I started at Plympton High School in 1963, and was allocated to a class with French and Latin as the special subjects. We had four Latin teachers that year, with poor results, and about 12 students from the boys and girls classes accepted the option to swap to a combined class on Drawing in the second year. So, we were a small class, and received more attention and encouragement than most. Drawing consisted of Composition, Design and Lettering, using student quality watercolour paints.
It is one decision I have never regretted.
Drawing only went to fourth year, during fifth year I needed to take up Modern History instead.
For most of the year the "River" Torrens is usually the size of a creek, and is contained by a wier to produce this larger body of water. But bridge constructions in the early years were washed away by sudden flash flooding, until this large solid construction was built and has withstood the weather for over 100 years.
This site used to be called "Light's Vision", as the view from Montifiore Hill used to stretch to the far south of Adelaide, showing the green spaces he had envisaged for the city of Adelaide. And this view was preserved according to the wishes of the public, against the wishes of various self-interested groups. But in recent times, the State Government came under the influence of the football industry, and installed tall lighting and grandstands to obstruct the view.
The obstruction also hides the extent to which the green parklands, a basic feature of Light's vision, have been lost to concrete and tower blocks.
