In an earlier post I said the last time I was in Townsville was 25 years ago (a guess!) for yesterday in Cairns we met up with Dennis and Valerie Howe, who moved here 26 years ago.
Not a bad guess eh?
Therefore it really was quarter of a century since I have been to Queensland’s north, catching up with then self confessed ‘drop-outs’ from the down south fast lane.
Dennis as the boss of Skywest Airlines was my first PR client, until he moved to Sydney to run East West Airlines and fairly quickly he got head-hunted to be number 2 at Australian Airlines. But the culture shock of life at the former TAA and the spotted bow tie types, soon had them beat a hasty retreat to seek a new life in idyllic Cairns.
They have had a number of very successful businesses here in the tropics and now live in a halcyon, picturesque and bucolic part of the city which is a gem.
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