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Sensational life Sydney 1983

March 4, 2020 by David Herd

Sensational life Sydney 1983

Sensational life Sydney 1983 is no exaggeration, in fact the 80s was probably my favourite decade. A harbour side condo with my Bertram cruiser moored outside, my very own liquor store & a white Mercedes Sports.

Above are two of my best friends at the time, Wolf Wottke & Ross Ansell, we spent a lot of time in my boat on Sydney harbour & lunching at Doyle’s on the beach at Watson’s Bay.

Sydenham Cellars

Located in Unwins Bridge Road next to the railway station. I opened it in 1980 & sold it in 1984 with a tax loss of $150,000. Luckily I owned the freehold which showed a profit of $180,000 which was tax free. That’s Madison sitting at the front door. 🙂

Boats, babes & booze

What more could a man want in life. 🙂 I feel so lucky having the fabulous life I had in the 80s, + lucky I was always a photo fanatic, & have thousands of shots to display on my photo blogs.

Marlene Cuthbert

Great lady with a sexy voice, workrd for Ansett airlines & did their announcements at the airport.

Boxing Day 1983

The start of the Sydney to Hobart yacht race, we used to follow the boats out to sea.

A crowded harbour

Throw in the choppy water & you had to be very careful to avoid collisions. 🙂

Sydney heads in the distance

Great memories of my Sensational life Sydney 1983 on the world’s best harbour.

Peak Avenue Surfers Paradise

Here I am in the middle of a plethora of gorgeous, where else would I rather be?

Always lots of parties in Peak Ave Main Beach.

That’s Chris Adams on the left & Harley Bradstreet on the right. When I often visited I would sleep on a mattress in the garage. 🙂

Never a dull moment in Peak Avenue. 🙂

That’s Rob Rubis on the left, a well known Gold Coast chick magnet in the fabulous 80s.

Judy Paris a pretty blonde babe

Judy was tangled up in a messy court case in 1952 when her husband Bobby Lulham was poisoned by his mother-in-law.

A few days in Melbourne

Ross Ansell with his 2 daughters Tanya & Fiona, Marlene Cuthbert & I stayed at Ross’s pub in Curzon St North Melbourne.

The Black Prince

Doesn’t look too special but we had some great nights there.

Back to Sydney for a Drummoyne BBQ.

I lived in Wrights Rd Drummoyne for 6 years from 1979, & wow! Diddn’t we have some parties there. Here I am with Dirk Kammerling, aka Dirk Suave.

View from my apartment

Life was very good for me in the 80s.

This gorgeous babe live just around the corner.

A well known Sydney model Yolande did a popular toothpaste commercial in 1969.

Macleans Toothpaste Advert 1969

Watch this video on YouTube

Meet Helen & Roylene

Two of my favourite party girls.

Lets have a closer look

One of the many dinner parties at my apartment.

Sensational life Sydney 1983

It seemed like the end of an era, meet Karen Smith who became my 3rd & final fiancee, we moved to 31 Herbert Avenue Newport & parted 3 years later. So I packed up my belongings & moved to Surfers Paradise. 🙂