Reunion Updates
1974 – 50 Year Reunion
A 50-year reunion was held on Saturday 9 November at the College, for the alumni of 1974. Over 60 alumni from 1974 attended a happy and noisy reunion after a grand tour of the school. Some had travelled from interstate and others from the country.
A group of nine women were present who had been at the school from Kindergarten through to Year 12 and another group of 11 had attended Ingleholme Junior School together.
Fourteen boarders were able to make it and spent a fun weekend catching up together.
The College provided a lovely lunch which was followed by dinner at the Greengate Hotel on Saturday evening and lunch at the Oaks Hotel in Neutral Bay on the Sunday. There was good attendance at each event.
A wonderful catch up and celebration of old and continued friendships.
Karen Fessey (Turner) and Jane Ellis (Pardey)
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1964 – 60 Year Reunion
The 1964 leavers met on a glorious Saturday afternoon in October at Jenny Hooper’s (Fox) home in Gordon. Thirty girls came for bubbles and canapés and loads of catching up was done, especially with those we hadn’t seen for many years. We reflected on and laughed about things we remembered from our schooldays with our memories prompted by a slide show of old school photos. The consensus was, that we all had such a great time that we would meet again at Jenny’s in five years’ time.
Jenny Hooper
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1989 – 35 Year Reunion
The 1989 leavers came together on Saturday 30 November at 400 in North Sydney to celebrate 35 years since our graduation. Just over 50 of us reconnected and renewed old friendships, shared stories and memories as well as many laughs. A huge shout out to our unofficial archivist, Tina McIntosh, who took us all on an incredible trip down memory lane sharing her photos of school days, excursions, expeditions out at Camp Knox and Quindalup and lots of hilarious 80s hair and formal fashion.
Thank you to everyone who came along and made it a reunion to remember.
Mel Gilmour (Whelan)
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1994 – 30 Year Reunion
We had a delightful catch up last month. We had people travel from all over the country (I flew in from QLD). We had a lovely afternoon at the Union Hotel with chats, drinks and canapes, and some of us kicked on for dinner afterwards. It was wonderful to see everyone and hear about all the adventures and challenges of the past few years. We settled on another get together in five years… consensus was that 10 years would be too long between catch ups!
Amanda Keeling
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2003 – 20 Year Reunion
It was a great afternoon reuniting with the lovely ladies from class 2003. We all caught up on everyone’s careers, kids (trading war stories) and recalled some of our greatest memories from our school days. For those who hung around we did an impromptu tour of the school marvelling at all the new buildings – I think the performing arts building impressed the most having been completed just after we finished school.
Ellie Jeffery
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2014 – 10 Year Reunion
On Saturday 19 October, we held our much-anticipated 10-year reunion. The event brought together about 70 former classmates for an afternoon of reconnection and nostalgia – fittingly accompanied by margaritas and tacos.
The Class of 2014 met at Neutral Bay’s SoCal, which was the perfect backdrop for everyone to catch up and share their experiences from the past decade.
It was impressive to see the diverse paths our classmates had pursued. From doctors and lawyers to Olympians and corporate high-flyers, our year group has embarked on a wide range of exciting careers and life-journeys.
The evening flew by as we indulged in food and drink, and many expressed eagerness for the 15-year reunion.
Overall, the reunion was a great success, and we, your event organisers – Hannah Buchner, Natalie Reid and Hannah Gray – thank everyone who made the effort to come and attend!
We hope you enjoyed the evening as much as we did, and we look forward to seeing you at our next reunion.
Hannah Buchner
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Newcastle/Hunter Valley/Port Stephens Reunion
A small group of Pymble ex-students living in the Newcastle/Hunter Valley/Port Stephens areas, met up in mid-November at the historic Stanley Park homestead in Fullerton Cove. The event was the start of a group that hopes to become a regular gathering for alumni in that area.
Though small in number, the group were from the leaving years of 1963, 1967, 1973 and 1974 , and all had a great time chatting and reminiscing about our PLC days.
Plans are for the next one to be a Hunter Valley winery lunch, in May 2025. For information, email organiser Jill Taylor (1973) on jilltaylor1212@gmail.com.
