WALK UP THE FRONT DRIVE

                                    LOOKING BACK OUT THE GATE.

        I DO NOT RECALL THIS SIGN, BUT IT SAYS I HAVE ARRIVED.

I THINK I RECALL THIS SENTRY BOX  FROM BACK IN THE FIFTIES. THE
         PATHWAY  I  KNOW GOES TO THE NUNS' CEMETERY.

                 WHAT'S THIS, MADELINE AND BUTTERCUP.

THREE PRESENTATION SISTERS WALKING DOWN THE FRONT DRIVE.
SR. NANO ON THE RIGHT. WOULD SOMEONE PROVIDE ME WITH THE
                        NAMES OF THE OTHER TWO SISTERS.

YOU  CHECK INTO THE CARLTON HOTEL DOWN BY THE LAKE AND TAKE
A MORRIS OXFORD TAXI UP PRESENTATION HILL TO THE CONVENT.
THE FRONT GATE AS YOU APPROACH IS NOT EXACTLY AS YOU RECALL.

THIS I DON'T RECALL BUT THE THREE SISTERS TELL ME IT IS A GUEST
                                        HOUSE FOR VISITING PRIESTS.

NOW THIS IS WHAT I HAVE BEEN WAITING TO SEE FOR SOME FORTY YEARS. IT IS SO
NICE TO BE BACK. SAINT MICHAEL'S DORMITORY ON THE LEFT. I HAD FORGOT THAT
THE CHAPEL WAS FURTHER OUT INTO THE DRIVE, AND THE GROTTO IS EVEN THE
     SAME COLOUR. SOMEONE IS DOING SOME RAKING ON THE LEFT. HOW EXCITING

SAINT JOSEPH AND THE INFANT JESUS BELOW THE WISTERIA. DOWN THE  STEPS WAS THE PEAR ORCHARD.

THE FOUNDATION STONE WHICH WAS LAID ON ASCENSION DAY FIRST JUNE 1916.
SEE PHOTOS IN,  "IN THE EARLY DAYS" FOR LAYING OF THE STONE, AND TWO PHOTOS
                                                 ABOVE FOR ITS POSITION.

INSIDE THE FRONT DOOR OF THE SCHOOL WE MEET THE REVERAND
SISTER SUPERIOR JEYANTHI. WE GET PERMISSION TO WANDER ANY-
WHERE WE WANT AND TO TAKE PHOTOS. IT'S SO NICE TO BE BACK.

DO YOU REMEMBER ROVER, THE SCHOOL DOG  FROM BACK IN THE 1950'S.  HE SLEPT MOST OF THE DAY IN THE
SCHOOL DRIVEWAY.

     THIS VIEW LOOKS FAMILIAR,  I WONDER WHAT  INSIDE IS LIKE.

ME, THE OTHER HALF OF MADELINE, OUTSIDE SAINT MICHAEL'S DORM.
WHAT WAS THE NAME OF THE GIRL'S DORMITORY ON THE TOP FLOOR?

          THE GROTTO OUTSIDE ST. MICHAEL'S DORMITORY.
       THERE IS JUST SO MUCH TO SEE, PLEASE DON'T GET BORED.

THE NUN'S LIVED UPSTAIRS IN THE BLUE SECTION. THE DOWNSTAIRS
WINDOW ON THE LEFT IS WHERE I SPENT ABOUT TEN DAYS BACK
AROUND 1955 WHEN THE SCHOOL HAD CHICKEN-POX (THAT WAS FUN),
  OTHERWISE BEING OUT FRONT LIKE THIS WAS OUT OF BOUNDS.

LOOKING BACK DOWN THE FRONT DRIVE. BELOW THE BAY WINDOW ON
THE RIGHT IS THE SCHOOL FOUNDATION STONE. THE WISTERIA OVER
THE TRELLIS TO LEFT IS STILL THERE, AS IS ST. JOSEPH  AND THE
                                                    INFANT JESUS.

REV. SISTER SUPERIOR JEYANTHI