her marshmead.

go dance, go steal, go love
kiss boys, kiss girls, break hearts

be unique, be the underdog, be yourself
learn more, question everything
be whatever they hate.
your dreams are your reality
so follow them, not others
they will try to bring you down
so you gotta aims for the stars.
never forget who you don't want to be
and most importantly...
never forget who you are.

Amanda Stuart - quoted from the Marshmead book of 2009 <3 xo
ily bub.

marshmead 2.0.

be young. be free.
be whatever. just not me.
be you. be true. be amazing.
dont let anything stop you.
dont let anyone stop you.
follow your dreams.
follow your stars.
follow your own intuitin.
not others.
not for the laughs. not for popularity.
not for fake friends.
because the real ones will stay with you.
forever and ever.
dont stop believing.
in friends. in love. in dreams.
because i havent.

rebel with everything.
scream. dance. sing. love
break dance not hearts
and never break dreams.
turn everything upside down.
fly up to top shed. ride down.
run into peoples houses.
run around peoples houses.
run out of peoples houses.
make friends. make miracles.
make phone calls and prank them all.
make the fire alarm go off at 11:11
make it fun. make it the best.
make it memorable.
make it marshmead.

i miss that place.
and i miss you.
ily bub.

i dont really know.

Lately I don't even know who I am anymore.
But don't close that door right away.
Please let me say. Let me scream my love.
Because I'm changing myself everytime with them.
Them and everybody else, I'm different.
Showing them what they want to see.
Even though, i finally thought that I had got it.
Finally thought that I was free, free to be me.
But I, don't even know who 'me' is.

 I don't know what's real anymore.
And I'm finding this girl often wondering the streets of her imagination.
She doesn't know where she came from or where she's going.
She doesn't even know 'now'. because all she feels is insecurity.
is that me?

ily bub.

hp.

One of the snakes pointed with its tail. "Next room through there."



"That's a wall."



"Fake wall." The snake said, and then to prove it, slithered through the wall.



Harry blinked. "Oh, an illusion."



"Fake wall, no need for complicated names."


ily bub.

secrets.

so different yet so similar. It was so foreign yet so familiar.
ily bub.

re-intergration chapel.

A significant moment for me during my time at Marshmead was a particular moment on my second expo. I was doing the Lake Barricoota Hike and Canoe and was staying both nights at the bluff. It just happened to be, that on the second night, I found myself lying on the hard wood of the jetty looking up at the night sky. The sky was filled with stars, as most skies are. If you look up now, you’ll see a ceiling. What do you see when you step outside and look up. It’s pretty cloudy up there isn’t it. If you look up at the sky at night here at Melbourne, you’ll see a couple stars. Maybe some clouds or a shooting star. Oops sorry. That’s just a plane. But do you remember the sky at Marshmead? As I lay there, I could see so many stars. I spotted the Southern Cross, Orion’s belt, the Seven Sisters and so many other stars, littered around the sky. The stars to me looked like fairy dust, drifting across a blanket of velvety blue. There were blue stars, and flaming red stars. Shooting stars and bright, golden stars. When I looked up, an old tree stood in the side of my vision, obscuring nothing but a handful of the stars in the sky. Maybe I was seeing different galaxies, maybe an unknown star. To some they may see the sky scientifically, ‘the dome above our world that may have a few holes in it’. To others they’re seeing endless possibilities. But to me in that very moment, my heart saw these brilliant creations of pure light. These stars are simple signs that keep pushing me on. To keep trying. To reach out; to reach the stars. And I wonder, who else is looking at the stars. Who else is thinking the same thoughts as me. In that instant, I felt so connected with everything, with everything. If everyone turns around, right now. And look at something at the back of the room. Now think, how many other people, could be staring at the exact same thing as you. Thinking the exact same things.

ily bub.

marshmead.

im home.
ily bub.