One of the best attended gatherings of Cosmic Greys enjoyed a sumptuous lunch at the Royal Hotel in Darlington - on the fringe of our old Alma Mater.
Can anyone suggest a collective noun for a group of Cosmic Greys?
This excellent turn out was due entirely to the excellent organisation skills of Mr Yan (aka Michael Ryan).
See all photos - from each of the attendant paparazzi - here
Alas, too many years have passed for recognitions of those photogenic old folks. Perhaps large name tags should be mandatory before memories fade too much more. Just kidding - that would spoil the guessing game.
ReplyDeleteAnyway, I had a nice nostalgic trip via Google street map/vista to the regions about the address of the Royal Hotel meeting place published by MrYan as I was fascinated by the reference to how close Redfern station was. I thought at first the hotel was near Ross Street, where one night going to SydUni a drunk and presumably uninsured driver in front of me rear-ended a car in front and reversed away at high speed chased by a lad from the victim's car. Finally, I got my bearings. I did recognize some things as I attended SydUni in the 1990s when it had really expanded over City Road. I used the Shepherd Street carpark at night. That was a mere 30 years ago! This week I got a shock to see the news items on YouTube about the "Rozelle Interchange". I just did not recognize the area I used to drive through every day - what a mess - it was bad enough in the old days. It's a bit spooky that YouTube thought I would be interested in that area (Big Brother?). I'm glad I'm in sedate Adelaide where we have the local "West Lakes Interchange" with at most a couple of buses under the local Westfield Shopping Centre and no traffic jams! I must confess it's a long way from the big smoke - by rail we have to pass through Melbourne and change trains to go to Sydney.
--TonyP