The aftermath of the visit to Melbourne in October by the four students from Campbell Town is creating some news to pass on to our members.

First of all is the following thank you and report from Stephen Plowright the coordinating teacher at Campbell Town High. 

"Hi Craig and David,

This is a note to let you know how the exchange went from our point of view.

Firstly the CT students had a great week in Melbourne. At the Evandale Rotary meeting last week I asked them to pick out highlights. They were Edward going on trains, Tristian speaking with the host family , Toni – going to Sovereign Hill and Jess speaking with the VET. Without doubt they got a lot from the whole experience. Their confidence is probably the biggest gain for our students. Many students who have been selected for the exchange have used it as a springboard for other activities that have been hugely beneficial to their lives.  I think trying to link their future careers to what they experience in Melbourne can work really well for our students.

The four Hawthorn students went well over here.

My thanks to both the Rotary Clubs for their great work and commitment.

Best wishes, Steve "

In the course of the week in Melbourne the four, plus four HSC counterpart students had a tour of the MCG.     Who was their guide?   None other than...............?

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"Gordon,
 
I went into the MCG today to do my regular rostered walkup tour at 9.45am.   One of the first things I always do on the tour is to ask everyone to tell me where they are from.  After a few locals and UK folks I got around to a group of 8 young people.  The first one said he was from Hawthorn Secondary College.   OK, I thought – that’s fairly close to home.  Then the next one.   Where are you from?   Campbell Town in Tasmania.   Well, what a surprise and coincidence.    I mentioned my long membership of RCH to them.
 
I had just read yesterday about this regular visit in the Hawthorn bulletin so I recognised some of these young visitors (specially the tall, heavily built redhead girl) from the bulletin photo.
 
It is a small world.   Kind regards to you and all at RCH.
 
Richard" (Groom)