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Mandi Zonneveldt
I returned to my home town of Cobram (population 4500) in the early days
of January 1996. As one of the babies of the group, I still had two years
of high school to complete. The first of those could only be described
as hellish. The second was done almost completely from home as most of
my school friends left for university. And yes, I took Dutch! In 1998,
I moved to Melbourne to begin a BA in Journalism at the Royal Melbourne
Institute of Technology. I moved into a funky student house in the 'burbs
with Megan Clark and two girls from Tasmania and spent many blurry nights
during first year at a dodgy pub in Carlton called the Lemon Tree where
we consumed far too many "Rob Specials" (cheap champagne with
shot of strawberry schnapps).
In second year, I scored a cadetship on a local paper after writing advertising features for them for a few months. I worked there until a saga over possums threatened to consume my entire being and I realised it was time to move on.
On New Year's Day 2001 (yes, New Year's Day), and armed with my degree, I started a new gig at the Herald Sun. I am now one of Rupert Murdoch's thousands of employees but am mostly proud of the paper I work for. The Herald Sun is Australia's biggest selling daily newspaper, with about 1.5 million readers a day. I've covered youth affairs and education, health, general news and am now creating trouble on the Industrial Relations round. I'm hoping to make a move to the exciting (not) city of Canberra in the not-too-distant future to cover federal politics - if I can convince my other half to make the move. I'm living in sin, like most 20-somethings these days, with my boyfriend of three and a half years, Jeff. He also has a Dutch family. He doesn't want to move to Canberra.
Key Stats
Country of Origin:
Australia
Education/Next Steps post-Holland:
BA Journalism, RMIT University
Currently studying MA Professional Communication, Deakin University
Current Address:
C/o- Herald Sun
PO Box 14999
Melbourne City MC
VIC 8001 Australia
Birthday:
not specified
Current Phone Number:
+61 3 9292 2578
Preferred E-mail Address:
Current Profession or LifeGig:
Journalist, Herald Sun
Favorite expression in Dutch:
Who could get past "neuken in de keuken"!
Vote for a 2005 Rotary Exchange Holland Reunion (REHR):
Australia - I did the big OS trip last year and I'm broke!
Rotary club in Holland:
Almere
Copyright © 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005 Eric J. Reid
