The start at Bathurst was different to Orange. The student leadership team turned out in the cold with their parents and a number of staff. Kate White, the principal, was as jovial and welcoming on Wednesday morning as she was when we first met her two days before and when I asked for her help with the walk. Bathurst held their "Australia's Biggest Morning Tea" on the same day and the students came in mufti. Again I found myself in a community that saw helping others as an important part of their culture. Obviously it is very much part of the culture of public schools. If it was going to be hard for me to face the 64 kilometres to Lithgow, meeting the people of Orange P.S. certainly lifted my spirits.
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