Taleala Wilce

Hello to you all after 10 years didnt expect this at all. Yes well i suppose i should tell you about my life to date lets see.....

after graduation i moved to sydney to train as a chef, worked in 5 star hotels,travelled, moved to brisbane worked in more 5 star hotels, and fine dining restaurants,travelled some more but my real love is and always has been music so i ventured into the music industry and there i have stayed.

Im the lead singer of a band, we are currently doing our pre production work for our first album hopfully due out early next year, if everything goes to plan. In saying that nothing ever goes to plan in this business. Im not married i dont have any children, i am in a serious relationship.I hope all of you have suceeded in life and are well and happy.

Taleala

David Lankester

David says Hello..

lankesterdavid@yahoo.com.au

Natalee Wight

hey guys i know i didn't graduate with you but i wonder if any of you remember me from grade 10. i remember all of you ;) it has been 12 years since i have seen any of you and alot has mhappened in that time i have a great life and a great family, If any of you remember me and want to say hi my email address is mum_to_many@swiftdsl.com.au

Louise Ravenscroft (Sendra)

Ok, think, what has happened in the past 10 years?

Hmm, moved to Townsville with Ally, eventually met and married Nathan, moved to Wagga Wagga in 2003, had ratbag baby boy William, moved back to Townsville, bought a house, studying Bachelor of Education at uni.

Yep, that's about it.

Will fill in the blanks at the reunion.

Looking forward to seeing you all and meeting new husbands, wives, partners and children.

See you in September...
Louise Ravenscroft (Sendra)

Cindi Mangano (nee Accatino)

Um, well I went to JCU, graduated in 98 with a BSc majoring in computer
science.
Floated around 3 temporary admin jobs for a year until I finally got a job
with Main Roads in January 2000 in IT.  That was brilliant!  Learnt a lot
and got married in October of that year to Ross.  (yes, Mr Melchiori's
cousin...)

Worked at Main Roads for 3 years, til I got the sh*ts with the boss and
moved on to the Health system and I've been there for 2 years now.

Had a little boy on the 30 of March last year and he's one now so time has
flown!!!  Ross really wanted to name a boy (if he had one) after his dad so
Angelo is what he was named.  (I'm still calling him bubba or little dude.
Bad habits are hard to break!)

I've attached a photo of him.  One of the zillion that I now have!  he, he!

Well, that's it!  not much more too it but that is the really shorthand
version.  not much into embellishing it!  :)

Anyway, I have to run.  Angelo has got 5 teeth that have decided to show up
all at once and he ain't happy about it! :)

Take care!
Cindi

Christine Capponi

After leaving gcc I hung around Inisfail for about 6 months doing pre-vo to become a chef. Next stop Cairns. Did my apprenticeship, starting in a small restuarant, moved to a hotel and learnt alot, from the great people I worked with. Won a few medals in competitions, decided that I wanted to see more, so I moved to Sydney, where I have been for the past 8 years, and loving every minute of it.

I have been keeping very busy, renovating a property we have down here (as well as looking for a bigger one) and buying my own restaurant with a business partner with plans to open one more this year and three more next year.

Malcolm and I have been together for about 8 years (met up in Cairns, funnily enough!!) not married, just loving our good life for the moment.

Throw in a few holidays and some surgery and that just about brings me up to date. I guess I let you know more about it when we catch up.

The NEW Date of the Decade!! - 17th Sept 2005

Since the year has uncannily flown by (as it does faster and faster as you get older).. the date for the GCC Class of 95 10 year reunion has now been set to:

Saturday, the 17th of September, 2005..

Set it in your diaries and get excited (and for those out-of-towners, get your travel plans booked!)..

Contact Kylie on (07)40617138 / 0431 302 102 or email paulkylie@dodo.com.au to confirm your attendance or if you have any questions, suggestions, comments..

Aaron Ernst

Hello there old school chums, thought I’d better send a posting in since big ray has been the only bloke so far. Sitting here with rum and coke in hand( I still only touch type with my right hand) I’ve been pondering the last 10 years since high school, and I’ve realised I have haven’t  done as much as some. I still have the same name, I still haven’t gotin’ anyone “up the duff”, I have yet to tie the knot, and I still can’t grow side burns. But who cares!
After high school I moved to Gatton (west of Bris) to study horticulture at the UQ agriculture college. After two years of below par studying, I moved back to Innisfail for about 10 months, only to find myself missing the bright lights of the south east corner of this great state. I found my way back to Brisbane in 1998 only to meet and be caught by a very pretty girl whom has kept me caught in her web since  (big blue eyes are my weakness, and she possesses these). Brisbane is now my Alcatraz.

I do love the town and it hasn’t been too bad to me. In 1999 I scored myself a job working for a Brisbane based family owned “marine wholesale business” as there head storeman, and we do make the boss a casual amount of (bulk) coin. I even once got “Dick Johnson” one of our customers to sign a shopping trolley at work (this is a long story)”. I have also taken up the great game of Aussie rules(AFL) to keep fit, and I don’t mind kicking the odd goal even if my shorts aren’t as tight as some of the boys in the team. Anyways, good onyas and looking forward to the re-union to catch up. Big thanks to Kylie, Janita and Beck for setting the big day.
And to all of the Ex-members of NIN and fellow “Homeboyz”, I will be taking a basketball to the Multi-purpose court for some three point shots followed maybe by some “phat slam dunkin’ action”. Keep it real and I’ll catch ya on the rebound!!!!!!"

Calling all spirits in christ..

Welcome to the official Good Counsel College Class of 95 Reunion page!..
(click the logo above to the school's website)

You may have noticed that this year is the year 2005, and hence in December, it will be a whopping 10 years since we've left the sanctuary that was GCC.. Oh how time flies!..

I don't know about you, but I had some pretty damn good times at that place, with some damn fine people who I've lost contact with over the past 10 years and I think it's time we rectify that!!..

I want to try and find everyone on our Yr 12 class list (to be posted here soon) just to see what you've all been up to, and so we can try and organise some sort of reunion at the end of the year (the venue of the multi-purpose court has been suggested)..

So, please if you belong to this elite group of people, or know of any of their contact details, leave your contact details and a little about what you've been up to for the past 10 years by emailing me or adding a comment to this blog (click on the 'comments' link below) so I can add it to the page and so we can all be reunited!..

If you want to see what everyone looks like now - and show what you look like - send me a recent photo and I'll post it on this site!

See you soon!.. Beck Lee - beclee78@hotmail.com

Jade Buchanan (Hampson)

Well.....I did the whole uni thing - Grad with a BA of Bus(Tourism) major that everyone keeps reminding me that I have never used (except for a small stint at the Park Royal Brisbane)

My mother always told me not to marry a farmer - being from a farming family but daughters never listen to their mothers - as I am experiencing first hand - even though they may only be three years old - Yes I have children - Most of you would know this. I had three under four. Logan (3), Mikinlee (2) and Bennett (7mths).

Yes, I married Craig eventually - though not sure the peice of paper makes too much difference when you already have children.

We ended up at Georgetown - for those who do not know where that is about 430kms west of Cairns on a Cattle Station called Forest Home. It is approx 56000 acres and we run about 3500 head - we only own about 1000 of these. We also farm peanuts, corn, sorghum and a few others things under two centre pivot irrigators. We are about 55km from the nearest shop and about 12km from my nearest neighbour. But this is what we love about living here - what we don't like about it is the constant battling with mother nature in order to succeed in life. Last year was the driest year in 100 and this year is worse!! Go figure.
But we probably would not change a thing!

I have plans to do my teaching degree so that when I have to take my children into school I can stay in town and teach.
Looking foward to a big easter as alot of our family comes and visits - and cannot wait to see all our class at the reunion!!
(Will Post Photos later - at the moment my children have run off with my USB cord from my digital camera)
Jade

Kylie DeBrincat (Clark)

Wow, 10 years has certainly flown! Well, I didn't do the uni thing as at the time, I had no idea what I really wanted to do with my life. I ended up working in Admin in Innisfail for 5 & half years. During that time I slipped in a holiday to Bali, before my other half & I bought a house (the other half who I'm sure you've guessed by the surname is still Paul).

I married Paul in Sept 1999, honeymooned in Vanuatu & New Calledonia onboard the P&O Fair Princess Cruiseship, then spent 3 long and dusty years renovating our house. Anyone thinking about completely rebuilding your house yourselves while you're both working full time and living there, I certainly don't recommend it! Mind you, I now know a bit about plastering, sanding, tiling, plumbing, painting and all those fun jobs that accompany renovations.

Would you believe that the day we finally completed it we handed the keys over to tenants and proceeded to convert a Diahatsu Delta van into a campervan which was our new home for the next 2 years whilst travelling around Australia, enjoying the many wonders that our beautiful Country has to offer. Everyday offered new surprises and adventures and I don't recall the feeling of boredom even once.

But all good things must come to an end and now I'm back to reality and working again in Innisfail to pay the mortgage/bills. I'm back in Admin and am the Treasurer for the Brothers Rugby League Football Club (and also Admin for Brothers Leagues Club) which I thoroughly enjoy. I'm studing Accounting as well and Paul & I are in the process of starting a new business venture...more details at the reunion, hopefully. Oh, I havn't had time to fit any little tykes in so I'm busy spoiling my many nieces & nephews.

Janita Saunders (Brischetto) and I are happy to organise the reunion since we both live in Innisfail so please keep in touch. We've chosen the 25th June, Queen's B'Day long Weekend and want to include a tour of the School (we can't have Aaron miss out on at least stepping foot inside his multi-purpose court), afternoon tea to include partners, children etc and a dinner function.

Please contact me on (07)40617138 / 0431 302 102 or paulkylie @dodo.com.au

Jo-anne Tuttle

Moved to Tasmania upon finishing at GCC to study law, and 10 years later (aprox) I am still here enjoying the weather, the food and the scenery. I have well and truely aclimatised and am finding how warm summer days of 20 degees quite hot!
 
Finished my degree in 2000 and after doing the compulsory 6 month legal prac course I started working at Crisp Hudson and Mann in Burnie in 2001. Three and a half years later I am still in Burnie, now working for Mcgrath & Co and enjoying work very much. I specialise in litigation - criminal, personal injury and commercial and still enjoy attending court more than sitting in my office!
 
I am getting married in March to Paul McGrath (of McGrath & Co) and will inherit a ready made family as Paul has two children (7 and 4.5) from a previous marriage who live with us week about. My focus at the moment is my honeymoon where we are heading off for international waters (France) for a month - I am so looking forward to it.
 
Jo Tuttle (bigdodo23@hotmail.com or jo@mcglaw.com.au )

Libby Kennedy (formerly Apps)

Mine and Rich's wedding - My bridesmaids were my little sis, Renee (red hair)and Julie Sullivan who you should remember from primary school. (Jools is far from the geeky little girl that everyone teased in primary school) Our best man was my brother Rolly and the groomsmen were Joe Dal Molin (from the state high - Meg Shaw will know him well) and another mate Leon. Our flower girl was how Rich and I met at her Christening 9 years ago! I met Rich a month after we graduated.

Wow ten years has certainly crept up fast! It will be great to see everyone again to catch up on what you have all been up to. Well unlike Beck, Ray & a few others that I know who have ventured overseas... I stayed in good ole Far North Queensland and have been living in Cairns for the past 9 years.

After Year 12, I got a secretarial job (I knew that sec studies would get me somewhere! Thanks Mrs Casella!) with an Engineering co in Innisfail. Worked there for a year and it was not long after I started there that I met a Cairns boy (who was originally from Tully)and the next year moved to Cairns to be with Rich, and if you can guess the rest is history!
It was in Cairns that I continued in a number of admin jobs, one of them working with a state wide fundraising organisation where I got to climb the ladder from being in admin to gaining a position in event coordination specialising in weddings.
I now have a weekday position as a 'Wedding Coordinator' for a local business in Cairns called Chocolate Sensations. On weekends (apart from spending quality time with my hubby) I work after hours in a PR role for Delfin, Forest Gardens. So I'm pretty much flat out most of the time and don't get out much unless it's work related! It's all good (so I keep telling myself after a 13 hour day!)

Apart from working 7 days a week, I do get to spend some time at home. Rich & I built a house in Forest Gardens about 5 years ago and now we are about to sell up and build another house in the same estate later this year. We have been together for 9 years and finally got married in June 04 and that's where I gained the name of Kennedy. Oh yes... also I dropped my full name of Belivia cause when I moved to Cairns, noone could say or spell my name right so I ended up just using my nick name in the end to avoid having to pronounce 'Belivia' at least three times in the one sentence! So now its Libby Kennedy (and no not like neighbours....I wish I looked like Kym Valentine!)

Well ten years has been pretty full on for me. I've had to grow up in a hurry about 4 years ago when I took on custody of my little sister, Theresa. My parents had a really nasty divorce and I stepped in and brought Reese up to Cairns with me and put her through school to give her a better life. I have no regrets with giving up my freedom for the past 4 years as now Reese successfully graduated, turned out sane and is now working for DFS Galleria. So I'm thinking that I must have done something right! Especially since she is still living with me at home....trying to get her to move out!!!!

I remember being at Saint Mary's College (Reese's school) a couple of years ago for god knows what... and I hear her friends calling out to me 'Libby, Libby, Libby' then I hear someone say 'Belivia' and I thought HOLY CRAP someone from Innisfail was calling me. Sure enough up walks Miss Hill (aka Accounting teacher and Melrose Place addict). Found out she had moved to Cairns along with a few former teachers from GCC. I can tell you that it certainly felt weird to see an ex teacher after many years. But it felt a hell of a lot weirder when she asked to hang out and catch up after hours.....it didn't happen all the same!

I don't have any little gremlins yet, just Rich, Reese and two persian cats that rule the house.

So after a long winded comment...thats everything to know about me. Anyway I'm up to catching up with those who are in Cairns or anyone else who wants to engage in a long winded email! You can best get me on email: bkennedy@cairns.net.au or try my hotmail account: libby_richard@hotmail.com

Take Care!
Libby
 

Rosie Nucifora

I Am now a second year paramedic working in Cairns station getting flogged with study, work, overtime and then more study.  Every day holds more exciting adventures than the previous, and I'm learning heaps, how to be a physcologist, mother, doctor, nazi, cop and very patient.  Should have gotten into this career years and years ago, for once I love going to work every day.  The people I work with are some of the most awesome people I've ever met, and not just workmates, but family.  I worked for the last 9 months out at Smithfield station, but got sick of all the roadies on the ranges and transfered back into Cairns station, where the workload triples but so does your experience.  Christmas day was a pearler! I rescuscitated a 18 month old girl in front of her mother and 20 family members out at the northern beaches just before the family christmas lunch that day.  Unfortunately we still had to transport the little baby to hospital for observation, but to hear her giggling as we arrived at the hospital, made her mother's 2004 Christmas unforgetable.  And for me too, probably one of the most happiest jobs I've ever done.  It only takes one good job to make up for the 12 others that don't end so good.

Terry and I are still renting a house in bayview heights, with the intention to buy it half way through the year.  The owner knows we want to buy and is giving us first option when he decides to sell in July.  With all the stuff we've accumulated over the last 2 years, we have to stay in a place as large as this to store it all.  I have a motorbike too, which, surprise surprise, causes much contraversy within the family.  I just lie and say it's Terry's bike.  Oh, and the two dogs really love the backyard, it's like a park it's that big.

Ray Grasso

As alluded to by Beck I am kicking it over in London. Ten years hey...um let's see...graduated uni in Brisbane at the end of '99. Worked on the Gold Coast for a year and a half. Then moved to California where I lived and worked for two and a half years. After that moved off to London for more of the same. Have been here now for almost a year. So after 10 years things are good and my sanity seems to be holding okay. It'll be cool to hear The Low Down from everyone.

Ray Grasso.

Alyce Haack

Am I the first and only eager person who wants all the goss on what every one has been up to??? After a few beers with Christine Capponi a few weeks back we have sorted out everything everyone has been up to.

I am living in Cairns and working casually as a hotel duty manager in a small hotel. I would rather not say where as we genarally rent the rooms out on an hourly basis - wink wink...

Not sure what my next plan of attack is - still single, no kids that I know of and most of my free time is taken up looking after Karmel and Becky and Theo (Becky's baby) who has CF.

Can't wait to catch up with everyone - And if this party is a doozy Christine and I have made back up plans if anyone wants to join us. Can't wait to catch up

- Alyce Haack

alyce28red@yahoo.com.au

Beck Lee (yes, I've dropped the 'y'..)

Me & Ray on my 26th Birthday

Well, in the past 10 years I think that alot has changed - but yet stayed the same (I promise that's the only cliche' I'll use here).. I think I've grown.. not really in height, but I like to be referred to as Beck now, not Becky (so childish).. and my eyesight is a lot worse.. but otherwise, I'm still the funlovin, sarcastic, shortass, chinky-lookin bundle of joy that you used to know..

After school, I moved to Sydney to study Mechanical Engineering and after 5 years of studying, partying (and a lot of drinking) passed with a B. Eng. (Mech) Dip. Eng. Prac - (Don't let the letters fool you - I don't really like being an Engineer).. So after that worked for a 2 years as a Project Engineer at a factory that made P.E.T. softdrink bottles, then a year at Aristocrat as a Design Engineer designing parts for poker machines..

In 2003 I decided to see more of the world and moved to London.. I started working as a Planning Engineer to fund my travel addiction.. In the past 2 years, I've managed to visit most of the countries in Europe in little weekend trips or weeks off between working.. I'm still in London (and Ray moved here a year ago too), riding out the dreary winter.. I plan to be here until October, then head to Canada to take 6 months off, go snow boarding every day, and work at a pub at night.. well that's the plan anyway...

No husband or kids yet, I'm in my second serious relationship since leaving school (and Cameron) behind.. A nice sydney boy who shares a love for fun and travel.. No plans for marriage yet - we're too busy planning what country we're going to conquer next!!..

Some of my memories from school (Primary as well as College):

- Playing with Alyce (who lived around the corner) and running away from her stinky "Sigma's"
- Teaching Nadia karate in Grade 2
- Riding to school with Karin and Penny on my pink bicycle (with spokey dokes & a black stack hat)
- Mrs Bufi chain smoking in the classroom in Grade 4
- Getting the ruler for talking in church
- "Going Out" with Damien in Grade 7 (we never even kissed!)
- Ramona whacking her head while jumping down the stairs from Room 5 in Grade 8
- Dubby being able to recite all the words to "Ice Ice Baby"
- Organising Mark to meet Rebecca behind the bus shed to form the beginning of a beatuiful relationship (& marriage and 2 kids!)
- The water fights at the drink taps (and those damn see-through white blouses we had to wear!)
- Jo's 8 kilogram colletion of key rings
- Working on the checkout at On Tai's with Jo & Alyssa and yelling "Boy upstairs please" into the intercom to Glen, Matt and Steven Van
- Going to the corner store to stock up on redskins, frogs, frosty fruits and softdrink before heading to netball training - where we'd run around for a bit and then gossip alot
- Having "study sessions" with Jo and Ray and consuming 4 litres of coke and lots of pringles
- Driving around with Lisa in her blue Ford Falcon station wagon
- Walking around town and going for a frozen Coke / Chips with Gravy with Sal, Alyssa, Jo, Becka and the other kids who's parents worked in town
- Aaron's campaign for the multi-purpose court
- Glen, Ray and Chris's band - Featherstone (and being able to hear Chris practice his drums from my house!)
- Not being able to show my Year 12 video compilation at our graduation assembly because it showed Ray and a few others giving the camera the finger..