Darling Range Sports College Western Front Tour 2015

AFTERNOON TEA!!!
We are very excited to invite all 2013, 2014 and 2015 Anzac Tour students to an afternoon tea THIS FRIDAY the 6th of November from 3pm at Darling Range Sports College. The guests of honour are Glenn Sterle, Didier Pontzeele and Ben Wholagan. For catering purposes please let us know you are attending. We look forward to catching up and sharing stories of Friday.

Meeting Julie Bishop at Menin Gate on the night before AZAC day. Thanks Liz for the photo!

This announcement was missed at the presentation night ... not all agreements with Mr NOACK were honoured!

A reminder! Our presentation evening is tomorrow night at 5.30pm. This is our chance to get together to talk about the trip and its importance and to see three great student presentations. Please don't forget to bring the blazers, ties, and shirts back :)
We will see everyone then.

Presentation Evening time and date set! An email to follow tomorrow with all details but it is 5.30pm on the 19th of June.
Can't wait for the group to be back together and to share stories and photos with family members!

Day 10 - Leaving day. We were sad to be going home but we were invited to meet the Deputy Mayor of Ghent at the Town Hall before we left for the airport. It was a honour. We were also very sad to be saying goodbye to Didier who showed us so much hospitality and laughs and shared so many stories

Day 9 - Ghent. As a Medieval town this place impressed us all. I think there may be many plans to come back here (I know I definitely will be)

Menin Gate Last Post on the eve of Anzac Day.

Menin Gate Service on Anzac Day

A short defence force video highlighting the Dawn Service we attended.

Polygon Wood Dawn Service - Defence Video Portal Members of the public, government officials, and Australian and New Zealand Defence Force personnel attended the 100th Anniversary of Anzac Day Dawn Service at Buttes New British Cemetery in Polygon Wood, Belgium on 25 April 2015. The Polygon Wood dawn service is a joint Australian and New Zealand s…

After an emotional, stressful, amazing and rewarding 12 days it is time to make our way to the airport to go home. We have all fallen in love with many places and all of the events of the tour. The students did us proud and acknowledged our work with lovely presents. As we leave Ghent I cannot thank Didier enough for his amazing involvement with the group. It is hard to believe it is almost over.
Amanda Fleming

Day 8 =ANZAC day - What a humbling and thought provoking experience for us all. To make things run smoothly, all students were up and looking very smart before the set time. They did themselves and us proud today!