"i HAVE KNOWN COLIN FOR 49 YEARS SINCE I ARRIVED IN PERTH IN 1971.WE DID NOT KNOW EACH OTHER BEFORE THAT. WE BECAME GREAT MATES. WE WORKED TOGETHER FOR ANY YEARS AT QANTAS AT PERTH AIRPORT. WE DID A COUPLE OF TRIPS FIRSTLY TO MELBOURNE TO SEE THE FIRST RUGBY TEST AT THE MCG..A BLEDISLOE CUP GAME BETWEEN NEW ZEALAND AND AUSTRALIA. WE ALSO WENT TO THAILAND AND SINGAPORE FOR THE FORMULA ONE GRAND PRIX. AFTER MARIE DIED, COLIN SOLD UP AND TOURED WESTERN AUSTRALIA FOR A FEW MONTHS AND THEN RETURNED TO MANDURAH TO LIVE ABOUT 10 HOUSES AWAY FROM ME IN A RETIREMENT VILLAGE WHERE WE SUNK MANY A BEER WITH COLIN DRINKING HIS BELOVED VICTORIA BITTER!!! COLIN WAS A VERY GENEROUS AND KIND MAN AND WAS LOVED THROUGHOUT THE RETIREMENT VILLAGE. HE WILL BE SORELY MISSED. I WAS GLAD COLIN WAS ABLE TO RETURN HOME AND SPEND THE LAST FEW YEARS WITH HIS FAMILY. FAREWELL MY FRIEND RIP KEN"