Mariza's garage

My friend Mariza Beraldi, who lives in Randwick, was really kind to offer me hospitality in her own flat when I arrived in Sydney in November 2017. Mariza and I had first met and became fast friends in September 1981, when I migrated to Australia.

After I moved back to Brazil, Mariza was kind enough to let me keep some of my 'junk' in her garage. Now, 18 years later, I went down to her garage to get rid of my old stuff. Once I was down there I decided to tidy the place up and took some photos:

Mariza keeps old stuff in her garage...

That massive arm-chair once belonged to Mirian Pinho-Rosa who gave to Mariza when she and Edson went to Japan where they spent most of the 1980s. 

Randwick, 23rd March 2018. 

23rd March 2018 - it was a very bright and windy Autumn day; I hardly finished sweeping garage floor and dead leaves were blown in again... 

Mariza lives on the top floor... 

Mariza walks down the foot-path where Isabella's Spot, Italian sea-food restarant stands, in Randwick. 

Reunion with Sandra W. on 21st March 2018

Having had a reunion with my dear friend Sandra Winstanley on 21st March 2018, was a bit like some old Hollywood detective stories.

After being absent from Australia for almost 20 years, I didn't know Sandra's whereabouts anymore. I didn't even know how to start looking for her after I arrived back in Sydney on 16 November 2017. As soon as I found a place to stay I was eager to go out and visit my old haunts in that city. After buying myself a cell-phone, I started a pilgrimage to places like Annandale,  Bondi, and Newtown. I was craving to see how Royal Prince Alfred Hospital had changed after so long so I took a few pictures of RPA and posted on my Facebook page. 

A few days later, on 1st February 2018, I noticed a lady called Denise Harrison had 'liked' a particular photo I had taken of the imposing building of Fairfax Institute of Pathology on Facebook. I checked her profile and found out it was Denise Stavrianos who worked at Anatomical Pathology in the 1980s with us (Myself and Sandra).

I wrote Denise through Messenger stating the author of the photo was Luiz Amorim who had worked at Anatomical Patholohy with her in the 1980s. I asked her about Sandra's whereabouts and later on, Denise sent me Sandra's number. 

But it took me a month to ring Sandra and set up a meeting at the corner of Bronte Road and Oxford Street, on Bondi Junction. We at at a coffee-shop on the 3rd or 4th floor of Westfield's where I took these 4 selfies that illustrate the page.   

Wednesday, 21st March 2018, at Westfield Shopping Centre at Bondi Junction. I'm sorry for the  photos' poor quality but I'm hopeless at taking selfies... 

Sandra at home on Thursday, 27 March 2018. 

Sandra's cozy flat in Double Bay... 

shots of Sandra's flat from the table we drank the most delicious cappucino ever brewed...

pot plants on Sandra's balcony. 

Sandra's small pot-plant garden... 

Professor Chris O' Brien's funeral as seen by the Sydney Morning Herald - 12 June 2009.

Chris O'Brien was given a state funeral service at Saint Mary's Cathedral in Sydney. Sandra was there with Dr. Paul McKenzie and Richard... as pointed out in her clipping of the Herald. 

Christopher John O'Brien AO (* 3 January 1952 + 4 June 2009) was an Australian head & neck surgeon. He achieved national recognition as a compassionate surgeon in the reality TV series RPA.

Chris O'Brien Lifehouse on Missenden Road, Camperdown.

magnificent Golden Sheaf Hotel on New South Head Road, in Double Bay. 

corner of New South Head Road & Knox Street, Double Bay. 

for a minute I thought I'd bump into Julie Anthony singing about St George's...

Saint George Bank's Happy Dragon's fire...