By Bob Van Leer

  (MELBOURNE, Australia, Friday, Jan. 25, 2002) - This morning our grandson, Rob Johnson, met us at the dock to spend the day visiting.

  Rob is a graduate of Gold Beach High and is now a student in Melbourne at LaTrobe University Graduate School of Business.

  Rob Just started here and has attended classes for only two weeks. He is studying for a Master of Business Administration degree (MBA).

  The graduate business school is large enough to have a separate campus near the main undergraduate campus. The school has about 150-175 students. Rob has a place in a dormitory for graduate students and seems to be enjoying the school.

An Australian graduate student is already teaching him surfboarding.

  We looked over the business school campus and around the very large campus of the university, which is the equivalent of a state university in the U. S.

  The rest of the day we drove around town looking it over. Melbourne is Australia's second largest city with a population of about 3.5 million.

  After leaving Melbourne we are headed for Tasmania, a large island south of the Australian mainland.