The 2015 tour has been a wonderful success. I am immensely proud of all of our students, who have acted at all times as wonderful ambassadors of our school, town and Australia.
I have had many comments from strangers of many different nationalities at how polite, helpful and mature our students have been, throughout the tour and in every country. We have made new friends with the students in Atheneum Pottelberg, Belgium and Beranger College in Perone, France and been hosted by the mayor of Perone.
Everybody has learnt a tremendous amount about the First World War, at times perhaps, more than we felt comfortable with for it was such an awful struggle on a scale that can really only be appreciated by walking the battlefields and seeing the countless graves that are tended so lovingly by the countries in which they lie. (Ed Croft)
You can read more about Collie SHS’s Western Front Tour on their school blog:
http://2015anzactour.blogspot.com.au/
