is a weekly diary to keep our UK 'gapping' daughter in touch with the family life she leaves behind in sydney

A RUSH OF BLOOD TO THE HEAD

Dear Alice, Elliott had a great time at Chaldercot Conference Centre this week. His script, which was further refined on the camp, is now to be entered in both the NSW Young Dramatists – Page to Stage competition, and also the Sydney Theatre Company’s Young Playwright Award. He was pretty horrid for a couple of days afterwards, until the tiredness began to recede… but he’s now back to his normal...

TOMMY’S HOLIDAY CAMP

Dear Alice, Well another week, another dollar and one very tired Tristan following his school camp to Lake Macquarie. He arrived home on Thursday exhausted, coughing, spluttering and covered in about thirty lumpy mozzie bites. Needless to say he had Friday off. It did him the world of good and he was back up and running for his important basketball game on Saturday morning against a very strong Barker team. Despite...