As a boy I attended the Geelong Church of England Grammar School Geelong Grammar or GGS. GGS is a very good school, but it’s also a remarkably pretentious one, it is quite often described as ‘Australia’s greatest school’ or ‘the best school in Australia’ or ‘Australia’s Eton’ and it’s opinion of itself really is that high. Among Victoria’s elite independent schools, it is sometimes called the ‘First Among Equals’ and there’s enough truth in that that none of the rest of us complain about the ‘First’, so grateful are we to at least be able to tag along among the ‘Equals’. Those like myself with both strong ties to GGS and to another school, often find ourselves walking a virtual tightripe of loyalty. I think I’ve got rather good at that.