My siblings and I caught a bus in Barkley Street (walking from home in Carlisle Street) that took us to Elwood High. The first thing I did was to take off my hat and sit on it. I didn't like hats!

I remember school as being very structured-students listened to teachers and didn't argue - it seemed natural then. I also enjoyed the freedom to go out of the school grounds to buy lunch at the local shops! Students were of various nationalities. Being of Chinese descent; albeit, Aussie born, I alw...

I made some lifelong friends at EHS and still keep in touch with four of them: Kay, Michael, Brigitta and Kathleen. Hockey was the game for me – I even captained the school team once when the ‘real’ captain was away. Art was my favourite subject and I still like to draw and paint. All my children like to draw and one of my sons turned out to be a pretty good artist. They in turn are helping their kids! Recently we were camping in the Grampians and I was able to sp...