Paul gets a job at Nungalinya College

Paul started work with Nungalinya College in Casuarina in June 1998 where he stayed for almost 5 years.

He was initially employed as the "Abstudy Officer" where he would help the indigenous students with their abstudy forms and status, their travel etc.

After a couple of years he setup a computer network, a student database, an email system and a website and ended up becoming the college's first IT Staff member.

Lee Point Fishing Trip

Judging by the look of the kid's ages in this photo we went fishing in the dry season of 1998 in Rob and

Colin's boat that we borrowed.

Was a really good day as Rosanna and Daniel caught heaps of garfish and had a ball.  And we also caught two nice Mackerel when Dad hung some of the garfish out on lines as live bait.

Poor David was pretty sick at the time and just slept in the boat for most of the trip.  We probably just went out for a saturday morning.

Fortunately David was better soon after... he doesn't look like he's too bad in this photo actually that was taken when we got back home.

We lived in Cobham Ct in Moulden at the time.

John Mervyn Pattemore passes away

Gwenny's oldest brother John sadly passed away today after a long battle with a brain tumour.  John was aged only ?? and Gwenny was aged 29 at the time.

He was survived by his wife Annette, and children Johannah, Peter and Sam.

Gwenny with her big brother John

David is born

David being held by his Uncle Craig

David Ivan Thomsen was born on Saturday the 24th of February, 1996.   David is Paul and Gwenny's youngest child and they were aged 28 when he was born.

More info to come.

Daniel is born

Daniel shakes hands with Paul's maternal grandmother

Daniel Victor Thomsen was born on Monday the 31st of January, 1994.  Paul and Gwenny were aged 26 at the time.

More info to come.

Rosanna's 1st birthday

We celebrated Rosanna's 1st birthday today at her grand parent's place in Wanguri.

Uncle Peter passes away

On the 3rd of October 1992 Peter Edward Thomsen passed away at around 3pm on a Saturday afternoon in the Royal Darwin Hospital.  He had his loving family around him.

In 1988 he was diagnosed with bowel cancer and had to go to Adelaide for emergency surgery.  It took some time to recover from that but he was eventually given the "all clear" - however the cancer did return and he eventually lost his battle with it.  He was about 50 at the time and left behind his wife Wendy, and children Brett, Peter, Naree, Charles (adopted) and Jason.   Paul was aged nearly 25 at the time.  Uncle Peter was like another father to Paul and his death affected him significantly also.

Paul's Uncle Peter and Aunty Wendy