This man stood tall against the challenge brought by the winds of life, he was a man who knew and loved life's

enthusiasms, its great devotions and enthusiastically spent himself in their cause.

From the OG:

From Pat:

Dear Peter,

Gosh, another birthday is drawing near and I have some news for you.

I know you would be very proud of your son - Tammy and I were most

impressed with his capable, calm, cheerful and enthusiastic abilities as our dive

instructor and host at Coral Divers in Sodwana. We first had to do a refresher

course in the pool with him and I was amazed at his authoritative underwater

communication skills. Day two saw us going out to Four Buoys on two Mile Reef

with him and a couple of his students. There was a large surge so the conditions

were unfortunately far from perfect. Our next dive was excellent – good viz , no

ground swell and a myriad of colourful sea creatures, many of which Stuart

pointed out to us.

The dive restored my faith in the sport although I miss the wonderful Cape kelp

forests concealing crawlies, perlies and greedy hotties! The water there is so

warm, unlike the west coast when one is so tempted to release a little warm fluid

to stop the shivering! Don’t pretend that you never did!

Anyway Pete, it was a gratifying experience for Tammy (and for me, nostalgic)

to be guided by your child.

Oh yes, I did 70 kms of the Orange River in a Mohawk canoe with a bunch of

friends – it was most memorable but not for sissies, as on day one as we had an

exhausting headwind and the most valuable commodity in our group was a pack

of anti inflammatories!

With much love as always

Cart xxx

BIRTHDAY - 2011

…Bruce Parker, Pete’s brother

Milestones & birthdays and special times - three