1997 School Magazine

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began with our traditional and somewhat notorious car wash on the first weekend back. With the help of a radio announcement, cold drinks and mars bars kindly provided by the Slade family, the girls managed to raise over $260 for the boarders ' amenities fund.

joke about there being an extremely large Easter egg still to be found, which in turn saw many of us frantically searching eve1y inch of land well into the night. This year two large bunnies and two large eggs were, truthfully, hidden for four lucky girls to find. It was a stampede when the girls were let loose to scramble for as many eggs as they could find, or in some cases, carry! This year has seen the first successful edition of the boarders ' newsletter, "the Boarders' Babble", for a number of years. Elisabeth Lorraway was our Editor and our initial committee consisted of Julie Young, Stephanie Smith and myself. How- ever, it did not take long for the rest of the house to catch on and soon our newsletters , although a little outdated by the time they were printed, were full of interesting news, gossip, trivia and reports. "The Boarders' Babble" will become an interesting documentation of Brisbane Girls Grammar School boarding house once it has been closed. It is therefore important that this resurrected tradition should continue until then. We had seven prefects in the Boarding House this year, including three house captains and various other importanL leadership positions. This only proves the tremendous ability amongst the seniors this year. Together, eve1yone has done an absolutely fantastic job of leading and organising the Boarding House. I am proud to say that we are a united grade, because it is only through these close relationships that we can achieve success. Eve1y year twelve has contributed to the Boarding House in one way or another and eve1y one remaining will remember each grade twelve for something different. Unfortunately, amongst numerous other departures thi s year, we farewelled Mrs Janke. Mrs Janke was a well- known, well-loved part of the Boarding House. In her nine years as a mistress , beginning when she was only two years older than the grade twelves at the time, Mrs Janke poured her heart, body and soul into serving and befriending the girls. Her heartfelt understanding and compassionate friendship will not be forgol- ten but will be greatly missed. We wish her, her husband, and her baby the best of luck for the future. Miss Boarding House was a terrific success this year. There were five new categories introduced: Miss Nightclub - won by

A t 1\1/et n' Wild

Due to the closing of Amazons, our annual water park visit was to Wet n' Wild on the Gold Coast. This was a terrific day, allowing the girls to interact with one another and for all the new girls, especially the year eights, to get to know each other, and the rest of the Boarding House. Unfortunately, our tradi- tional Churchie friends from Amazons days did not take the initiative in going to Wet n' Wild. However we were not too disappointed to find that the ever charming Nudgee boys were there instead. Soon after, the year

eights and nines both en- joyed weekend camps at Imbil. Bothweekends were spent horseriding, swim- ming, bike riding and video watching.Morgan Grainger spent her birthday at grade eight camp, much to the pleasure of the other girls, who did not hesitate to participate in eating birth- day cake, lollies and cook- ies, a rare 'legal ' feast for camp. These camps are a great chance for the girls to get to relax, get to know each other and also pro- vide an occasion for the dorm seniors and other

Yana Wilson, Miss Business - won by Camille Hudson, Miss Olympics - won by Christine McKeon , Miss Racewear - won by Kate Pearson, and Nliss Country and Western - won by Angela Best. The original Miss Formal re- mained and was won by the ever glamorous Leah Dobbrick. We would like to

Yea r Eigbts at Jmbil

grade twelves to interact with the younger grades . Easter time brought with it our annual Easter Egg Hunt. Over 1500 small eggs were hidden in trees, chairs, window sills, empty drains and garden beds around the boarding house after dinner. Unfortunately, last year I fell prey to Mrs Parsons ' cruel

On tbe catwalk!

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