Timbertop

Timbertop is a full-time boarding, co-educational campus of Geelong Grammar School located near Mansfield, Victoria, Australia.^[1]

Established in 1953, by then Headmaster James Darling, Timbertop is compulsory for all year-nine students attending Geelong Grammar School.^[2] As of 2017 approximately 240 boys and girls attend Timbertop, where they participate in a wide variety of physical activities including running, hiking, and skiing, as well as a normal academic routine. Additionally, students at Timbertop do not have access to devices such as computers, mobile phones, or digital cameras. Almost all communication from students to family and friends off campus is carried through hand-written letters.^[3]

^ "Bonzle-Timbertop".
^ Buttler, Mark; Deery, Shannon (29 February 2012). "Missing South Australian teenager Tom McMahon, 15, found 'safe'". Adelaide Advertiser. Retrieved 13 January 2018.
^ Cave, Damien (22 March 2024). "What We Gained (and Lost) When Our Daughter Unplugged for a School Year". The New York Times.

[1] "Bonzle-Timbertop".

[2] Buttler, Mark; Deery, Shannon (29 February 2012). "Missing South Australian teenager Tom McMahon, 15, found 'safe'". Adelaide Advertiser. Retrieved 13 January 2018.

[3] Cave, Damien (22 March 2024). "What We Gained (and Lost) When Our Daughter Unplugged for a School Year". The New York Times.

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