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(Former) API Recreation Centre, West Tce, Adelaide on Friday 26th September 1980 from 7.30pm to midnight.
All PMG & Telecom staff were welcome and came. Admission including drinks & supper was $6.
A 7th 18 gallon keg was procured about 11pm, what a night ! Photos via link above.
PMG / Telecom / Telstra Gatherings
Co-ordinated by Steve Garie.
Phone : 83373307 THE HOTEL METROPOLITAN, 46 Grote St, Adelaide, opposite the Central Market.
First Thursday of each 3rd Month at noon commencing 1-3-12. All previous & current staff are welcome.
PMG / Telstra South Adelaide Reunions
Co-ordinated by John Wallace. 83704107
Racquets Club SA ,1303 South Rd, St Marys
Third Tuesday of each Month at noon
PMG / Telstra Southern Reunions
Co-ordinated by Craig Maitland FLAGSTAFF HOTEL
Second Monday of each third Month at noon
PMG / Telstra Northern Reunions
Co-ordinated by Ray Siggins. Phone : 82552520. or Bill Thomas
WINDMILL HOTEL, 94 Main North Rd, Prospect
First Tuesday of each Month at noon.
PMG / Telstra Unley Exchange Reunions
Co-ordinated by Alan Frick.
Phone : 82782318.
BELAIR HOTEL
Third Tuesday of each Month at noon.
API Retired Officer's Club
( ROCCA'S)
Doris Pryce. Phone : 83962561
First Tuesday, Even Month from Feb, API Boardroom,
1st Fl, API, Pirie St. Guest Speaker & refreshments.
First Tuesday, odd Month from Mar,
Lunch at various venues. Once off joining fee of $10.
ABC Technical and Production Staff ( Radio and TV ) Reunion
Allan Dent Annual in October, 2008 to be at Hampstead Hotel
Lunch Club
Wednesday 23rd March at noon.
Dolphin Explorer Port
Adelaide for a very popular 2 1/2 hour lunch trip up and down the Port River
past the submarine depot, ship wrecks, mangrove forests, and hopefully see
the Port River dolphins. You can choose from a number of main meals and
desserts for lunch plus unlimited brewed tea and coffee or buy other drinks.
This trip is also being offered to members from the old work place so it could be like old times.
Each person intending to take the trip will have to arrange to pay the full amount of about $24 (excluding drinks) by March 9th.
More details including how to pay, the date, boarding time and train time for
those taking the Port Adelaide train from the city are at Lunch Club web. Info Rick Matthews.
1952 PMG Technicians in Training 50th Year REUNION
Reunion was held at
Mannum on Friday 31 May & Saturday 1 June, 2002 Co-ordinated by Brian Lander.
Phone : 83378879.
Committee : Barry Lang 82962702, Graham Orr 82988975
Friday : D/B/B. Saturday : Lunch Cruise & D/B/B.
Cost approx. $130 pp twin share. Own transport.
1956 PMG Technicians in Training 50th Year REUNION
The 1956 Reunion was held on 1-4-06 at the Hackney Hotel.
Info from
Mal Woods.
1957 PMG Technicians in Training 50th Year REUNION
The 1957 intake was also
referred to as the HEINZ ( 57 varieties ) Group. A most successful
45th Reunion was held on 17-11-01.
Date : Saturday 17th February 2007 with over 50 attending, none remain as employees of Telstra.
Many achieved 40 or more years of service with the one company.
Venue : Ambassadors Hotel (1st Floor). Venue & food were good and the STA bus drivers were tolerant late at night !
Time: 6pm to 6:30pm for pre dinner drinks, meet and greet. Official welcome 6:30pm by MC Glen Chandler
There were many speakers from the floor and various interesting memorabilia was brought.
Committee : Wally Luscombe (8296 4627), John Francis (8298 2171), John Sears (8382 3084), Len Phillips (8368 1655), Glen Chandler (8277 1263), Bob Owen (8293 1313)
1958 PMG Technicians in Training 50th Year REUNION
A very successful reunion of the above intake and their partners was held at Racquets Club, Tonsley Park at 11am on 20th January 2008, 50 years and one week from the day we entered the Training School in Simpsons building in Pirie St, Adelaide to begin our 5 year journey of learning. The Instructors who trained us did a great job and the training we received was first class and we would be the envy of anyone being trained nowadays.
A committee of 6 ex 1958 T.I.T.’s namely Peter Ginnane, Barry Schirmer, John Duffield, Neil Stewart, Ralph Giles & Mal Bradley organised the very successful day.
Of the original 150 guys who were in the intake on 13 January 1958, we located about 125 and found sadly that about 20 were no longer with us. Vale to those guys. We made contact with about 100 of the remaining 125 and eventually 76 were able to attend the reunion luncheon, along with 56 spouses. (Total of 132 people attended the reunion). We also had apologies from a lot of those unable to attend, who asked to be remembered to those attending.
We located a couple of the original Instructors, namely brothers Ken & Wally Bradley. Ken attended the reunion with his wife Pat. Wally is not well and was not able to attend.
All later said they had a great day out reminiscing etc. and that their partners had enjoyed meeting people they had heard about , but never met, for years.
DVD’s of both our 40th & 50th reunion’s and a CD of digital photos of 50th reunion have now been sent to all who requested the pack. Anyone who would like the DVD & CD pack of reunion can contact Ralph Giles.
1959 PMG Technicians in Training 50th Year REUNION
Pre-50 year test run January 2008 at the Union Hotel with a
small group including Peter Edwards, Ken Graham, Walter Fabian
Now, the actual event .............
Union Hotel at 12 mid-day on Monday, January 12th 2009
Info : Graham Warren
1960 PMG Technicians in Training 50th Year REUNION
Was held 18th January 2010 at the Union Hotel.
Info : Rick Matthews
1961 PMG Technicians in Training 50th Year REUNION
To be held Sunday 16th January 2011 ( 50 years ) at 2pm at the Union Hotel.
Info : Barry Lace or Bob Grantham
1962 PMG Technicians in Training 50th Year REUNION
Listed as some of the members are / were technicians, meets 2nd Tuesday monthly, member benefits, etc.
OPERATORS -
REUNIONS
Co-ordinated by June Robinson.
Phone : 83401975. Mobile : 0421288858
First Sunday of March each year at Bonython Park, near Adelaide Gaol end, from 10am.
From Port Rd coming into the city, turn left after the Police Barracks & follow road to the park. June puts up signs.
BYO picnic lunch, drinks, glasses, chairs and tell others.
Hands Up, Those Who Don't Want Cancer . Page extract from Dr John Tickell's website :
Somebody said to me the other day that it doesn’t matter if you have a heart attack because you are either dead or you’re not. That’s partly true. There are certainly more medical and surgical options for fixing broken hearts these days but remember that if your coronary or heart arteries are in bad shape, then by pass surgery and stents and balloons may not help all that much. And if your heart muscle is totally stuffed, no drug in the world is going to fix it. But if cancer gets hold of you, then you don’t drop dead instanteously and the treatments can be lengthy and debilitating.
Early detection of cancers definitely leads to a much higher chance of a cure, but there are still those amongst us who would ‘rather not know.’ There is not much argument these days that breast examinations, colonoscopy and skin checks definitely save lives, but there is still debate about prostate blood tests and digital exams picking up prostate disease. One recent resounding statement from a big boss in the Urology Department at a prominent clinical hospital hit a home run with me. He said he had never come across a patient dying of prostate cancer who was glad he didn’t have a routine check. Think about it.
In the breast cancer capital of the world - (the USA) around 50,000 women have died from breast cancer in the last 12 months and about the same number of men succumbed to prostate cancer. It has become a 50s and 60s age group thing - and believe me, that’s not OLD.
So why is cancer becoming a larger part of our lives? Is it because we are living longer? No, that one doesn’t work for me. By the way, if you are a cigarette smoker; don’t bother to read on. Just sit there, visualize what the inside of your lungs look like - and the inside of your blood vessels- and the toxic poisons spread through your body tissues. Enough said. Now for the other 75% of the population who don’t smoke.
The real reasons are -
. . . . We eat too much
. . . . Not enough vegetables and fruit
. . . . ‘Grease’ is the word
. . . . Fibre or Fiber
. . . . Things with Flav names
. . . . Booze
. . . . Fatter people - fatter chance of cancer
. . . . Inactive - in trouble
. . . . Just in case the nicotine nuts did read this far - don’t smoke cigarettes
RETIREMENT BUDGETS
These Budgets were researched by Westpac & Assoc. Super Funds Aust. More details : www.westpac.com.au . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Note that these results are usually calculated in June the previous year.
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . They assume the Retirees own their home and apply to major Capital Cities.
ASFA 2003 research figures are Modest Single $16930, Couple $23550, Comfortable Single $32800, Couple $43350.
ASFA 2006 research figures are Modest Single $17826, Couple $24930, Comfortable Single $34560, Couple $46192.
ASFA 2008 research figures are Modest Single $18742, Couple $26339, Comfortable Single $36319, Couple $46648.
ASFA 2009 research figures are Modest Single $18838, Couple $27478, Comfortable Single $36906, Couple $50663.
ASFA 2010 research figures are Modest Single $21132, Couple $30557, Comfortable Single $39302, Couple $53729.
Modest : Better than the Age Pension but fairly basic.
Comfortable : Older, healthy Retiree, broad range of leisure & recreational activities and household goods,
private health insurance, reasonable car, good clothes, range of electronic equipment, domestic and occasional international travel, ability to update room/s, some wine, occasional eating out, magazines and cd's.
Males are slightly cheaper in retirement due to lower clothing and hairdressing costs.
Yearly costs at 2010 : Water & Sewerage up 12.8%, Electricity up 6%, Property rates & charges up 6.2%.
Over 50 ? Retired or approaching retirement ? Looking for a new interest ? Then consider becoming a Volunteer.
Volunteer work is done of one's own free will, without payment and benefits the Community.
Benefits Volunteers receive are friendship and contact with other people, fulfilment from using your experience and skills, job satisfaction, stimulation of learning new skills, making good use of time, contributing to Society and a sense of being valued and needed.
You can find a Volunteer job by asking others, approaching Organisations and your local Council, look in newspapers, contact
Volunteering SA at 1st Floor, 220 Victoria Square, Adelaide, phone 82217177, or online at www.volunteeringsa.org.au or go online and search www.govolunteer.com.au Each year about 3000 people seeking interesting volunteering opportunities are referred to over 700 community organisations. At 2011 there are 830,000 SA Volunteers !
Golden Gurus. Mentoring using retired skilled persons, info from Volunteering SA
Office for Volunteers Lots of related info.
Community Webs Websites include many using volunteers
Corporate Connect a bridge between Government, Corporate and Volunteer sectors
Red Cross REDI Volunteers, phone isolated people to help save lives during SA heatwaves. 81004602
CFS Regional HQ. Become a CFS Volunteer, includes Mt Lofty Fire Spotting Tower, etc. 83911866
Zoos SA. Volunteers required for Adelaide Zoo, Monarto Zoo & Warrawong Sanctuary. 82301226
COTA
COTA. Council On The Ageing The People for People over 50. Represent your needs and rights to Government.
Provides info and advisory services, seminars, forums & skill development, Volunteer programs.
Each October the "Celebrate Seniors" month of Events.
Competitive insurance services ( especially Travel ), savers program, "myCOTA" magazine since August 2006.
ARPA
ARPA. Australian Retired Persons Association Provides support and opportunities to its members so that they are able to pursue active and fulfilling lifestyles
through participation in physical, social, educational and service activities.
Never retire from Life in Activity Groups such as theatre, art, bridge, billiards, bushwalking ( a huge group ),
caravan, choir, orchestra, bush band, craft, OR Regional Groups throughout South Australia.
The Senior. At 2008 claims SA readership of 140,000 and a survey by Dench McClean Carlson research found that
40 - 50% nominated cinema - music - gardening - spending time with grandchildren and eating out as their preferred leisure activity.
Interesting free Nation-wide monthly paper, look for it at your library, local shops, etc.
Email your items of interest to Ray Wood at The Senior (SA). The Senior website phone 1800 001 987
Heritage & Culture in SA feature early 2008
The Australian Senior Traveller claims over 1.35 million readers.
The 4 Ways to Grow Any Business, including Entertainment.
. . . Increase the number of your Customers.
. . . Increase the times they return.
. . . Increase the value of each sale.
. . . Increase the effectiveness of your processes.
Networking. . . . Do it, get out there or your competitor will be.
. . . Be prepared, what is the function, do you have a goal ?
. . . Practise self introductions & conversation starters, prepare questions, take business cards & blank cards.
. . . Remember the 3 E's : Energy - Effort - Enthusiasm.
. . . Plan arrival & departure transport.
. . . Research the organisation holding the event.
. . . Be positive, do not criticise the venue, the speaker, etc.
. . . Be polite, always RSVP, good manners open doors.
. . . Avoid the sleaze factor, use appropriate dress & behaviour, avoid drugs & alcohol.
. . . Thankyou & goodnight, know when to leave.
Networking Tips . . . Networking is both an art and a science.
Tip 1. Give and You Will Receive Connect with people and getting to know them without the need for immediate gain.
Be a known as a connector and you will be held in high esteem.
Building a relationship before you need it. Networking is about generosity.
Tip 2. Be Clear About What Networking Is and What Networking Isn't Connecting with others
Helping and sharing knowledge and contacts with others
Deciding to find people genuinely interesting and fascinating
Networking is not: Promoting or selling goods or services, landing a job, extracting donations,
. . . wrangling funding, ingratiating oneself to gain an advantage, stalking.
Networking is not about who you know – it’s about who knows you!
Tip 3. Move Out of Your Comfort Zone Build on your existing networks
Get out and about even when you don’t want to.
Do not cancel a networking opportunity after a hard day at work.
Seek out people you don’t know rather than gravitate towards people you do know
Put yourself out there without being too out there.
Tip 4. The Make or Break Handshake There is a tiny amount of time to make a good first impression
Speaking uses 3 communication methods – words 7%, voice/tone 38%, body language 55%.
Both ladies and gentlemen should know how to offer and receive a hand shake. Extend hand, thumb up, firm grip only, 2 pumps.
Tip 5. Always Have An Introduction Planned Prepare a 10-20 second introduction for yourself that you like and can say easily.
Your name
How you fit into the situation
What you can do for others.
The words help, provide, contribute, give, serve, teach and solve are important.
If your introduction is successful, it will invite discussion. If it shuts down conversation, rework it.
Tip 6. Entering and Contributing to a Conversation Many people find it difficult to enter a conversation with strangers.
Approaching a group of people you do not know, try “My name is John Smith. May I join you?”
. . . . Inevitably you will be welcomed into the group.
Have some neutral open ended questions on hand as a back up such as :
What prompted you to come to this event?
What sort of trip home do you have after tonight’s function?
What sort other sorts of professional associations do you belong to?
What have you got planned for the long weekend?
Avoid politics, religion, privacy, sex and gossip – you never know who is listening.
Tip 7. Cherish the Business Card ! An essential tool. Have plenty with you.
Treat cards with respect when you are giving or receiving one, maybe refer to the info thereon.
Tip 8. Little Things Count Place your name tag on your right side as the eye naturally flows up as you are shaking hands.
Always keep your drink in your left hand, so that your handshake does not feel clammy.
Always ensure you eat before you arrive – gobbling after a busy day is not a good look !
Everything is moderation – especially alcohol
Don’t fret if you forget a name – it happens to everyone.
Invite people who are standing by themselves into your group – they will really appreciate it.
Avoid gossiping – it’s a small world and you never know who knows who.
Always present a well groomed image. If in doubt, go up a notch.
Tip 9. Follow Up Follow up those you have met in a meaningful way.
A phone call, email, article, newspaper clipping, interesting website, a good referral
Send a thank you note to the host or organiser
Carry through with committments made in conversation
Tip 10. It's Not All Face to Face Scan recent appointments in the press and write a letter of congratulations
Write a letter of support to someone who has contributed to the community.
Contribute to blogs in your area of expertise.
Contribute to company newsletters
Contribute to newsletters of your professional association
Our guess is that these tips are not new to you and one more tip would be :
It is actually doing things consistently that bring results.
Networking Refreshers - Revisit all of the tips you have picked up networking game and conduct an audit.
- Relationships. Be genuine and sincerely interested in others.
- Remember Your Manners
- Read the Situation, what is appropriate and what is not in any given situation
- Rank Rules. Introduce less prominent persons to more prominent.
- Research. Before you go to a function.
- Reorientate the conversation to make the other person feel fascinating.
- Reflect on every networking event or opportunity.
- Return on Investment. Conceive of networking as a discipline, not just fitted in.
- Retire Gracefully personally or over the phone for parting impressions.
Presentations
Your audience have come to see you, showing text on a slide whilst talking reduces retention.
- Set objectives : What do you want your audience to do ?
- Research your audience : What does it need to know ?
- Develop your topic : Tailor it to your audience.
- Structure your presentation : Intro, 3 main points, summary, action.
- Best delivery : PowerPoint, workshop, discussion, role-play, etc.
- Stories sell, facts tell : Include brief anecdotes & stories.
- Reduce text : A graph or photo may be better.
- Reduce slides : Are they adding or detracting ?
- Passionate people persuade : Take centre stage.
- Black out the screen : Keep the focus on what is important.
2009 State Volunteer Congress ( 4-12-09 ) The Power of Partnerships.
How to Form, Assess & Sustain Partnerships & Think One Team rather than function alone as "Silos".
Benefits of enhancing teamwork across boundaries include : improved customer service, reduced costs,
higher people engagement, leveraging of resources, speedier responsiveness, better quality. 5 Practises covered were :
Share - - - the Big Picture. Why-What-How, What is best for the whole system ? Consider how decisions impact on others.
Share - - - the Reality. Openly give & receive feedback, ask reality check questions, make decisions based on facts.
Share - - - the Air. Communicate openly, invite ideas, active listening, build trust, have productive meetings.
Share - - - the Load. Plan & prioritise regularly, practise clever collaboration, have clear roles & expectations.
Share - - - the Wins & Losses. Close attention to performance & results, debrief, share learning.
2011 State Volunteer Congress (5-12-11 ) To Infinity & Beyond.
This 1904 photo is the earliest family group I have. It shows from left :
George Garie, Clara Garie, John Garie, Miss Stolte and James Garie at the back
of The Rising Sun Hotel on the corner of High & Bridge Streets at Kensington
of which Clara was the licencee. The Memoirs of the Rev. James Garie are in
the British Library at shelf 1126.H.18 or just ask at Perth Library, Scotland. Further information is most welcome.
Contact Steve Garie on Email.
Descendants of Rev. James Garie of Scotland
1 James (Reverend) Garie b: July 1762 in Tinningham, East Lothian, Scotland.
d: 24 January 1801 ..+Ann Shiells ......... 2 Jean Garie .............
+Thomas Geekie ......... 2 Stillborn (1st) b: 1788 ......... 2 John Garie
b: 18 March 1792 in Perth, Perth, Scotland ............. +Helen Niven
Stalker ....................3 Ann MacLaren Garie b: 5 October 1833 in Perth,
Perth, Scotland ....................3 Mary Charlotte Pringle Garie b: 9 March
1840 in Perth, Perth, Scotland ....................3 Christian Ann Garie b: 4
February 1842 in Perth, Perth, Scotland ....................3 Margaret Jane
Garie b: 15 August 1843 in Perth, Perth, Scotland ....................3 Helen
Stalker Garie b: 11 February 1846 in Perth, Perth,
Scotland ................... 3 Laura Condie Garie b: 22 May 1847 in Perth,
Perth, Scotland ................... 3 Joanna Garie b: 29 May 1849 in Perth,
Perth, Scotland ................... 3 Jessie Stephen Garie b: 4 August
1850 ................... 3 John Burnet Garie b: 27 January 1852 in Perth,
Perth, Scotland ................... 3 Dryden Garie b: 22 August 1856 in
Perth, Perth, Scotland ......... 2 Christian Ann Garie b: 24 October
1793 .......... +Alexander Grieg ................... 3 James b: 30 May
1824 in Perth, Perth, Scotland ................... 3 William b: 22 July 1827
in Perth, Perth, Scotland ................... 3 Jessie b: 6 May 1829 in
Perth, Perth, Scotland ......... 2 James Garie b: 4 July 1795 in Perth,
Perth, Scotland d: 25 June 1872 ......... +Helen Kerr Brown b: 1798 d: 16
November 1893 ................... 3 Mary Ann Garie b: 23 May 1828 in Perth,
Perth, Scotland .................... +James Disher ................... 3
James Garie b: 2 August 1829 in Perth, Perth, Scotland d: 18 May
1882 .................... +Eliza Campbell ............................ 4
James Garie b: 20 July 1864 in Gawler, District of Barossa. #32.294 d: 24 July
1902 ............................. +Clara Ellen Stolte d:
1944 ........................................ 5
............................ 4 George Garie b: 21
January 1867 in Bassett, PtG d: 12 June 1921 ............................ 4
Jennett Melrose Garie b: 5 May 1872 in Gawler South,
PtG ............................ 4 John Garie b: 4 July 1873 in Gawler South,
PtG ............................ 4 Jeannette Melrose Garie b: 14 April 1876
in Gawler South, PtG ............................ 4 Eliza b: 16 December 1880
in Gawler West, PtG ................... 3 Eliza Proudfoot Garie b: 12 March
1831 in Perth, Perth, Scotland ................... 3 Christian Ann Garie b:
20 September 1832 in Perth, Perth, Scotland .................... +John
Tait ............................ 4 Richard G. Tait b:
1864 ............................ 4 William Smiley Tait b:
1865 ................... 3 John G. Garie b: 30 July 1835 in Westmeath,
Ireland ? d: 1878 .................... +Emily Shrap b: 1853 in Stepney, S.A.
d: 8 November 1920 ............................ 4 John Alfred Garie b: 6 July
1867 in Moonta, Dal ............................ 4 Henry Garie b: 3 February
1869 in Gawler South, PtG ............................ 4 Emily Amelia Garie
b: 8 November 1870 in Stepney, Adelaide d: December
1870 ............................ 4 John Henry Garie b: 3 July 1873 in
Redruth, Burra .............................
+Elizabeth .................................... 5
............................ 4 William Goodhigh Garie b: 1 December
1875 in Saddleworth, Gil ............................ 4 Helen Garie b: 8
August 1878 in Bowden, Hindmarsh ............................ 4 Francis
Albert Garie b: 2 February 1883 in Gawler South,
PtG ............................ 4 Thomas Victor Garie b: 25 May 1887 in
Adelaide ............................ 4 ? ................... 3 Thomas
Douglas Garie b: 15 August 1837 in Perth, Perth, Scotland d:
1863 ................... 3 Helen G. Garie b: 17 October 1839 in Perth, Perth,
Scotland .................... +Robert Fotheringham b: 1 October 1831 d: 19
November 1885 ............................ 4 Unknown b: 31 January
1861 ....................3 Jane Keir Garie b: 4 February 1842 in Perth,
Perth, Scotland .................... +Peacock ......... 2 Janet Garie b:
17 April 1797 ...........+William Steven ......... 2 George Garie b: 28
November 1799
