Comments on: The great garden gnome hunt

By: Mr Laurie Bennett

Mr Laurie Bennett — Fri, 19 Jun 2015 06:32:36 +0000

An amazing time at a truly unique university, wonderful time, friends and memories.
The food fight and the party were incredible for a naive student.

The best of times fond memories.

By: Julie Hare

Julie Hare — Thu, 11 Jun 2015 04:44:03 +0000

I remember!

By: John Foster

John Foster — Thu, 11 Jun 2015 04:20:33 +0000

Are there any photos in the archive from the first Conception Day which would have been in 1968? Much of it was organized by the Lachlan Macquarie Hunt Club which in itself was lucky to escape expulsion after the first Hunt Club Ball, the first social event at Macquarie late in ’67. The food fight was amazing!

By: Bill Chilvers

Bill Chilvers — Thu, 04 Jun 2015 13:22:15 +0000

Hi Phil Gibbs,
I was a student from 1969 to 1972. I remember the gnome hunt well – lots of fun. I was a member of a band called ‘Llama’ at that time which included other Macquarie students. We played a few times at the Union. One of the band went on to become a pop star in the early eighties and another became the Director of Music Studies at the Los Angeles campus of the Berkeley College of Music.

We’ve all done pretty well in our lives with fond memories of our time studying at Macquarie.

By: Greg Smith

Greg Smith — Thu, 04 Jun 2015 10:39:27 +0000

1970 to 1973. We had a bloke catch us taking his wifes garden pink porcelain flamingo. Nice bloke. Actually helped us load it in the dac dac.

By: Dennis Bateman

Dennis Bateman — Thu, 04 Jun 2015 10:24:47 +0000

I was also working in the Registrar’s Office at the time. The Ryde and Eastwood police stations had an added problem. Many owners chose not to reclaim their stolen garden kitsch. The theft of their sculpture was a god-sent opportunity to have a “clean out.” Unfortunately this resulted in the police stations being overrun with unclaimed gnomes. I am not sure of the eventual fate of the “unclaimed.” Perhaps Brian or some of our contemporaries may have some news of their fate.

By: Leo Grey (BA(Hons) '72)

Leo Grey (BA(Hons) '72) — Thu, 04 Jun 2015 06:44:49 +0000

Anyone who was there, as I was as a young chemistry student, will remember this. Poor Phil – we thought he was going to be arrested!