Paper Chase Down Under

Yesterday turned out to be a long and tiring Saturday for Theresa and I. Both of us had to accompany kiddo into the city in the morning, for her Mac Rob high school entrance exam. It’s a select school and even while waiting in the Mount Waverley station, we realised it was going to be an event with loads of people, as several families were theer for the ride into city. When we got to Parliament station even more families showed up as we left the station and walked towards Carlton Gardens, where the Royal Exhibition Centre was. It was a huge building and I hadnt realised the historical significance of this building until then. It was the place where the first Federal Parliament convened in 1901 with Ed Barton as the first PM. It was a huge, magnificent and gorgeous building. Most of the close to 3,000 students and their parents however, werent admiring the building. They were just mulling around, anxious to for the kids to get in to do the 3.5 hours entrance exam. By the time kiddo got in, it was just a little after 12pm and we were only meant to come and get her at 3.45pm. So Theresa and I went and walked around in the city, me looking at suits and coffee machines while she was just contented to show me around Myer, her favourite haunt. We had lunch in an Indonesian restaurant, and coffee at Myer, before finally going back to get kiddo. By the time we got home, it was almost 7pm and we were knackered. We asked kiddo if she really wanted to get to Mac Robertson High, and she said no but we suspect the peer pressure suggests otherwise. The paper chase has come down under.