John Triplett

The Story So Far

Here are some photos from the present and the past, if you have any to add sent them to me and I will add them. Email me at: john.triplett@hotmail.com

Regards and I hope you enjoy the site - John Triplett

To View Photos: To select click the album from the Photos list on the left, then click through the photos or double click a photo to enlarge them.

List of Photo Albums

·        Torquay and Stuff. These are old pics of people and places mainly related to the surf scene in the 1970’s.

·        Stotty’s Birthday February 2009. We managed to get a few of the old Torquay crew from the 70’s together for Peter Stott’s special Birthday in Feb 2009. Short notice meant several couldn’t make still we know where they live. Still missing in action are Shony (Ian Schonfelder - found him 24.03.09) and Karen Moran, if you know their where about let me know. We have less that 12 months before we do it again for Dennis’s big one in Feb 2010.

·        Rats Valley Easter 1976. These are photos I got from Vicki Cole they were taken at Rats Valley near Pambula where John and Paul where doing there thing in the 70’s unfortunately John passed on a couple of years later. There are another 5 pics Paul took when he re-visited the Valley last year (2008).

·        TAFE 1983. This is a photo of Group 18 about 1983. I have managed to track some of these suspect in particular Robert, Darryl, Joanne, Kate and her friend Helen, unfortunately Robert has passed on in Jan 2009.

·        Ivanhoe Grammar in the 1960’s. These are old photos from secondary school in the 1960’s, the one of me as a scout is downright scary. I have managed to contact a couple of old school mates like Quentin Sykes, Cliff Howard, Eddie Kolbe, John Dermer, Robert Boyle, Stuart Greenough and John Cole’s sister Vicki. Wendy Jeffery, Chrissy Hooper and Brenton Angel remain a work in progress – let me know if you can help. Also see the Goulbourn River Album from 1965.

·        Preston Institute in the early 70’s. These are photos of some of students and friends from Preston Institute back in the early 1970’s. I have included a class list, which is almost impossible to read so email me and I will send you a copy. I am surprised so few old photos have survived given that Winston had us all running around with Pentax Spotmatics and rolls b&w film. If you have any old photos please email me, and if you come across any other students send me an updated pic. (I’ll give a $5 spotters fee for a current pic of Bobby Mercer and $10 for one of Winston.)

·        Uluru (Ayres Rock) 1976 and 30 years later in 2006. These are photos from an original trip to Uluru I did in 1976 and again 30 years later in 2006.

·        Rainbow Bay Developments. These are the digital renderings of two development projects that I am undertaking at Rainbow Bay Coolangatta, the web site is at: http://www.edenrainbowbay.com.au/. They’ll be finished in late 2009, I guess my timing could have been better!

·        CIEL is a ten storey building, with eight, one per floor 2 bdrm + study apartments and one 2 storey 4 bdrm + study penthouse.

EDEN is a ten storey building with eighteen, two per floor 2 bdrm apartments and one, 3 bdrm + study penthouse, and a 4 bedroom 2 storey villa.

·        Torquay to Kennett River 2005. This is a photo essay taken in 2005 of the drive from Torquay to Kennett River, a trip Dennis I and others often took in the late 1960’s and early 1970’s looking for a secluded wave.

·        Bali 1978.  These are photos of Brett, Tony, Paul, John, Sue, Peter, Pam and I and others on a trip to Bali back in1978.

·        Surfing November 1972.  These are photos of Dennis, Brett and myself taken in November 1972 at Boobs and Centres near Torquay in Victoria.

·        Usual Suspects. Mostly current photos of friends and acquaintances from the past, some have remained in contact for a lifetime, others have only recently been found and reacquainted, some unfortunately have passed on.

·        Goulbourn River about 1965. These are photos of Quentin Sykes, Robert Boyle, John Dermer and I on a canoe trip down the Goulbourn River in about 1965.