Friday 24 July, Lifeline’s Dress Down Day was a memorable day for the librarians at the Cairns TAFE. We all got to have a day off, confident in the knowledge that the needs of the staff and the students would be more than adequately taken care of by the gaggle of relaxed looking characters in the photograph.
This motley crew, who paused briefly for a group photograph before someone called the police, was able to handle a wide range of library duties in our absence. The clown with the French-Canadian accent was able to juggle her various tasks. Huckleberry Finn, who curiously answered to ‘Rachel’ throughout the day, seemed relaxed, even without her fishing pole. Sales of Mr Men books in the Cairns area reportedly skyrocketed after the wearer of the dark pyjama suit gave the franchise free advertising during the day. The hippie, known in some quarters as Susan, was obviously prepared for the impending 40th anniversary of Woodstock and even demonstrated the peace sign for us (But refer to the photograph very carefully before demonstrating this friendly gesture to members of the police force, folks!) And the rather large cross-dressing and pyjama clad bunny rabbit (who seemed to be of the tailless variety) was wheezing like a inebriated sea lion with after only three hops and decided to walk everywhere instead.
Other participants dressed down for the occasion, as did many others in the TAFE community, all relinquishing a gold coin to the very worthwhile cause of Lifeline for the privilege. The students and staff took the change of personnel in good part, and the day was busy and productive as usual until the odd bunch disappeared at the end of the day, never to return.
Until next year …
Dr Brian Stevenson (TNQIT Library)
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