Meet the Resident Pat
Born in Murwillumbah, we moved to Kalbar during the war and lived next to the Salvation Army Church. I spent 3 years in hospital with Polio, then went to Maleny for a little while, my dad was a baker, then finished in Caloundra in 1948. My fondest childhood memories “well we
lived in Caloundra, near the beach, so swimming was my favourite thing to do” Girls couldn’t join the Surf Life Saving club at that time. After school I worked in a shop, Caloundra was so small I went out west and worked in at the Wandoan hotel. I learned everything there, it was a little country pub. My favourite pastime is crocheting, I’m looking forward to joining the knit and natter afternoon group here, I’m just waiting for my things to come. The best piece of advice I’ve received and think it’s important, especially living here is to be patient, be happy and keep smiling. I’m still quite new here, I’ve made some good friends. I’m happy to singalong to anything. I enjoy Daniel Steele books and have popped down to the library here. One of the biggest changes in the world during my lifetime is “progress” well they call it progress. It doesn’t look like progress to me, right now. My husband, Doug was a member of the Surf Life Saving club and was an official, so we travelled to Perth, one of my favourite’s places, for the Surf Life Saving Games. We really liked it and got to see a lot of places. Pat’s proudest achievement is her two boys and the thing that makes me smile, as she points to Doug sitting across from her, “my husband” 13
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