1972 School Magazine

September: Friday l5th-The Debating Club took part in a debating evening at Churchie. Saturday 16th-School Day was as varied and busy as ever and made a significant contribution to the Building Fund. Tuesday 23rd-Second Form attended an A.B.C. Concert. October: Sunday lst-The Grammar Singers represented the school in the Warana Open-air Concert. Wednesday 4th-The Interschool Athletics were held. 6th-8th-The Grammar Singers joined in a camp. 19th & 20th-The Grammar Singers presented portions of "The Messiah". Frid'ay 27th-Sixth Form started'Study Vac.' November: Wednesday 22nd-The Governor, Sir Colin Hannah and Iady Hannah visited the school. 27th & 28th-The Inter-house Drama Competition proved entertaining. December: Monday 4th-'"The Nine Lessons and Carols", a combined service of the Grammar Schools, took place at St. John's Cathedral. Tuesday 5th-The Mth Form Dinner was held. This year fathers attended as well as mothers. Wednesday 6th*The School Year culminates in Speech Night, this year's guests of honour being Sir Colin and l-ady Hannah. We would again thank Miss Shaw and the Staff for their thoughtfulness and their willingness to listen and experiment, and we hope that the school will continue to grow in effective education. Finally, may we wish the Seniors success in their examinations and the whole school a happy Christmas.

We left the Quinnell residence on 25th August in a 'bilibus' green Ford transit van. We managed to squeeze in Mrs. Quinnell, her mother Mrs. Hoare, seven girls and all our junk. Four hundred and eigfrty miles later we set up camp in the Carnarvon National Park, under gum trees full of mountain lorikeets and currawongs. During the next three days we walked, Quinnell pace (puff!!), forty miles over all the walking tracks which led us to beautiful sandstone caves with walls covered with ancient aboriginal art, high winding ravines, and bluffs which enabled us to see breathtaking views of enormous sandstone cliffs and the more distant spurs of the Camarvon Ranges. We saw many wild animals including kangaroos, goannas, bandicoots, gliders and at night, the possums were so tame that they would eat out of our own hands! The night of the 31st we arrived home dirty and tired but we all had a wonderful time, enjoying both the scenery and the company.

Fage Sixteen