The OCA acknowledges the arrival of our newest and littlest members of the Old Cranbrookian community!

Robert, I believe, though English, had a very strong affection for Australia and, in particularly for Sydney and his old school, Cranbrook. He went out of his way to help in the setting-up of the tours of the OCCC to England which began in 1975. He became friends with the players and came to as many of its fixtures on the tours as possible.

In 1957, Jeremy Long was chosen to be a member of a special expedition to find out how many Aboriginal people were still living out in the desert – and whether any government help was needed. Jeremy was “a silent witness as the curtains came down on a culture that had endured for 40,000 years”.

‘Form follows organisation’ was his mantra which solidified into a pioneering endorsement of integrated and holistic place management by multi-skilled entities, rather than the departmental ‘silo’ based approach inherited from the colonial era.

"If anything, the difficulty of the course serves to strengthen the bonds between the runners – a mutual respect for everyone struggling against the undulating terrain, against the soft sand when crossing the beach, the long sapping rises and the final kilometre which, although flat, seems to go on and on and on!"

For those beloved members of the Old Cranbrookian family who have passed in recent times, our thoughts and prayers are with those who were closest to them.