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"Our death is not an end if we can live
        VALE                                                       are only wilted leaves on the tree of life."
                                                                       on in our children and the younger
                                                                    generation. For they are us, our bodies

                                                                                     -  Albert Einstein


         Brian Plancke

         1.1.1942 - 5.1.2020          Big in stature, big in heart.
                                      This was Brian to a tee.

                                      Brian had a love for the taxi industry.  He was a taxi driver, owner and Radio
                                      Room manager at Arrow Taxis.  He was a great friend of Allen Lang's (past
                                      VTA President) and Sir Reg Kermode (Cabcharge founder), and was the
                                      Victoria, Tasmania and South Australia Cabcharge representative for many
                                      years.
                                      Brian loved a good yarn and was never short of a word.  He always had a
                                      tale to tell, and during the 1990s he took up the mantle of The Phantom and
                                      reported the hot gossip - all the good, the bad and the ugly news on what
                                      was happening in the world of taxis in Australia - in Taxi Talk magazine (now
                                      DRIVE A2B).

                                      He was a great friend to all who knew him and he always had time to listen.
                                      Brian passed away peacefully at home on
                                      5 January and leaves behind his beloved
                                      wife Anne and children Daniel, Luke, Michael
                                      and Wayne together with his beautiful
                                      grandchildren.

                                      A wonderful friend and colleague, a man with a
                                      heart of gold - Brian will be sadly missed.
        VALE







         Peter Branigan           Peter had a long and colourful history with the Victorian taxi industry.  He started
                                  by driving taxis, then working in the Radio Room at Yellow Cabs.  Later on he
         4.1.1944 - 30.1.2020     worked in the office at Santed Panels and Emjay Motors.

                                  Peter loved to play golf and was quite good at it too.  He played with Yellow Cabs
                                  Golf Club and Geelong Radio Cabs Golf Club and joined the Victorian Taxi Golf
                                  Association (VTGA) in 1972.  He was a life member of the
                                  VTGA and the ATGA. He was the VTGA's Secretary from
                                  1980 - 1989 and had won 43 Australian titles.
                                  Over the years Peter had written many articles for Taxi
                                  Talk magazine (now known as DRIVE A2B) pertaining to
                                  the antics that happened on and off the golf course.
                                  Peter lost the battle with cancer in January and we lost a
                                  great man, a great golfing champion.
                                  Rest in Peace.
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