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Leo, Roving Reporter

Report from: Bathurst
Story filed: Bikes
Hi people, it's Leo here. Today we are talking about bikes. Do you like riding bikes? I do. They are fun. To go down a very, very big hill; you just sit on the bike and don't pedal because you're going down a very, very big hill! When you go down a very big hill you are going very, very, very fast. You can feel the breeze go past you and everything goes so fast it is like a blur. I was going down a big hill - I've been down that hill before - and I forgot they there was a walk path and bricks because you couldn't see from the point of view I was, I went down and smash bang.... I fell on the concrete. Luckily I was wearing my helmet because the handle bars smashed on my head and then the bike tumbled over me. I grazed my knee very, very badly and the rest of my body was ok. And in Bathurst, all around, they have put up some hire bikes. There are two white ones on the stand at the pool. In the school holidays Mum says I can hire one - the bike is not too big and not too small, it's just right for me.

Until next time
Leo Roving Reporter

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Leo, Roving Reporter

Report from: Bathurst
Story filed: Stories
Hi people, it's Leo here. Today we are talking about stories. I came second in the Faraway Competition 2016. I will tell you what the Faraway Competition is: " Young writers aged 7 -18, from around Australia, were asked to respond to the theme 'faraway' with a short story, poem or illustration".  I drew an imaginary map of Faraway and came second in my age group and for that my map gets published in a book! We waited a long time for my book and today it has arrived! It took many weeks to come from where ever it came from, to Bathurst. It's called 'Faraway Anthology'. I also got a certificate and a voucher. I think coming second is great but I'd rather come first.

Until next time
Leo Roving Reporter

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Leo, Roving Reporter

Report from: Bathurst
Story filed: Stories
Hi people, it's Leo here. Today we are talking about History in 100 Objects. In the museum, in the special exhibition A History of the World in 100 Objects, there was a little round room especially for kids to play in. The adults can have a rest and the kids can play. I dressed as a king, I wore a crown and a robe - but they weren't real! There was a square hole that had been made into the wall - it had a frame around it. You step into it and stand up and then it looks like you are in a painting. Your mum or dad can a take a photo and you can put it in a frame at home. My mum took a photo of me. After that we went around the rest of exhibition. I thought the exhibition was good. My favourite thing was the dressing up.

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Leo Roving Reporter

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Leo, Roving Reporter
Report from: Bathurst
Story filed: Lego Series: 1

Hi people, it's Leo here. Today we are talking about Lego things. Yesterday I went to Hobart and my Dad took me to a special shop down an alley way - this shop sells nano blocks; they're tiny pieces of Lego. I bought a nano block wolf. There were a lot of nano block packs and I chose a wolf. I also have a baby grand piano in nano blocks. And I also have a panda made of nano blocks which my Godfather Greg brought back from Japan for me. It me a while to build the wolf. I had a bit of trouble with building the head as it was a bit confusing and hard to make it.

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Leo Roving Reporter

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Leo, Roving Reporter
Report from: Bathurst
Story filed: Train Museum

Hi people, it's Leo here. Today we are talking about trains. We still use trains today - but not the shoving coal in the engine, pulling levers trains. We use diesel trains and electric trains. The electric trains have wires above the train track and wires on the roof of the train and this is where the train gets electricity to run. In some places they don't have the wires above the tracks; the train tracks are electric, so these trains get electricity through the wheels. There is a train that is Ben Chifley's engine. He drove it himself on the Bathurst train tracks, the tracks inside the station. Ben Chifley was a famous man so they kept his engine and put it on display for whole world to see. This photo is of a train carriage that is going to be in a new Bathurst train museum. I was thinking of getting a job there, a weekend job like taking guiding tours around the museum. In the photo I am pointing to the letters NSW, they are bit chipped away. These letters were underneath the carriage.

Until next time
Leo Roving Reporter