It's not an Australian voice, the Australian school year is arranged in terms, not semesters & we spell' realise' in the English-Australian way, not using the American 'realize.'

Mudcat's spellchecker underlined realise but was happy with realize.

As 999 posted above - Snopes said it's an old myth.

so does Hoax Slayer Maroochydore High School is a real school, but it does not, nor did it ever have an answering machine message like the one described in the email. The "School Answering Machine" message outlined in the email is a long running joke that has been falsely associated with a number of schools in several countries.

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