Aristea Toula Apostolopoulos

Toula is living in Canberra, after finishing St Clares, I went onto Tafe and completed my Diploma in Hospitality and in Real Estate.

I worked with the Estee Lauder Company for 5 years. In that time I met and married my husband Spiro, and had two children. We own Babar Cafe and Bar in Canberra and Sydney, we are busy with work and the kids, but manage to take two weeks off a year and travel. In our spare time (which is not much) we show and breed our Collie rough dogs. What does the future bring? SURPRISE ME!!!!

Kathy Marris

Kath is married to Andrew McNamara, pictured above. She has only recently moved back to the capital after selling her family home in Bulli, Wollongong. She works at the department of immigration and sadly has to return soon to work from her lovely maternity leave!
Picture below is Oliver, her first son who was born in September last year.

Penny Gaughan

Penny recently moved to Dubai after living in Darwin for many years. She was offered a terrific role in Dubai which was too good to pass up. She may not be in Canberra for the reunion but like many other absentees will open a bottle of champers to celebrate!

Sarah Wilson Buchanan

Sarah married Scott in 1994 and has three beautiful kids – 13 year old twin girls Emily and Jessica and a 10 year old son Connor. Pictured – Scott, Emily, Connor, Jessica and Sarah on a recent family holiday on the Great Ocean Road. Jessica and Emily are in Year 8 at St Clare’s and Connor is in Year 4 at Marist. We lived in Chisholm for over 10 years and built a house in Pearce and moved into it a bit over three years ago. Ran my own secretarial company for over 10 years, and in the past year became a public servant for the very first time - working with FaHCSIA.

All going well I’ll be at the reunion in November and looking forward to catching up with everyone. Contact: Sarah Buchanan sarah.buchanan@bigpond.com

EL CAPITANO MARIA ROBERTS MURPHY

Wen to to Brizzy for a year to start a B.AppSc. Finished that off at Canberra uni in 1992. Moved to Wollongong in 1993 to do my MSc (Nutrition & Dietetics). Completed that in December 2004 and moved to Orange to start my first job as a Community Dietitian - vowed never to study again and take my hat off to anyone whose studying as a mature aged student!

Moved to Newcastle in 1996 to start work as a Clinical Dietitian at John Hunter Hospital and have been in Newey ever since. Currently working at the Mater Hospital 2 days/week as a Clinical Dietitian, having gone back to work in 02/2008 after 12 months off on maternity leave. Married Phil (a Pom whose greatest loves are beer, soccer, his kids, God & me - not necessarily in that order!!!!) in November 2003.

Have travelled back to the UK with Phil to visit his family a couple of times (with the mandatory stop-overs to Europe and Vietnam!) and have also done a couple of short term mission trips to Russia (in 2002 & 2005). We have 2 little boys of our own -Jack (10/2005) and Sam (02/2007) and a foster daughter Heidi (06/1994) who has been in our care since 05/2007 (long-term placement).

Phil & I had a ball as Youth leaders at our Church for about 8 years (before kids) but have very little spare time on our hands these days parenting a teenager and 2 little bubs. Weekdays are now filled with work, day care, homework, kindergym, soccer training and gym and weekends are filled with swimming lessons, soccer games and Church. Life is busy but Iwouldn't have it any other way.

Cheers!

Maria