Anne Eggers, Part 1 of 2. Grew up on a dairy farm. 1950s, milking cows before and after school. Long journey to school. Fitting in homework. To Teachers College in Palmerston North. No clear expectations of future life. Hitchhiking from Taranaki to College. 1 year teaching in 1963, then to Australia, waitressing. A temperance hotel in Brisbane. Hayman Island. Collecting shells. Her future husband (Eddie Eggers). To Cairns, Rockhampton, Mt Isa, Alice Springs. No student debt, and pre-OE (Overseas Experience) times. Impressions of Palmerston North (trains in the Square, at YWCA hostel then flatting). Hostel life. Weekend work for a catering firm. Father smoking.