Gerard Holmgren Tribute Onlinetributes.com.au

Regrettably I only found this sad news recently through a Facebook search. Gerard and I were good friends, we shared many good lunches over philosophical chats when we both lived in Northcote, Melbourne. We had our own home-grown barter scheme, we would trade peaches, silver beet or whatever was in harvest. We drifted apart when he moved to NSW but I never thought I'd not see him again. Life can run away from us, I wish I had made more effort to stay in touch. He is sadly missed and very fondly remembered; easily, with his sweet smile.

Kaye

Sitting on the side of the road next to a burnt out Combie we discussed the meaning of Entropy I was 20 & Gerard 23.This was the 2nd month into a journey around Australia and a treasured memory for life. Gerard wrote in his book, 'Beyond the nuclear Age' in 1985 page 53 (the last sentence on the last page)." I want no part of this megalomanic quest, but to choose to live in the brief but brilliant sunshine of my mortality and imperfection." I hope the sunshine was brilliant because his life was brief ... I wish we had got together just one more time.Together we grew and lived out some ideals our time was brief but the impact huge. Never forgotten and always lov