Weekend story (made up)

Mark Ponirovsky is your normal everyday civilian. Mark was taking a shortcut through an alleyway around 5pm on a Sunday coming home after work in St Kilda as a taekwondo instructor. Mark heard the sound of scream shouting help from an alleyway. He knew all too soon someone was in trouble. Mark ran towards the sound of screams and sore a kid named Riley smith at knife point getting robbed and abused by two cowardly thugs.

Mark: I couldn’t just stand there and do nothing the police would have taken too long and well maybe it’s destiny I mean I’m a taekwondo instructor. Maybe I was meant to save that kid.

Riley: He just came out of know where and said ‘stop back off’ and one of them just ran towards him with a knife and he just laid out his moves it was so fast and quick. Then the other thug just dropped me and ran towards him and in a blink of an eye they were on the ground.

Constable Jerry White: We arrived about five minutes after the incident. I guess Mark did know what he was up against but he was a little over his head. Two men with knives, I understand he does this for a living and even though everything went right he was very lucky. It’s very important to think these situations through as it could mean your life.  Mark and Riley are now both safe and that is our main concern.

Both men have been arrested and police are now investigating the scene and looking at any possible links to this almost tragic day. Nearby CCTV cameras are being looked and reviewed at by Victorian police.   

Mitchell River year 9 camp Article:

On Tuesday the 21^st of August 2012 the year 9 Walsh boys from Christian Brothers’ College St Kilda went to the Mitchell River National park in Gippsland. The Mitchell River is south east of Melbourne and only a four hour drive from Melbourne’s CBD.  The challenge was to survive the Mitchell River and they thrived at the challenge and completed such a challenging and tricky task. There where major rapids including the Amphitheatre but they all worked together using teamwork and that was the way they survived. They also used this clever skill off the river at setting up their camp site, cooking their own food, making there fire, pumping and using there rafts and surviving the cold and frosty nights. This camp was all in the name of survival and they did just that.