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"You become what you are!"

"Life is as interesting or as boring as you make it!
You become what you are"

Philip taken with Kirlian photography.

Greentree Ceremonies is the trading name of Philip Greentree's celebrancy services. He brings with him a wealth of experience in communication, public speaking and presentation.

Educated on Sydney's upper North Shore, and despite a deep love of the surf which sure beat the hell out of boarding school, he somehow completed the NSW Leaving Certificate in 1963 and commenced a sales and marketing career in the pharmaceutical industry, mainly as a medical representative. Why boarding school when he only lived 30 minutes away? Ask his stepmother for the answer to that one!

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Confronted with an uncontrolled attack of insanity, Philip undertook mature age studies in electronic engineering commencing when 38-years of age, graduating at the ripe old age of 41, although he felt more like 61. He then went totally mad and spent the next 14-years working in IT and network management at the University of Newcastle until retiring in 1999. He retains membership of both the Institution of Engineers Australia and the Australian Computer Society.

With his wife Ruth (who willinlgy brings him down to earth), Philip lives at Salamander Bay on the southern shores of beautiful Port Stephens northeast of Newcastle. Previously they lived in the Newcastle suburb of Warners Bay on Lake Macquarie..

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Philip played that total maddness called rugby, first for his school, then with the OKGA Club in the Sydney sub-districts competition, then grade for Mosman in the old Sydney 2nd Division. Injuries encouraged him to take up refereeing, officiating at rugby matches in the NSW Cental-West, Central-North, and later Newcastle rugby unions, before entering into rugby administration.

A deep love for the game of rugby and a belief in the right of women to participate in anything they elect to do (except boxing in which both men's and women's versions should be banned), resulted in Philip founding the Hunter Women's Rugby Union in 1997, serving variously as foundation executive officer, president, vice-president, and honorary secretary. Since that time, the HWRU grew to become the second largest women's rugby competition in Australia, and second only to the Sydney women's rugby representative team in playing strength. He was deeply honoured to be given life-membership at the HWRU's 10th anniversary dinner during 2007.

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In younger years Philip was a volunteer lifeguard, patrol captain and Beach Inspector at Dee Why Beach on Sydney's Northside, then at North Bondi Beach in Sydney's Eastern Suburbs (really a good excuse to watch all the good-looking girls on the beach and get away with it because that's what lifeguards do, don't they?).

He was also a member of Surf-lifesaving Australia's Board of Examiners. To expand his first aid expertise during the early seventies, while with the North Bondi surf Lifesaving club, Philip served as an honorary officer with the Central District Ambulance based at Quay Street HQ - what an experience that was. These days, he simply can't watch RPA or Ambo shows on TV, they give him the absolute creeps: I know, go on, say it.... unresolved PTS Syndrome!

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Philip has served in administration of numerous clubs and community organsations. Along with others, he founded the Gunnedah Squash Club during about 1968. Following the Newcastle Earthquake he was appointed as Hunter Region coordinator of the communications emergency service WICEN, a member squad of the Volunteer Rescue Association of NSW. He then served several years as State coordinator (yes, he was/is insane).

He is an amateur radio operator holding the full grade licence and call sign VK2IW. These days he is somewhat inactive, but has a burning desire to reinstall his equipment in his car. During the late 1970s and early 80s, he became the first radio HAM in the world to communicate with other radio hams in all 40 zones of the world across all high frequency bands, then repeated that effort individually on each the 10 metre, 15 metre and 20 metre short wave bands, all while operating from his motor vehicle.

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Philip was appointed a Justice of the Peace in 1971. In later years, it seemed only natural to Philip that he should undertake training to become a marriage logo fcaa

celebrant. All was worthwhile when he was appointed as such by the Commonwealth Attorney Genera. He ins a member of Australian Marriage Celebrants, and the Funeral Celebrants Association of Australia.

Philip is a deeply spiritual person committed to Gnostic oriented beliefs and the many physical lives a soul must undertake in its long journey toward spiritual evolvement.

Along with his wife Ruth, he e is proactively involved with his grandchildren Lexie and Saxon, caring for the them 5-days a week while their parents are at work. Between feeding them, changing nappies, driving Lexie to ballet lessons, both to swimming lessons, mowing 5 lawns, doing what Ruth tells him to do and being a full-time celebrant, there is simply no time to be bored!