Joanna Holman3d ago
Fascinated by the people whose job is hauling cursed carnival rides to assorted shows and festivals around the country. Must be quite a strange life
Show threadJoanna Holman

Fallen down a little bit of a rabbithole about the lives of travelling carnival workers and just learned that Australia has a travelling primary school that follows the show circuit around for their kids

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-08-17/national-school-for-travelling-show-children/100380692

This school travels from Darwin to Tasmania, reaching a new town every week

Since January 2000, the National School for Travelling Show Children has been ambling across Australia, following the agriculture show circuit.

Apr 6 at 9:32amWeb
Show threadJulie2d ago
@joannaholman The classroom is amazing. It's a largish caravan where all the sides pop out to form a full size classroom. It's multiage of course and the students are quite interesting to teach - they can run a hot dog stand physically, financially and materielly, but then go to school the next day. When I was with School of the Air we had a bit to do with the travelling schools.