When asked what the secret to a long and happy life was, 99-year-old Peter Seale chuckled and said, “beer and macadamia nuts”.
Sandgate Regis resident Peter Seale is due to turn 100 on 11 October. He will be celebrating with family and friends by having a Hawaiian-themed party followed by cake and, as per his request, “plenty of prawns and oysters”.
His daughter Andrea said she was looking forward to the celebration and seeing her father enjoy himself surrounded by his loved ones.
“He has always been an easy-going dad, and very supportive,” she said.
“His brother, John (90), who regularly visits, is coming up from Sydney to join in the party too.”
Peter has had a full life and a successful career in food technology, joining Golden Circle Cannery in 1948 and remaining there for 40 years. In 1958, his work took the family to Hawaii, where he served as Acting Director of the Food Processing Laboratory at the University of Hawaii, before later travelling to Thailand as a food processing specialist.
Away from work, Peter has had a lifelong passion for motoring. After buying an ex-Army BSA motorcycle in 1944, he moved on to a brand-new MG TC, which he raced at Strathpine and Lowood, winning the flying quarter-mile for cars under 1500cc. His racing days eventually came to an end after Golden Circle discovered his motorsport exploits in the work vehicle they had given him.
A Century of Adventures and Memories
“I love my motor cars,” Peter said.
Although no one in the family has quite the same passion for old classics as Peter, a cousin of Andrea’s has their grandfather’s MG Magnette that Peter fully restored. The car is still taken for the occasional Sunday drive.
When asked what his fondest memory was, Peter responded with a smile, “the time I got a hole in one at golf”.
“He was a keen golfer and used to play twice a week at the Keperra Country Golf Club,” Andrea said.
“It is rumoured that he actually achieved a hole in one twice, only about 20ish years ago too.”
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