1978 School Magazine

DUKE OF EDINBURGH CAMP Amidst haversacks, sleeping bags, equipment and food we finally set out at 5.30 sharp on Friday 1Oth March for a weekend of excitement and discovery at Girraween National Park. After a strenuous journey and dinner at a local garage in Warwick we arrived at 10.00 in pitch darkness and erected our tents, crawled into our sleep- ing bags and fell asleep. Next morning we arose in dribs and drabs to be greeted by Mr. Stamford and his tribe (alias Becky and Rachel). Breakfast over we formed groups for discussing thrilling topics which we all learnt something f rom. lt was about mid morning when we set off on our first discovery tour of the area. We followed the track to Castle Rock where we dined exclusively on dry biscuits and vegemite after which the group trudged on to the Sphinx and Turtle Rock. Little Becky Stamford kept us amused by telling us funny anecdotes about her father. Everyone was eager to get back to camp as we were going to absail and swim that afternoon. The swim was much needed after the hike and then the big moment - absailing.

This year 1978 witnessed the foundation of yet another club in the history of this esteemed establishment the Brisbane Girls' Grammar School. Surprisingly enough for once, this was not a club concerned with community service, sport, or communication within the school. Some lucky readers may at this point be wondering as to the nature of this club, for indeed, if it does not fall into the aforementioned categories can it in truth be deemed a school club? We the members up until the present have been unable to answer this question, ourselves, although we certainly agree that it fulfils a need for some girls within the school community. Without further ado, therefore, I have the utmost pleasure in announcing that our school now possesses what is most uncommonly known as an "Enheduanna" Literary Society. The idea for the society was originally put forward last year by Mr. Thomas, who had of course the undivided support of Mr. Dale. This year has seen the fulfilment of a much pondered idea. The aim of the club is to offer some genuinely interested girls the opportunity of explor- ing the Arts in greater depth than school lessons permit. Generally when people think of a "Literary Society" they begin imagining people sitting around in a group discuss- ing boring topics in sonorous tones while each intellec- tual mind present savours the flavour of each highly educated word. Our club has thoroughly shattered this il- lusion. Our meetings are in fact very casual. At each meeting a certain person, or persons, present something of personal interest to the group, perhaps a paper on a chosen topic, a poem, a selection of music or a passage of prose. To the gentle slurps of tea and coffee and the indiscriminate munches of chocolate biscuits, we discuss not only ideas raised by the presentations, but topics of general interest. These discussions have even been known to have strange headache healing effects as Mrs. Hancock can confirm. I should now mention that staff do attend the meetings, not however, in their capacity as staff but as human beings, if that is at all believable. We all think of them affectionately as our "Senior Citizens". We of the "Enheduanna Literary Society" would like to thank the societyls founder Mr. Thomas as well as Mr. Dale, Miss McNamara, Mrs. Riggs, and Mrs. Hancock for their interest. What began this year as a trial has been a great success, and I sincerely hope that some girls from this years fifth form will keep the society alive in 1979. ,. Penny Evans-Thomas, Secretary of the "Enheduanna Literary Society"

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duck to water and hossed yr: i;i:';??"liffiJ?. iJ5,3 his despair. A few of us had to run helter skelter back to camp, carrying the heavy equipment as it was getting late. When the dinner had finished we gathered around the camp fire for an exciting evening of fun and games. We retired to bed as we began to feel the strain of the day and slept like logs except for those lying on rocks and such. Sunday morning we were less eager to arise. At last we staggered all oJ our tents to face another day in the wild. After breakfast was cleared away everyone participated in the arduous task of compass work. This done we set out on part two of our exciting discovery tour. The Pyramids, our destination for the day, were reached in good time. lt was a fair trek to the top and the more hardy of us were revealed. Once there we made ourselves at home, feasted on on leftovers of dry biscuits and vegemite which gave us enough energy for our final ab- sail over the cliff top. Due to the popularity of the sport, time ran away from us and we made it back to camp as the bus was about to leave. Everyone thoroughly enjoyed the weekend and thanks must go to the Johnstons and Stamfords for organizing and putting up with the 29 of us.

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