Rosanna is born

Gwenny with her precious little bundle at Church

Rosanna May Thomsen (now Beath) was born on Wednesday the 6th of May, 1992.  Paul and Gwenny were living in Fanny Bay renting a unit at the time.

She is Paul and Gwenny's first born and also the first grandchild of Paul's parents.  Paul and Gwenny were aged 23 (Gwenny would turn 24 in a week) and Paul's parents were aged 43 when they became grandparents.





More info to come.

Monica is born

Monica Denise Thomsen was born on the 26th of July, 1991 in Wyndham WA.  Her mother ShirleyAnne

Monica and her mum in 2006

was 26 at the time and Paul was 23.

More info to be added.

Fishing competition at the Perons

We had an amazing fishing trip to the Peron Islands this long weekend.   Craig and I went in my boat and Graham Pattemore and Chris Errity went in the boat that Spot On marine had lent me (to make a video - but thats another story!).

Not sure of the exact date but it would have been soon after getting married and it would've probably been the middle of the dry.

We had awesome calm weather and I had never seen Bateman's Shoal with more fish activity.  I have memories of acres of tiny mack tuna jumping as big predators attacked them from below.

From memory we caught a 19kg and a couple of 17kg mackerel trolling Reidy's lures on spinning rods - the lack of a ratchet noise nearly meant us getting spooled a couple of times when we weren't aware of big fish tearing away with our lures.   Chris Errity took this photo from his boat where him and Graham were live baiting.  We had gone over to them to weigh our fish each time.  Of course Chris ended up getting the biggest one with a 21kg fish!

There were a few trips to the Perons just after I was married and most of them were pretty productive.

Paul and Gwenny get married!

After roughly a year's engagement Paul and Gwenny got married at the Darwin Community Church on

Sabine Road in Milner.

The Wedding Party

Paul and his best man Peter Thomsen got ready at Paul's parent's place in Wanguri.  Gwenyth and her matron of honour Maree got ready at her parent's place in Stuart Park.   Apart from the Best Man and Matron of Honour, Gwenny had her nieces as flower girls.  Sadly Gwenny's niece Rachel Ezzy had passed away tragically in July of that year and her absence was very much felt.

More to come...

Rachel Ezzy tragically killed in car accident

Peter and Joy tragically lost their oldest daughter in July 1989 when their car lost control and rolled over on the Victoria Highway near Timber Creek.   They had their whole family in the car but no one else was seriously hurt.

Paul and Gwenny were at Gwenny's parents replace when Gwenny got the call from Joy.  Her parents were at the Darwin Show for the day.  Paul has always regretted the advice he gave Gwenny to wait until her parents got home and to tell them before telling others.  He didn't consider that they might need help to get home etc.  When the rest of the family found out later that afternoon after he had told her parents they contacted Joy and then went down to get the family and bring them home.

Rachel was aged 10 at the time.

Rachel in centre in brown jacket at Coomalie Creek

Rachel (far right background) at Gwenny's 21st

Gwenny's 21st

Gwenny and Graham had their 21st at Colin and Dorothy's place at Humpty Doo.  It was held outside in Colin's partially finished but perfectly usable shed.

Paul and Gwenny were engaged to be married at the time

Paul and Gwenny engaged!

Paul and Gwenny were officially engaged today.   Paul actually popped the question on new years day (13 days earlier) but didn't pluck up the courage to ask Gwenny's Dad until the 13th!

They decided they were quite fond of each other at a camping trip to Koolpin Gorge a few months earlier.  They are planning to get married at the end of the year when Gwenny finishes her Teacher's Degree.

Where it all began?  Koolpin Gorge in '88