16/10/2026
Today marks a ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฝ๐น๐ ๐๐ถ๐ด๐ป๐ถ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ป๐ ๐บ๐ถ๐น๐ฒ๐๐๐ผ๐ป๐ฒ for our family and the wider South Australian community. Exactly 10 years ago today, on 16 October 2016, we said goodbye to a ๐๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ ๐น๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ, ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ถ๐ป๐ฑ๐๐๐๐ฟ๐ ๐ฝ๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฟ, and the ๐น๐ฒ๐ด๐ฒ๐ป๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ ๐ณ๐ผ๐๐ป๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐๐ฎ๐น๐ถ๐ฎ ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐บ๐ถ๐ฐ๐, a premier tile and stone company that he established in Glynde, Adelaide, back in 1973.
๐ ๐๐ฟ๐๐ฒ ๐ถ๐บ๐บ๐ถ๐ด๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ป๐ ๐๐๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐๐ ๐๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐, ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐๐พ๐๐ฎ๐น๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ณ๐ฟ๐ผ๐บ ๐๐๐ฎ๐น๐ ๐ฎ๐ ๐ท๐๐๐ 16 ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ฎ๐ด๐ฒ ๐๐ถ๐๐ต ๐ป๐ผ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐บ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ป ๐ฎ ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ธ ๐ฒ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ฐ, ๐๐ป๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ป๐ถ๐ฎ๐ฏ๐น๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐บ๐ฎ, ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฎ ๐ฏ๐ผ๐น๐ฑ ๐๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป. He didn't just build a highly successful business; he completely transformed the benchmark for quality and design across the building and construction industry. ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐ ๐ฎ ๐๐ฟ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ถ๐น๐ฏ๐น๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๐ต๐ผ ๐ฏ๐๐ถ๐น๐ ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ถ๐ป๐ฑ๐๐๐๐ฟ๐ ๐๐ถ๐๐ฎ๐ป ๐ณ๐ฟ๐ผ๐บ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ด๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ฝ.
Those who had the privilege of working alongside him or calling him a friend remember far more than a brilliant business mind. ๐ง๐ต๐ฒ๐ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐บ๐ฒ๐บ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฎ ๐๐ฟ๐๐ฒ ๐ด๐ฒ๐ป๐๐น๐ฒ๐บ๐ฎ๐ป ๐๐ถ๐๐ต ๐ฎ ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ด๐ผ๐น๐ฑ. A loyal friend, an ๐ผ๐น๐ฑ-๐๐ฐ๐ต๐ผ๐ผ๐น ๐ผ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐ต๐ผ๐๐ฒ ๐ต๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ธ๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐ ๐ต๐ถ๐ ๐ฏ๐ผ๐ป๐ฑ, and a generous mentor who ๐ฎ๐น๐๐ฎ๐๐ ๐ฝ๐๐ ๐ต๐ถ๐ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐บ๐๐ป๐ถ๐๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ณ๐ฎ๐บ๐ถ๐น๐ ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฟ๐๐.
A decade may have passed, but his impact remains as constant as ever. ๐๐ ๐ฎ ๐ณ๐ฎ๐บ๐ถ๐น๐, ๐๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฟ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ฑ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ฝ๐ผ๐ป๐๐ถ๐ฏ๐ถ๐น๐ถ๐๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐๐ถ๐ณ๐๐น ๐น๐ฒ๐ด๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ ๐ต๐ฒ ๐น๐ฒ๐ณ๐ ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ต๐ถ๐ป๐ฑ. Our businesses and structures will continue to grow and change, but the core values of ๐ด๐ฟ๐ถ๐, ๐ต๐ผ๐ป๐ฒ๐๐๐, ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฝ ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐๐ผ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐๐ผ ๐ณ๐ฎ๐บ๐ถ๐น๐ will always remain our compass.
๐ง๐ผ ๐ฎ ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐๐ถ๐ณ๐๐น ๐บ๐ฎ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ผ ๐ถ๐ป๐๐ฝ๐ถ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ผ ๐บ๐ฎ๐ป๐, ๐ฏ๐๐ถ๐น๐ ๐ฎ ๐น๐ฎ๐๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐น๐ฒ๐ด๐ฎ๐ฐ๐, ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐น๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐น๐ถ๐ณ๐ฒ ๐ฒ๐
๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ป๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ถ๐น๐ - ๐๐ผ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ถ๐ป ๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐๐, ๐ป๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ด๐ผ๐๐๐ฒ๐ป, ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฎ๐น๐๐ฎ๐๐ ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐น๐ฒ๐ฏ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ.
Salute, Pasquale.
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