A visit to Monash Clayton

Peter “Bluey” McLaughlin and I were passing the Clayton Campus @ Monash today and couldn’t resist going in to look around. I hadn’t been back to the campus since our graduation in 1974, and found the changes jaw-dropping …

The Robert Menzies building was still recognizable amongst the botanical landscape.

But the old Union Building, now re-badged as the Campus Centre, was difficult to recognise both inside and out.

Whereas the lecture theatres in the Medical Faculty (AKA Health Sciences) hadn’t changed, and brought back memories:

“Good morning class.”