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Josephine Ahern,Garry Bohlsen,William Bromhall,Max Brown,Peter Cushing,Steven Dalton,Jennifer Daniel,Marcello (Mark) Di Leo,Mark Dodds,Sandra Elsebach,Debbie Taylor (Hands),David Howard,Gary Kelk,Robert McCabe,Jan McManus,Brad Millard,Connie Murray,Myles Prasser,Mandy O'Boyle (Quirk-Meeks),Richard Ravell,Richard Ravell,Tina Staines,Tina Cash (Staines),John Theoharris,Barry Tickle,Christine Waring,Jacqui Wood
Departing Students
Alana Behne
[no description entered]
Last Updated : 02/05/2013
David Black
[Statement not provided]
Last Updated : 05/01/2021
Leesa Bohmer
[Statement not provided]
Last Updated : 02/05/2013
Brian Burdett
I am a professional musician, playing regularly on the Gold Coast and Northern NSW. My beautiful wife Felicity, (who is also a musician), and I live with our two daughters at Lennox Head where we surf and make music together. Check out Fliss's band The Love Bus at http://www.the-love-bus.com I play at the Hard Rock Cafe in Surfers every Sat. night at 9pm Next time you're in town come and say g'day!
Last Updated : 02/05/2013
Lorelle Cumming
Married 18 years. Two sons 12 & 9. Live on the Gold Coast.
Last Updated : 02/05/2013
Max Dargin
[Attended 40th Anniversary Reunion in 2003]
Last Updated : 02/05/2013
Terry Grisanti
[Attended 40th Anniversary Reunion in 2003]
Last Updated : 02/05/2013
Neil Hutton
[Statement not provided]
Last Updated : 28/01/2018
Nerida Knight
Work in a newsagent, 2 kids, married 20 yrs.
Last Updated : 02/05/2013
Stephen Kopp
[Statement not provided]
Last Updated : 02/05/2013
Nigel Laurie
Move to Beenleigh after Grade 10 1977. been up the Sunshine Coast for a while, back in Beenleigh working with Computers & Music.
Last Updated : 22/09/2013
Donna Browning (Lockyer)
I left Australia '78 to dance in USA. Danced 18 years now live in Vegas. Married with 2 sons, 19 & 6. I now teach & choreograph and do computer graphics part time. I have been gone 25 years and still miss the Gold Coast, you never realize what you had on the coast til you leave it. Vegas is good though but all my family is still in Aussie Land. Hi to all who may remember me!
Last Updated : 02/05/2013
Kerrie Mccraith
[Attended 40th Anniversary Reunion in 2003]
Last Updated : 02/05/2013
Amanda Conway (Nicholson)
Hi .. Left Miami High in1977. Moved around Australia a bit but settled in Brisbane working as Sales Team Leader for Hallmark Cards Australia. Divorced. One precious daughter Hannah almost 16yo.
Last Updated : 02/05/2013
Gayle Clearihan (Parker)
I have been married for 35 years. Have a 27 year old daughter & 22 year old son. Live on the Gold Coast still.
Last Updated : 12/01/2018
Todd Vassella
Married 30 years. Have 1son 33 years old, 1 daughter 32 years old, 4 grandsons. Still live on the coast, look forward to hearing from anyone who remembers me.
Last Updated : 24/09/2017
Jim Whitehead
Still married after28 years, 1 daughter (eldest daughter passed away aged 4). 34 years as a policeman, still going strong, working out of the Water Police base at Lytton, Brisbane.
Last Updated : 06/07/2016

Grade 11

Greg Arthur,Marc Atkins,Julian Baker,Wayne Beachley,Steve Brown,Gary Brown,Sue Tierney (Campbell),Michael Cosgrove,Ngaire Vette (Cox),Gary Crouch,Donna Bennett (Cumming),Sandra Miles (Dalton),John Dowling,Kim Burrill (Dyer),Mark Easson,Grant Ebeling,Patrick Farnell,Eddie Fong,Helen Pearce (Gander),Robert Geisel,Brian Gilbert,Richard Hamilton,Kerrie Franklin (Hill),Uwe Jacobsen,Diane Lander,Diane Kelly (Lander),Karen Patane (McDougall),David McIlwain,Jon Neilsen,Russell Organ,Rosemarie Bromhall (Picken),Paul Robertson,Pam McGregor (Runge),Marcel Safier,Marcel Safier (Safier),David Skinner,Kym Smith,Mark Spargo,Evan Thomas,Evan Thomas,Helen Lomakin (Tseberg),Helen Tseberg,Sandra Bragg (Twining),Carl Warner,Sue Watkins,Kathryn Willingham,Vicki Orton (Wright)
Departing Students
Mark Burrill
Married a Miami High girl - my senior (not that we knew each other then) with 1 beautiful daughter, now living in Brisbane.
Last Updated : 02/05/2013
Linda Cetinich
Stayed on the coast for 20yrs, moved to Redland Bay Q. Two children, loving life.
Last Updated : 02/05/2013
Glen Conforti
[Statement not provided]
Last Updated : 22/07/2013
Ken Dacey
[Statement not provided]
Last Updated : 02/05/2013
Kim Davies (Kerrigan)
Living on the Coast with two children 17 and 19.
Last Updated : 02/05/2013
Ronnie Lorenz
Back on the gold coast after 15 years touring Australia in various bands. Married, divorced, with one beautiful son. Keen to talk to any old friends.....
Last Updated : 02/05/2013
Sharon Gray (Packham)
Married with 3 daughters, living in Bracken Ridge after travelling around a lot with husband's work. Working at Coles as 2ic service desk.
Last Updated : 02/05/2013
Warren Stark
[Attended 40th Anniversary Reunion in 2003]
Last Updated : 02/05/2013

Grade 12

Carolyn Adams
Married with 3 kids.Working as a teacher in a small school outside of Kingaroy. Folks still at the coast.
Last Updated : 02/05/2013
Peter Alderdice
[Statement not provided]
Last Updated : 20/05/2013
Alison Murphy (Birrell)
[Attended 40th Anniversary Reunion in 2003]
Last Updated : 02/05/2013
David Brown
Completed 9 years in The RAAF before settling in Perth. Married with four kids still have family and friends on the Coast and try to get across every couple of years. Note to WEB MASTER: repeated year 11 75-76 so please included from 82.
Last Updated : 02/05/2013
Karen Bates (Burge)
Spent many years overseas. Married to a Scot. Two daughters 23 and 20.
Last Updated : 31/05/2014
Tanya Reynolds (Crozier)
[Statement not provided]
Last Updated : 10/02/2017
Julie Decker
Married another ex Miami High student (Ian Martin) twenty years ago and have two lovely boys aged 9 and 5. Completed an IT degree and now teach at QUT and TAFE.
Last Updated : 02/05/2013
Jevena Dow
[Attended 40th Anniversary Reunion in 2003]
Last Updated : 02/05/2013
Eileen Dow
[Attended 40th Anniversary Reunion in 2003]
Last Updated : 02/05/2013
Julie Nelson (Doyle)
Hi Guys, Happily married and living in Melbourne for the past 17 years. I have 3 children, 2 boys and a girl ages 15,12, and 9. My Husband Phil and I were both in Banking and now run a Legal Services Company with offices in Melb, Brisbane and Southport.
Last Updated : 02/05/2013
Naomi Wellington - Smith (Dunmore)
Married with 5 kids, All my old friends contact me!!!! : )
Last Updated : 02/05/2013
Kim Burrill (Dyer)
Married and living in Brisbane - we have one child.
Last Updated : 02/05/2013
Amanda Nardello (Enright)
Married 2 Children 18 and 8 back living on coast after 20 years, would love to hear from old friends.
Last Updated : 02/05/2013
Brad Farmer
Bit of a storied, single life travelling, politics and advocacy, writing books and driving coastal conservancy NGO's globally. Still around the beaches!
Last Updated : 07/03/2017
Lisa Plume (Freeman)
[Attended 40th Anniversary Reunion in 2003]
Last Updated : 02/05/2013
Rob Gregor
Currently GP in Tasmania - married with 2 children at Uni and still bushwalking
Last Updated : 05/05/2013
Noeleen Haney
[Statement not provided]
Last Updated : 20/06/2017
David Harrison
I spent 1 very happy year at Miami High.have bumped into a few old school mates over the years,like steve james,but have been moving around Australia and overseas for work...I am currently the owner of a nightclub in Tasmania,I have an 16 year old daughter
Last Updated : 02/05/2013
Linda Hill (Henley)
[Statement not provided]
Last Updated : 25/02/2017
Cynthia Elliott (Holcombe)
[Statement not provided]
Last Updated : 02/05/2013
Kerryn BIdner (How)
Lliving on the coast and working as a teacher aide. I have been married for 26 years with a 21 year old daughter and 19 year old son.
Last Updated : 02/05/2013
Diana Jecks
Married school sweetheart, Jon Norling. 2 kids, Ben at Uni and Rebecca in Grade 12. Live in Brisbane. Registered Nurse working at Mater ICU.
Last Updated : 02/05/2013
Sharon Johns
Worked in hospitality straight out of school. Joined RAN 3 years later. Married with 2 children. Currently working in education.
Last Updated : 02/05/2013
Rowena Lennings
Living in Sydney with partner John Murray. We have a consulting business here and would love to hear from old friends.
Last Updated : 02/05/2013
Gavin Matthew
[Attended 40th Anniversary Reunion in 2003]
Last Updated : 02/05/2013
Andrew McDougall
Hi. After school I joined the RAAF. Got out in 84, and went to RMIT in Melbourne for 3 years. Started work with Ansett in Melbourne, and left them in 1989. Moved to Tacoma near Seattle USA where I have been since then. Worked for Northwest Airlines until 2003. Now work for Toyota. Married with 2 girls, both US and Aust citizens. Come back to Aust every 2-3 years.
Last Updated : 02/10/2013
Paula Loth (Mellott)
[Statement not provided]
Last Updated : 02/05/2013
Lisa Glennon (Melville)
[Statement not provided]
Last Updated : 24/10/2016
Mandy Sparkes (Morris)
[Statement not provided]
Last Updated : 02/05/2013
Jon Norling
Married school sweetheart, Diana Jecks. Living in Logan, working in Brisbane. Two children, both married. Three grandchildren.
Last Updated : 29/08/2014
Guy Norris
[Statement not provided]
Last Updated : 03/01/2015
Stephen Orwin
Career as a Aircraft Engineer. Have travelled to various locations with my job, Antarctica, Nepal, PNG, married with 5 children 4 girls and 1 boy, now living in Brisbane still travelling overseas with my job.
Last Updated : 02/05/2013
Sally Perry
[Statement not provided]
Last Updated : 08/04/2016
John Petersen
[Attended 40th Anniversary Reunion in 2003]
Last Updated : 02/05/2013
Ian Phillips
Moved away from the coast in '78 and settled in Sydney. Married since 1984. Owner of manufacturing plant in Vietnam and commute between Saigon and Sydney and clients in US. Would love to hear from anyone from my year.
Last Updated : 13/06/2013
Kristina Whitaker (Prostamo)
Married and living in England with hubby and two kids for the last 22 years. Taught primary school both in Australia and England since 1981. We all visit the Coast when we can.
Last Updated : 02/05/2013
Karen Ruxton
[Attended 40th Anniversary Reunion in 2003]
Last Updated : 02/05/2013
Karen Stewart (Ruxton)
Married to a now retired army Major and moved a bit with his career. No kids but two step-daughters, five step-grandkids and a lovely collection of nieces and nephews. Lived in Papua New Guinea 93-94. Now in Tenterfield working for an IT firm.
Last Updated : 02/05/2013
Kym Leitch (Salmon)
[Attended 40th Anniversary Reunion in 2003]
Last Updated : 02/05/2013
Kym Salmon
Enjoying life on the Gold Coast. Married with a boy 14 and a girl 12. Keep busy with family, 2 part time jobs and life in general.
Last Updated : 02/05/2013
Sue-Ann O'Reilly (Tongue)
Married, 1 child - daughter 11- clerk at Energex since 1985. Still living in Tugun just on 30 years now!
Last Updated : 02/05/2013
Antoinette Toth
[Attended 40th Anniversary Reunion in 2003]
Last Updated : 02/05/2013
Jenny Tubbs-Barbato
I now live in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. Would love to be in contact with any of the ol' crowd.
Last Updated : 02/05/2013
Geoff Tully
Joined the Army after graduation; went to university in 1990 and work for the University of Queensland. Now living in Coorparoo, Brisbane (and missing the Coast!).
Last Updated : 02/05/2013
David Underwood
Hello anyone. Lived on Gold Coast since 1977, but don't see many from Miami. Electrician for 20 years, now studying to be a school teacher at Uni. Married with 3 children.
Last Updated : 02/05/2013
Liz Sharpe (Walden)
[Attended 40th Anniversary Reunion in 2003]
Last Updated : 02/05/2013
Rita Williams
I live in Hervey Bay, have 2 children, girls aged 8 and 13. I am long term seperated and enjoy life. I work part time in community services and have a Diploma in Fitness.
Last Updated : 02/05/2013
Lindsay Woodland
Married with 2 kids. After 15 years in Melbourne and Sydney pursuing a career in marketing have recently moved back to Brisbane - now head up marketing for Ergon Energy.
Last Updated : 02/05/2013
Lindsay Woodland
[Statement not provided]
Last Updated : 23/12/2016