Each year at this time Hawthorn Rotary Club and Evandale Rotary Club in Tasmania participate with Hawthorn Secondary College and Campbell Town High School in an exchange of four students from each school.   The four Tasmanian visitors spend a week in Melbourne experiencing the large city environment and the four students from HSC travel to and reside in Campbell Town - a rural community of about 1000 people midway between Hobart and Launceston.  They also spend 2 to 3 days in the Port Arthur, at a holiday house close to the historic prison.

At the past HRC lunch meeting President Gordon Cheyne welcomed the 4 Tasmanian students, and 2 of the HSC travellers, they go to Campbell Town next week, and Craig MacPherson a senior staff member and regular exchange coordinator from HSC.   A short interview by David Owen with the four, heard of interests in careers as an architect , as an electrician, and in agricultural pursuits possibly as an equine vet.  

Our club has joined with HSC is showing the Tasmanian student some experiences of Melbourne this week. ( Did I hear Bill Troedel talking of Chaddy and a look at Caulfield ?)

Anne Scott the originator of the program some years ago explained that the idea was to give  students the opportunity of an overseas trip and a range of new experiences.   It had to be Tasmania to create the airport experience, not a bus to some location on the mainland.

 
 Image  From L_R,President Gordon, Craig MacPherson, Toni Watson, Edward KingGrey, Jessica Burdell & Gabriel Taylor (HSC), Tristain Blair and Jessica Crowden