Julian went to Poland in 1989 — the year of historic changes in Poland.  

It was only 3 months since Solidarity Movement won control of the government in limited free elections and formed the first non-communist government in 75 years history of the dictatorial Soviet empire. The election set off a chain of events in neighbouring countries and within six months communism in Central Europe was defunct.

The Polish communists still tried to rule as a minority. General Jaruzelski, former dictator and Soviet puppet, became "democratic" president. Inflation was very high.

Below is one of the Polish People's Republic banknotes still in circulation. The eagle on the note - a national symbol - is still without the "bourgeois" crown.

But the following year in 1990 Lech Walesa was elected president.

The Red Army occupation troops remained in Poland until the time of total collapse of the Soviet Union in 1992 - 1993.


Julian brought home a souvenir banknote from the socialist "worker's paradise". Useless Polish currency, same as Russian communist rubles. This one worth one loaf of bread.

KRAKÓW (CRACOW) - 1989
23 year old JULIAN in front of the Polish Kings Castle "Wawel" in Cracow.

WARSZAWA (WARSAW) - 1989
Julian in "Lazienki" Royal Palace Park in Warsaw.

In the background the statue of "Fryderyk Chopin (Szopen) under the willow tree".

ZAKOPANE - 1989
Carpathian mountain chain.
Julian at a look-out at Tatra mountains.

View at the Polish-Czechoslovak border.

Julian was born on 12 May 1966 in London, England.

Julian arrived in Australia from London with his parents on the ship "Iberia" at the age of 3 and a half months, after one month long sea voyage. He went through Customs and Immigration in port Fremantle, Perth, Western Australia on 3 October 1966 and disembarked in Sydney on 10 October 1966.

Julian was educated at catholic schools. First at St.Aloysius College in Milson's Point, North Sydney (see badge), before going for 8 months family holiday to London, where he attended Silverdale School. When his parents moved to Australian Capital Territory, Julian went to Daramalan College in Canberra, where he obtained his HSC in 1983.

After that he attended a full-time course in Business Studies at TAFE College in Canberra and obtained a Certificate in 1984 with best class results in Computer Studies and Word Processing.    (Photo: Julian : 16 January 1999)

Then he was employed by the Commonwealth (of Australia) Public Service in Desktop Publishing sections of various Departments in Canberra and later in Sydney. The most recent was Business Development and Marketing Group of the Australian Construction Services in Sydney, where Julian had the position of Senior Desktop Publisher. At that time the state of the art software used was Pagemaker 5.0 and Photoshop 5.0.

After 12 years experience of Desktop Publishing with the Public Service Julian decided to go back to College to study Information Technology. He enrolled in full-time course at the Computer Graphics College in East Sydney that used the latest software and technology.

After 12 months full time study Julian was awarded Diploma in Interactive Multimedia, Graphics and Web Design in 1995. Julian has now (2007) been working for 12 years with private enterprise and currently holds position of Website Designer specializing in development of Web interfaces.

The family lives on the South Coast of New South Wales.

Julian and his family on 16 January 2004
From left : Scarlet, Natalie, Julian and Noah

Natalie was born on 23 November 1965 in Sydney, Australia.

She obtained Diploma in Early Childhood Teaching from Sydney College of Advanced Education.

Occupation and experience : Childcare Professional - Primary Teacher.

Natalie with one year old Noah in Ashbury, Sydney

Natalie in Sydney garden restaurant

Natalie with Julian. May 2007

Natalie with children Noah and Scarlet, and Dziadek, outside Headlands Hotel in Austinmer - May 2007

Noah (No-ek) was born on 16 January 1998 in Sydney, Australia.

He is a gentle and intelligent young boy. Noah shows interest in computers like his father and is doing well in maths. He is attending Primary School on the South Coast. He had excellent School reports each year and obtained an award for highest class score in mathematics. Some of Noah's school projects were : My family tree and science project on a Hot ice experiment. He decided to create a website showing how experiment was done.
In his spare time No-ek plays X-box, Play-Station2 and X-box 360 digital games from his own large collection of game titles.

No-ek is musical, takes piano lessons and practices at home on his upright piano. Recently he got a drum set.

In 2010 No-ek started to attend year 7 in Bulli High School next to Thirroul.

Nine years old No-ek in 2007

Very young No-ek with Dziadek

Six and a half years old
No-ek in 2004

At the age of 8.5 No-ek started to experiment with designing a webpage. He is building his own cool website with Games and Movies sections, using Dreamweaver software. To see Noah's website click on the link below.

But WAIT ! There is a WARNING: if you are a chicken don't look at scary things.

Scarlet (Oles'ka), Noah's sister, was born on 1 October 2001 in Sydney, Australia.

She was given a second name after her great grandmother Olesia. It was a pet name for Alexandra in Polish.

Scarlet is a happy and bright child. She attended Pre-school Kindergarten at Austinmer and now is going to a Primary School on the South Coast.

Scarlet, age 3, with a Polish flag in 2004.

Scarlet now attends Primary School near Austinmer -  May 2007.

Henry (Heniek) was born on 12 September 2007 in Wollongong, on the South Coast,
100 km south from Sydney, Australia.

He is a healthy and good looking boy.

ONE-DAY-OLD
New-born Henry is having medical check-up in Wollongong Hospital

Two-weeks-old Henry Rymaszewski is held by his grandfather (dziadek) - 1st October 2007

Julian (wearing a party hat) and his 8 months old son Henry Kasper Rymaszewski - July 2008

Henry is now 2 years old - 2009