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The Remienko Memorial Airpark is often the scene of tearful goodbyes but one particular farewell today put the others to shame.
Wendy Clover, of Betoota Grove, could only cry as she waved ‘tar tar’ to her youngest child as they embarked upon their overseas gap year.
As per the tradition, students from our town’s most exclusive school for girls, The Marrybefforethirty Academy, go on exchange to a boarding school somewhere within a couple hours train journey from London.
Billie Clover (18) is the latest private schoolgirl from our bustling inland metropolis to make the arduous journey in premium economy over the Asian continent to Europe to spend nine months working in Hertfordshire and three months taking drugs and kissing hot Italian boys in the Balkans.
At the start of the corridor to the passport control checkpoint, Wendy Clover wailed and cried as she hugged young Billie.
“Please be good,” she was heard saying.
“Stay out of trouble! You’ll have to best time!”
“Now go! I’ll see you when we come over for your birthday at Easter!”
A stoic Billie waved goodbye, too.
She thought to himself that this was his time, her moment and it was now that she was going to find out just who she is as a person because she’s going to touch the void for the first time, turn over a new leaf and really take life by the balls.
More to come.
