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Where Are They Now? Matilda and Lucy Damman Where do you live now? We live in the city of Brisbane, Australia. Brisbane is known as The River City, as the Brisbane River flows through the center of the city. We live in a house called a ‘Queenslander’, around the corner from where we go to school. It’s takes us about 3 minutes to walk to school.
What brought you there? We moved to Brisbane because this is where our parents’ families live. Our mum grew up in Brisbane and attended the same school we now go to. It’s great living in a city where our cousins live.
Where do you go to school? We attend St Margaret’s Anglican Girls School. It is a through-school, which starts in pre-prep and finishes in Year 12. There are two campuses next to each other, one for Primary and one for Secondary, with a total of 800 students at both campuses. St Margaret’s began in 1895 and quite a few of the old buildings are still used today. It is on the North side of Brisbane, on a hill with beautiful views of the city.
What are some differences between your school and Discovery College? The school we attend is a girl’s only school. We have fewer students in each class, about 22 girls. The school offers languages and we are still learning Mandarin but not
every day like we did at DC. The school offers some sports the same as DC and some different. We play the similar sports at the opposite time of year as we are in the Southern Hemisphere. Our school year ends in December, as this is our summer so we have our long break over Christmas and New Year.
What types of activities are you involved in? We have been involved in various school sports including swimming, lifesaving,
hockey, and softball and have just started water polo. School sports are played on Saturday mornings, and usually it’s an early start. Our school participates in rowing in winter, and it starts at 4.30am! We also attend drama classes and are currently involved in a production of ‘Grease’.
What do you like best about living in your new home? We enjoy living in Brisbane and our new house. Brisbane has a subtropical climate with warm or hot weather for most of the year. This means we are able to use our pool most of the year, and with summer nearly here we’ve been swimming most afternoons after school.
How is it different from living in Hong Kong? We miss Hong Kong and we miss DC and our friends. We have been very lucky to be able to come back and visit a few times since we moved to Australia in January. Please look us up if you come to Brisbane. We’ve become great tour guides!
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