I first met you when I was 6 weeks old on my first visit to your beautiful island.
My dad worked with you at Qantas and flew to your beautiful island on DC-10's
My mum's sister moved to Norfolk Island as a school teacher and I am very grateful she married you, my gentle lovely uncle.
I love all your children, my first cousins and their children.
I have always fallen in love with your island and am extremely grateful to have spent 11 wonderful years there with my little family.
I have a love of cows (and fresh milk) most likely from you.
Watching you milk a cow and bringing the milk cans up the valley and waiting to see the fresh cream sitting on top was a childhood highlight for this suburban Sydney kid.
You were always a humble gentleman,
involved in some amazing community projects.
I always think of you while climbing the flagstaff steps.
I appreciate the opportunity to work with you at your apartments.
You had such amazing vision back in the day before anyone else.
Thank you for being such a lovely Uncle to me and great uncle to my kids.
These are my favourite memories of you having a wine on the verandah at Devon
and so full of pride of your heritage on Bounty day
You will be sorely missed.
Rest in peace uncle Bernie
9 March 1929- 15 June 2020
