History 2021

2021

Return to Gulgong

Please see posting #417 on Forum for final itinerary for Gulgong weekend 29-30 May.

Some confirmed starters for Gulgong

Stephen Ballantine
James Daniel
Keith & Rosemarie Longworth
Adrian Graham
Paul & Fran Fookes (live in Gulgong)
Greg & Sue Crowe
Ken McLoughlin
Neil Rickard
George & Sharon Mavros
Graham Gibbs

Most people are staying at the Prince of Wales Hotel in Gulgong.

Update on one of our colourful teachers

An update on on one of our colourful North Sydney Boys High teachers, Geoff Ostling. Many of you will remember that Geoff came along to the 40th re-union. Thanks Tim Connell for noticing article.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-03-18/lgbtqia-aged-care-experience/13226122

Popularity of our website

Just a quick snapshot of the popularity of our website with nsbhs1973 class. Since starting in 2013 we have had 132 classmates and teachers signup to the site. With new content of Conversations and Forum posts regualrly added, there are visitis to the site every day.

In the last 30 days 70 classmates/teachers have visited the site. So keep posting about your lives, there is genuine interest from your clasmates/teachers how you are going.

Calling for donations to keep our website going

Since our last call in 2013 for donations to keep the website going, we have slowly been depleting the funds paying for domain name, website hosting, security certificates etc. Many thanks to those who have recently donated, we now have $713 as of 18 Mar 2021.

In order to get our website to the 50th re-union and beyond we are asking for a donation of around $30 per classmate. You can donate more or less, whatever you feel comfortable with. There won't be any chasing for non payment from anyone, all contributions are entirely voluntary. If you would like to donate to keep the website going you can make a funds transfer to our Class Bank Account

Society Cheque Acct

BSB 062-225

Account 10305625

April 2021

Proof the excitement of football transcends species

What makes us happy!!!

So what are the right choices for happiness? You may find inspiration from the participants in the Harvard Study of Adult Development — one of the worlds longest-running studies on happiness.

“The surprising finding is that our relationships and how happy we are in our relationships has a powerful influence on our health. Taking care of your body is important, but tending to your relationships is a form of self-care too. That, I think, is the revelation.” (Robert Waldinger professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School)

Close relationships, more than money or fame, are what keep people happy throughout their lives, the study revealed. Those ties protect people from life’s discontents, help to delay mental and physical decline, and are better predictors of long and happy lives than social class, IQ, or even genes.