This is my oldest mate Doug Stephens and his wife Debbie playing at the "Christmas in July" Rock and Roll dance at Yungaburra. Doug invited us to the dance and we spent a great night Rocking. The following day we visited them at their property north west of Kuranda. Doug and I along with Gordon Crooks and five other Babinda boys were at All Souls School together in 1960. spent several days on the Tableland with Gordon and Doug remininsing about the good old days. It was great fun for me and Susan and I thoroughly enjoyed our time with both of the families.








Here is a scene of the Rockers in action at the hall. There were some great movers I can tell you. Susan gave me a break off the floor to get these shots. We had a pre dance dinner in the Eacham Hotel which is fairly famous for its size and timber construction, a real land mark on the tablelands. I can't go any where without running into some one I know, Tony Olsen from Proserpine was in the bar having a drink when we were sussing out the hotel a couple of days before the dance.





Here we with Gordon Crooks and his wife Jean. We stayed with them catching up on the intervening years while in Mareeba. The Mareeba rodeo was on over this weekend but we did not attend.















This is a photo of Skybury, The Australian Coffee Centre at Mareeba. This is reputed to be a two million dollar building. Our interest in visiting was the fact that Susan was a friend of the owners mother who lives in Augusta WA. Complicated isn't it? They are doing quite well for themselves. This is a coffee plantation west of Mareeba. Mareeba now produces 90% of the Australian coffee.