submitted by Peter Makarthis on 19.08.2018
Teacher, journalist, poet and author, Sydney NSW Australia
submitted by Stephen Trifyllis on 16.10.2017
kythera we dont see anymore, this photo was taken in the early 80s, when it wasnt uncommon to see this on a regular basis on the main road of the island as the village folk would take their animals to the horafa to feed them , and in most cases if you were in a car you would have to stop to let the animals pass...thats potamo in the background ...
submitted by Stephen Trifyllis on 07.09.2017
great initiative from Mr.Peter Manea [ middle ] from sydney who from his own doing and costings is placing a war memorial plaque in potamos next year with all diaspora kytherians who served in any world wars .. well done peter thats great !!....peter , the mayor announced this in potamos platia late june ... you will see all those great men and womens names engraved on that plague that served for their new countries ! .....
submitted by Stephen Trifyllis on 05.09.2017
funny who you can find walking the streets in the villages of kythera , here rugby league legend peter wynn , on the left , and thats stephen trifyllis , meet in potamo in july , peter wynn played rugby league for australia and new soutrh wales in the late seventies and played for parramatta in sydney in those famous parramatta sides , that contained players such us peter sterling , mick cronin, arthur beetson , ray price , brett kenny ,eric grothe to name a few that he played with , peter told me he loves kythera and has been several times times to the island, he has kytherian friends in sydney that have told peter and his wife about the island , if you go to his sports store in sydney tell him you saw this story and photo on the website .. go parra !! .. well after the mighty brisbane broncos !!
submitted by Stephen Trifyllis on 28.09.2016
three of kytheras best cabbies , waiting at the platia of potamo for their next job .. well done boys , our taxi drivers do a lot of milage up and down the island , give them a wave as you see them on the road
submitted by Stephen Trifyllis on 06.04.2016
submitted by George Poulos on 21.09.2015
Greek National elections - 20th September, 2015. What a "buzz" that was. But what an extraordinary system that operates in Greece. I was handed the same sized pamphlet for every party. About 19 in total. Most of the forms were placed in the garbage after use. My immediate thought was why don't European countries adopt a preferential voting system ala Australia? WIKI: The September 2015 Greek legislative election was held on Sunday, 20 September, following Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras' announced resignation on 20 August. At stake were all 300 seats in the Hellenic Parliament. This was a snap election, the fourth since 2009, since new elections were not due until February 2019. The election resulted in an unexpectedly-large victory for Alexis Tsipras' Coalition of the Radical Left (SYRIZA), which fell 6 seats short of an absolute majority and was able to reedit its coalition government with the right-wing Independent Greeks (ANEL). Opposition center-right New Democracy (ND) remained stagnant at 28% and 75 seats, despite pre-election opinion polls predicting a tie with Syriza or even opening the possibility of a ND government. Far-right Golden Dawn (XA) remained the third political force in the country with 7%, while the PASOK-DIMAR coalition rose to 4th place nationally, as a result of the Communist Party of Greece (KKE) failure to increase its vote tally and Potami's collapse. The centrist EK entered Parliament for the first time in history, while Syriza-split group Popular Unity fell short of the required 3% threshold and did not won parliamentary representation. Turnout was exceptionally low at 56.6%, the lowest ever recorded in a Greek legislative election. Official results released by the Interior Ministry with 99.53% of votes counted: SYRIZA 35.47% (145 seats) New Democracy 28.09% (75 seats) Golden Dawn 6.99% (18 seats) Democratic Group (PASOK-DIMAR) 6.28% (17 seats) Greek Communist Party (KKE) 5.55% (15 seats) Potami 4.09% (11 seats) Independent Greeks ANEL 3.69% (10 seats) Centrists Union 3.43% (9 seats)
At the bazaar, Potamos, Sunday 20th September, 2015. Left, eldest daughter, Harriet. Centre, sister, Margot. Right, younger daughter, Cortina. George and his family are on the island at the moment.
submitted by Stephen Trifyllis on 15.09.2015
Theo sofios owner of the cyclon petrol station near potamos ,great service with a smile , isn't great that someone still puts the petrol in your car for you .....
submitted by Stephen Trifyllis on 14.09.2015
janni tsampassis owner of selinas cafeneo at the top end of potamo, if you want to hear all the island goss just sit near all the potamo locals and you will hear plenty of news
submitted by Stephen Trifyllis on 03.09.2015
with the sad passing of kytherian legend band leader stratis '' tzambiras'' theodorakis , the kytherian philharmonic band now has a new leader in panayoti lefteris ... panayoiti is more than a fitting new leader as he is a very accomplished musician in his own right , having performed many concerts on the island for many years .. god bless you panayoti and hope we see you waving that conductors stick for many many years to come ...
submitted by Stephen Trifyllis on 31.08.2015
the new mayor of the island mr. efstratios charcharlakas greets the head of police at this years myrtithia church , we wish him all the best in doing the right thing for the island and the people of kythera ...
the new mayor of the island is surrounded by the head of police , army and navy officials at this years myrtithia church service on the 15th of august
submitted by Barbara Zantiotis on 22.05.2015
These two ladies are sisters. Noula (Konstantinoula) married Peter Tambakis. This photo is at Peter and Noula's house in Areoi.
Vasilia and Noula (Konstantinoula) are sisters. Peter was Noula's husband. This photo was taken at Peter and Noula's house in Areoi. Peter and his brothers Harry and Theodore owned the SIlver Bell Cafe in Wollongong.
Konstandinoula (Vlandys) and Peter Tambakis at their house in Areoi. Peter and his brothers Harry and Theodore owned the Silver Bell Cafe in Wollongong. The Tambakis brothers were from Areoi.
submitted by Barbara Zantiotis on 21.05.2015
Stephen is my dad. Yianni (Katsavias) initially married Anastasia Zantiotis and had five children. After her untimely death due to childbirth complications, Yianni married Anastasia's sister, Dimitra. Anastasia and Dimitra were the sisters of my dad's father, Peter.
submitted by Archaeology On Kythera on 21.05.2015
has a very special touch with children. Children respond to his personality and his teaching. Even the very young enjoy being with and around Ari. Witness the delight of this young Kytherian girl.
has a very special touch with children. Children respond to his personality and his teaching. He makes friendships with children very easily. Here he is photographed with Dimitri and Sophia Koutrafouris son.
on Ayios Yeoryios, with volunteers - on one of his many archaeological digs. Ari has a great capacity to enthuse people about archaeology.
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