These are the people in your neighbourhood (Zoë)

This afternoon I went for a walk. It’s something I try to do everday during exam time, because the exercise helps me to think, and I can take my flash cards with me (although whether or not I look at them is another matter). When you’ve been sitting at your desk all day, it’s really useful just to get out into the fresh air.

I walk a lot at home, and walking in Melbourne hasn’t felt the same. Too many cars, and too many people. I’ve wandered around Royal Park, Princess Park, the residential streets around Royal Parade, and up around the Carlton Gardens, yet nothing has really felt the same as home. Today I was struck by how beautiful the cemetery looked in the late afternoon sunlight, however. There are lots of tall trees in the Melbourne Cemetery, and with the sun streaming through them, bathing the headstones in a soft glow, I couldn’t help but be struck by how peaceful it seemed.

On the way back I walked past Queen’s College. Just as I was nearing St Hilda’s, I walked past another person. You know what it’s like when you think you recognise someone, but you don’t really want to stare, so you just try to look at them out the corner of your eye? And most of the time it’s not who you thought it was anyway? Well, that happened to me with this person – except I SWEAR it was Alan Brough, of Spicks and Specks fame. It looked just like him, just with more stubble. My whole face must have lit up – he probably thought I was an idiot. But you don’t get to see people like Alan Brough everyday in Shepparton. And I love Alan! I’m still giddy inside thinking about it.

Hope Swot Vac is treating everyone kindly.