Spiros Sahinis – Howzitgaaaaaan Maaaaaaaaaaaaaaaate?

Nicholas and Theodoti Sahinis announced the birth of their first child weighing 7lb on Monday 27 September 1964 at 12.07am.

Spiro is the eldest of two children and is very close to his parents, his sister Helen, her husband Chris and nephews Senesios and Nicholas. He is a BIG kid when he is with his nephews, and when he plays with my nieces. And, then there is his good mate Christopoulos and their love of mangoes from Far North Queensland….

Spiro and Helen grew up in a shop environment and were part of a multi-cultural community, and this is where he developed this knack of doing Maltese accents. “Eeeya Joey” is one of Spiro’s favourite Maltese expressions which cracks me up when I hear it. I understand, Helen is even better and can pass for a dead ringer!!!

Spiro and Helen got into a few scrapes (as all good siblings do!) involving their bikes, including a few run-ins with netball poles (in Spiro’s case!). Not only does Spiro like to cycle, he has a pretty funky, souped up one with two handles (yes, two handles) – one for conventional cycling and the other for cruising mode to take in the scenery. He gets quite a few looks when he goes out!

After school he attended a Photography Studies College 1982 - 1985 (Melbourne Certificate of Illustrative Photography) and his passion is Black & White photography. He enjoys taking photos of landscape and nature settings. The photo on this site is one he took this year in my father’s village (Ramia). He also takes candid people shots and our trip to Greece this year is a pictorial study of my family on holidays.

Spiro left Melbourne 22 May 1994 to take up an opportunity in Hayman as one of the maintenance personnel, working for a former boss. His #1 job was to daily test and maintain 8 resort swimming pools and spas. A hard job, but someone had to do it!!!

The climatic change also assisted Spiro who has a ‘mild’ Asthma condition. After Hayman, Spiro moved to Cairns and continued to work for the hospitality industry.

He returned and settled in Brisbane in 2000 and this is now his home. He resides in Brighton and a ‘famous’ place called “Club Dunne”.

I met Spiro on the 8th of November 2003. The way we met is through a close family friend (Maria who is like my little sister). Spiro found himself at the Caboolture Flea Markets one day and was looking for his favourite soft drink – Lipton Ice Tea (lightly carbonated). He found this fairly ‘rare’ brew at Maria’s stall stand. She was wearing a Greek Dancing cap – a dead giveaway that she was of Greek descent! He bought the drink and proceeded to leave by saying “Yiassou”. A conversation and subsequent friendship between the two was formed.

Thanks to Maria and Lipton Ice Tea we met in November at the Golden Ox. Spiro is unexpectedly the love of my life. He is also one of my best friends who I can talk to about anything.

He bought me a bicycle for my 40th birthday. I had not ridden for 9 years and he took me for a 20km ride across the Hornibrook bridge, with a return trip into the head-wind. He was so optimistic, believing and encouraging of me especially when I was wobbly!

Spiro is embraced and loved by my family – my brother Mark, my sister-in-law Kristina, my nieces Georgia and Lexie, Laura (my other ‘mum’). I know that if my parents were living they (too) would have embraced him and loved him.

20 Things About Spiro…..


1.
He has been known to go away with friends on their honeymoon (yes, it’s true ask Christopoulos and Katerina)
2.
He LOVES his beans especially the giant ones (Gigantes, in Greece)
3.
He is into World Music and loves to attend WOMAD (World Music Adelaide) concerts
4.
He is a Star Trek Fan and loves to watch Pizza and South Park
5.
He is a Movie buff (knows some of them off by heart) and is especially into Art House and foreign language movies
6.
He loves to eat at buffets – all you can eat – you should see his eyes light up!
7.
He enjoys Amstel Beers and procuring them in Australia
8.
He loves to sleep in and is ‘addicted’ to his snooze button!
9.
He is environmentally friendly (sorts his garbage into recyclables including the little plastic twists you find on loaves of bread)
10.
He drives a Land Rover Defender – named Landy
11.
He played Goalie position in soccer & loves to watch Brazil & of course Greece
12.
He cooks a mean Rizogalo
13.
He loves Thai food – one of his favourite restaurants is Lanna’s (in a caravan park)
14.
He loves his hot spices – Cajun, Chilli etc – and would even add them to his desserts if he could!
15.
He has circumnavigated Australia with his trusted old ‘friend’ – his car Rocky
16.
He and a close friend, Foti, bought back 20 boxes of mangoes in the car from FNQ to Melbourne – talk about mangoes everywhere!
17.
He ‘hates’ mozzies
18.
He is into the Full Moon and loves to be by the water
19.
He is anti-brands and is known to remove labels from his clothes and/or blot them out using a special marker pen!
20.
He LOVES a good bargain