Staffing was a constant source of trouble for the school in 1969/70/71. I remember how industrial action by the staff occasionally resulted in a half or even a full day off school for the students. The letter to parents below gives you an idea of the troubles faced by Mr Powell and how it was managed (to think that I went on to tackle a Bachelor of Applied Science in Applied Geography!). I don’t  recall why it was so difficult to retain staff at EHS, I suppose it was lack of appropriate rem...

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...