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1. Max Cameron and Matthew Rosenberg explore the great outdoors
7. Blake Nielsen and Oliver Tribe followed by Isabelle Cameron and Iona Litchfield
2. Mike Mukaiyama, Bryce Yeo and Justin Zaldarriaga carting logs for chopping
8. Sally Codyre and Virginia Carlton running
3. Chris Ashen and Sarah Howse pitch in with repairs 4. Packs with legs
reward for giving to others. At the beginning of every term, David Jones, our Chaplain, asks the students to bring some money to our first chapel service and we pass the hat around and collect money for orphanages and foster children in disadvantaged parts of the world. Our students are generous, very generous. Similarly, Liv O’Hare, after doing Community Service at Merrijig Primary School, realized their desperate need for sporting equipment and devised a plan to collect tuck (a very precious commodity at Timbertop) from the Timbertop community to parcel up into hampers for the school to raffle and make money to purchase new sporting equipment. We thought we’d get one hamper. We ended up with six.
5. Roger Herbert, Head of Timbertop checks on the work of the cheerful givers Luke Davies and Sarah Howse
I am often astounded at the happy nature of our students at Timbertop. Even in the most appalling blizzard conditions during a Winter Expedition on Mount Stirling or on a “crossie” in foul weather, during a Sunday Inspection when jobs urgently need doing before students can check-out for a hike or when someone has injured themself on The Bluff and is really slowing the group down, there is always someone to lend a hand. More importantly, help is given with a smile. It just seems to be the “Timbertop way”.
Timbertop Wine
Roger Herbert Head of Timbertop
The Timbertop vineyard is the result of nearly 11 years work by students, staff and friends
6. Zoe Anastassiou, Alana Mitchell, Tash Remeljej, Kara Harris and Caitlin Lu (all from O Unit) running up Barclays Hill
9. Angie Halas cleaning the girls toilets 10. Venetia Farlay and Marnie Derham gathering wood for winter 11. Staff members Michelle Envall and Megan Thomas 12. Mr Bolden with H Unit boys on their Winter Expedition 13. Lucy Holm shoveling sand when making rammed earth walls
of Timbertop. What began in 1995 with six hundred vines has grown to more than 3 hectares, thanks to the advice, help and generosity of the Ritchie family, owners of the Delatite winery just outside Mansfield.
It has been another successful year in winemaking for Geelong Grammar School with the latest 2006 Timbertop Merlot Cabernet now available. On the advice of our expert winemakers, we have blended the fine Merlot grapes from the Timbertop vineyard with cool climate Cabernet Sauvignon to make this delicious wine Merlot 80% and Cabernet Sauvignon 20%.
Proceeds from Timbertop wine sales are used for a variety of projects across the School’s five campuses, determined each year by the School Principal in consultation with the School Council. Projects may include scholarships, small capital works, curriculum initiatives and staff fellowships. There are only a limited number of cases of the 2006 Merlot Cabernet, so I do encourage you to reserve your case of this very special wine. We also have very limited stock of the 2004 and 2005 Merlots available for purchase. Orders for all vintages will be processed strictly in order of receipt and once all supplies are sold, no further orders will be taken. To purchase this wine please phone GGS Shop on 03 5273 9329 or visit www.ggs.vic.edu.au/shop to place your order. 11