Well, the first term has certainly passed us by very quickly, especially considering that it is the longest term of the year. It feels like only days ago that the boys were startign the year as senior students at the College. 11 weeks on … time has flown! On Friday morning we waved goodbye to the last group of boys who headed home either by taxi to the airport or on Country Link buses. Our large diversity of boys returned home to cities and towns overseas, interstate, in rural NSW or as close as Mary Street!

With the final exam out of the way, the boys cleaned up the dorms incredibly well and their efforts to leave things tidy is greatly appreciated. By 5:00pm on Thursday, well-over half the boys had taken off. We had around 40 boys sleeping here on the final night before their buses home, with Dubbo being the popular destination for many of them.

I really hope that the holidays are a wonderful opportunity for the boys to spend some time with their family and friends as well as a time to rest and re-energise for the start of Semester 2 in only a couple of weeks. Likewise, I hope that parents and families enjoy having the boys around home a little more!

Happy Holidays!

Photo: Matte Ager-McConnell (Mudgee) and Patrick Carrigan-Grant (Mudgee) getting ready to board their bus home.