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AUSTRALIAN HOCKEY TOUR, 1983

SENIOR GIRLS HOCKEY, 1983

Rear: Wendy Zimmerman, Alison Baird, B Smith, S Acherman, Kim Stirling,
Saskia Bergers [Coach].

Seated: Tracey Abbott, L Haines, Jan Plummer, Michelle Tyrie, D Collins.

It was a brisk Sunday morning when The first four days were spent in bears.
the 1st XI Girls Hockey Team, Miss Melbourne, noted for its beautiful old
Bergers and two parents boarded the bus, churches and buildings, along with Wagga Wagga we moved on to Canberra
together with the Boys Basketball Team, beautiful parks, While there we travelled where we were again billeted for two
on their first stage of an Australian tour. over the Westgate Bridge to Colac, a very nights. Canberra proved to be a very

Ten months ago it had all seemed like friendly rural town where we played our beautiful city.

a dream but, after months of hard work - first game of hockey.
chopping and delivering firewood, On Thursday we travelled to Albury felt while driving along that you could be
haymaking, lawn-mowing, picking up for an over-night stay. The trip was very driving anywhere in New Zealand. We
pumpkins, garlic planting, painting, monotonous - just a straight road with stayed at a Police Boys
baking (you name it) - it all started to paddocks and gum trees on each side. ideal for a school party to stay.
become a reality. Wagga Wagga was the next stop, the

There were some very excited and largest city in New South Wales (which the Opera House and Sydney Tower,

nervous girls who, at 10:55am, boarded reminded us of Hamilton). Before cruised around the harbour and visited
the plane. For some it was their first meeting our billets for the next two nights Kings Cross. On our final night in
flight. Two and a half hours later we we were taken on a tour of the city and Sydney we all went out to dinner at a
touched down on Australian soil. visited the Murray Cod Catcheries where German restaurant and had a very
we saw our first kangaroos and koala