Ah yes, the place where I "belonged" throughout my senior years at high school. A place for the "outcasts" who didn't really fit in with the other usual groups - the nerds, the sporty types, the artists, the "popular" crowd... It hasn't changed much in all these years - pretty sure the seat used to be painted brown, and the bin did not have a fancy stand... but it did have a lid! (Where are the hygiene standards these days??) The basic school layout hasn't changed, although as the school population has grown, they've needed to add some new buildings and an indoor sports centre, and the landscaping seems to have been improved as well.
Saturday 4 April was a day full of school memories. It was the 50th Anniversary celebration for Wavell State High School. Students and teachers, past and present were there, including all but two of the past school Principals! The crowds were huge, although not so much for our year level. As pointed out by Nick Lawton, we came all excited to catch up with old school friends and discovered that the ones who came were just the "usual Facebook crew". It was a little bit disappointing, considering there were around 240 in our Grade 12 year. I know some have left the country or live too far away, and some were working or had family commitments and were unable to make it, but some were just plain "not interested", which is a shame. It was still good to catch up with the ones who could make it, though.
Kristen Bird, myself and Jodi Wormington (Jo Rossow, now that she's married) met up and went in search of other school mates.
Each year level throughout the years had a designated room and specified time to get together. As our year wasn't to meet in F10 until 1.30pm, a couple of people (Adrian Gibb and Derek Moo)missed out on the group photo as they'd had to leave earlier, or had not yet arrived (Glen Donaldson).
Each year level throughout the years had a designated room and specified time to get together. As our year wasn't to meet in F10 until 1.30pm, a couple of people (Adrian Gibb and Derek Moo)missed out on the group photo as they'd had to leave earlier, or had not yet arrived (Glen Donaldson).
In this photo we have (L-R) Darren Mackay, Troy Scholz, Nathalie Dilanian, Nick Lawton, Shay Gordon-Brown, Keith Sullivan, myself, Sue Berrill, Jo Rossow (neé Wormington), Conrad Maul, Kristen Bird and Kirsty Burkett (neé O'Hare). All the group photos taken with my camera turned out blurry, so thanks to Sue for this particular photo.
We haven't changed much despite our careers and/or families - a few grey hairs, the odd wrinkle or two - but otherwise, still pretty much the same.
Wouldn't have missed it for the world!
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