Mary

Thursday 21st: Finally met Mary Kelleher the organiser of the exchanges (ITF) in Victoria. She is very pleasant and had a great days orientation organised. She even had a police officer there to talk to us about driving in Victoria. I was dying to tell him that I was an expert having done the famous HOOK TURN in 2007 and also incurring two speeding fines then also (or was it Gerry?) Anyway, I resisted. The acting general secretary and various others from the DEECD made excellent presentations and we were wined and dined. There was a picnic in the park afterwards orgised by the International Teachers Association (ITA). There are fourteen fellows in all, some secondary and some primary, one each from England, Scotland, The Free State, Switzerland, USA and the rest from various parts of Canada. All nice folks, even if they did make me sing Amhrán na bhFiann in the park afterwards. I am hoping that we will all be able to stay in touch and support one another. More tomorrow.
Phonerd two principals from 2007 from Melbourne to meet up tomorrow but they were away, so I will probably head back to Warrnambool early tomorrow. Sorry now that I did not get a ticket for the tennis tonight.