favourite Holiday Destination - Santorini - Greece
Favourite Meal - anything Greek anyday
Favourite Book - A Foreign Affair - fabulous memoir of an UN interpreter post war - brilliant!
Car you Drive - `99 Holden Astra, still to get the family wagon... too scared to take that step just yet!
Famoue person you would like to dine with - no one in the current entertainment world really impresses me, pass.
Event you would like to do at the olympics - gymnastics they make it look so easy
Favourite Footy or sports team - sports really bore me but give me a fast car anyday
Pets - Coco he's a burmese cat that is constantly competing for my attention over Oscar!
What talent you would like to have - to be multi-lingual