As Melbourne High students, our success often comes from striving for greater accomplishments, in looking towards the future for an end goal, whether that be an ATAR, a National Rowing Medal, a Royal South...
For those who have seen the photos already on Facebook I apologise as this is coming from my blog – It is a more comprehensive post though with more links and video. The State...
Joe and his colleagues at Melbourne High do well in academic studies and sport. Part of the program at Melbourne High focusses on community service and engagement. I was surprised and pleased when Joe,...
Joe and the boys from Melbourne High participated in the Henley on Yarra rowing competition earlier in the year which is styled on the Henley event in England. Again a stunning spectacle and this...
Melbourne / Trees / Urban Jungle / Xsymetrix
Actually only the park opposite our house in Melbourne… thanks to a very cool online application map that allows me to zoom in on our street then progressively click on the trees to find...
Birthday / Family / Gardens / Joe Christie / Melbourne
Last Friday we celebrated my Mother in Law’s birthday. We started out by visiting a small Thai restaurant in Richmond before proceeding to the Melbourne Royal Botanical Gardens. https://youtu.be/LYWzEBW7Vsw Firstly – the restaurant… Located in...
Last weekend we attended the spectacular Melbourne Flower Show. Flower arrangements, including creating gowns and dresses from plant material – wonderful garden arrangements – for small and large gardens. There were vendors showing off the...
The title was born out of my misunderstanding of the word “sojourn”. Sojourn – with the wisdom of the internet at my fingertips is “a temporary stay” which although conveys a meaning of destination, also...
Joe has now spent a year in his new sport, rowing. In Darwin it is considered an adventure sport because of the real chance of being eaten by a crocodile, although it provides excellent...
Back in Melbourne for 2 months. It is hard to think that we are three quarters of our way through the first year of living our shared dream of Joe attending Melbourne High. A...
