Graham Richard Varley (Dick) was born on 5 December 1934 in Ashgrove, Brisbane, Australia. He was the only child of Ambrose Stanley Varley, also known as ‘Dick’, and his wife Helen née Campbell. Although he was sent to boarding school from the age of seven he looked back on his school years at Scots College, Warwick (inland from Brisbane) with great affection, especially when the school was evacuated during the second world war to Kingsland, a country house with excellent facilities. He studied medicine at Queensland University and did house jobs at Princess Alexandra Hospital in Brisbane and the Charleville Hospital in central Queensland. He was to describe his year at the Charleville as *the year that made me* as he was thrust into responsibility and had to learn fast on the job. He travelled to the UK in the early 1960s and also spent some time on a training post at the Canadian Air Force Base in Zweibrucken, West German. While studying for his fellowship he worked in hospitals in London and the Isle of Wight. After passing his FRCS in 1966 he returned to Australia working his passage as a medical officer on the ship. He was keen to provide medical services to remote areas and settled at first in Townsville, Queensland before moving to Coonabarabran, New South Wales as general practitioner and surgeon. After working in Coonabarabran for 21 years, he then moved to Grafton in 1989 as a full-time surgeon and stayed there for 18 years. A man of numerous interests, his passion for woodwork had begun at school as had his enthusiasm for being in rural communities. When he lived in Coonabarabran his non medical activities included mohair goat farming, carpentry, horse riding, rockwork and German language classes. Very much part of the community, he enjoyed giving dinner parties, fundraising for local causes and was a member of the Bush Fire Brigade and Rescue Squad. He also campaigned on various issues such as climate change and the environment and supported the Australia party and then the Democrats. When he moved to Grafton he was able to continue the scuba diving he had learnt in his years in the Naval Reserve from 1953 to 1970. By then he was a supporter of the Greens and was an avid correspondent to the newspapers in support of his various causes. He met Lucille Sawkins (known as Jannie) in Sydney in 1963 and they married the following year in London. Their first daughter, Jane, was born in Germany and Kate was born while they were on the Isle of Wight. They had two further daughters, Helen when they first arrived in Coonabarabran and Anna two years later. On retirement he and Jannie returned to Coonabarabran where he had begun to construct a self sufficient, solar powered stone house from which they could see the beautiful Warrambungle mountains. A short time after he had finished the project, in May 2009, his wife sadly died from cancer. The following year he moved to Braidwood to be nearer to his family deriving great enjoyment from his grandchildren and attending their various school and sporting activities. He joined in many local activities and was treasurer of the local sub branch of the Returned and Services League of Australia. He died on 10 April 2018 aged 83, survived by his children and six grandchildren: Lilly born 1998, Lucy b.2000, Ted b.2001, Oliver b. 2002, James b.2003 and Daniel b.2005.