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Leo, Roving Reporter
Report from: Bathurst
Story filed: From my desk

Hi people, it's Leo here. Today I'm going to say a few things that I have been thinking about for a while now. Thank you readers, for reading my column. Thank you mum and dad for looking after me. Thank you to my teachers for teaching me this year. Thank you to my swimming coaches for teaching me swimming this year. Thank you to Dave for putting my column in the Bathurst City Life. Thank you to my friends for being my friends. Thank you to the doctors who helped my when I was sick. Thank you for reading this column and goodbye for 2017...merry Christmas and a happy new year to all.

Until next time
Leo Roving Reporter

My Town: Bathurst map

BCL's own columnist, Leo Roving Reporter, has come up with an original way of promoting the must-see sights of Bathurst to locals and visitors alike. Leo has created a hand drawn map of Bathurst, cleverly incorporating items and locations of interest that have all previously featured in his weekly column. 

Talking about his "My Town: Bathurst" map he said "It's good, I like it - I tried my best and I think it turned out good." The A4 artwork, which is available for purchase, is printed on art paper, can be framed or unframed and all pieces have been individually coloured and signed by Leo.

BCL has one framed artwork to give away to the first reader who brings in a copy of one of Leo's columns featured on the "My Town: Bathurst" map.

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Leo, Roving Reporter
Report from: Sofala
Story filed: A foot bridge

Hi people, it's Leo here. Today I'm going to talk about our recent stop at Sofala. While we were on our way to Mudgee, we stopped at the Joyce Pearce Memorial Park. In the middle of it, there was a long bridge. the bridge used to go over the little river there but a flood destroyed it. Years, years later a farmer found some of the remains of the bridge and then everybody helped to find the rest of the remains and once they found them, rebuilt it and plopped right in the middle of the Joyce Pearce Memorial Park. Opposite the old bridge is an engine from a coal mine and a big metal strip with a big metal bucket on it - to scoop up the dirt. So, then we got on our way and I really enjoyed our stop. I hope we stop there again. The end.

Until next time
Leo Roving Reporter

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Leo, Roving Reporter
Report from: Bathurst
Story filed: My life

Hi people, it's Leo here. Today I'm going to talk about swimming. Every Wednesday and Friday I go to the pool for swimming training and sometimes it is very hard. My coaches are Emily and Lenny. Sometimes I don't want to go swimming training but I have to and sometimes it's fun but mainly it's tiring and hard work but I guess it is all about hard work. Emily and Lenny have lots of techniques to teach and I really enjoy learning off them. I don't really like going to swimming carnivals, it's all right going to the carnivals but I do get very nervous when I am at them. The best bit about swimming is trying hard.

Until next time
Leo Roving Reporter

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Leo, Roving Reporter
Report from: Bathurst
Story filed: Dream Trains

Hi people, it's Leo here. Today I'm going to talk about my friend Sam's dad who sells miniature train parts and has......um, I think four steam trains. One day he bought one into school to show the class. It was exactly like a real steam train and it could even work like a real steam train. In class, we are doing a tea and sugar train project. The tea and sugar train was a train that delivered food to people in the desert. And every year is also brought Santa along too. Me and my friend Sam did the the important parts of the tea and sugar train drawing - then we drew another engine to help push the tea and sugar train and all it's carriages to wherever it is going. Sam did the steam engine at the front and I did the coal pit. The coal pit is the carriage that holds all the coal for the steam train. Then, together, Sam and I did the other engine which was a diesel engine for the train. When Sam's dad brought in his epic model train to school I learnt something that day: the engine was nearly 1m long and 20cm wide. I hope Sam's dad brings in a model train again.

Until next time
Leo Roving Reporter

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Leo, Roving Reporter
Report from: Bathurst
Story filed: Lego videos

Hi people, it's Leo here. Today I'm going to talk about Lego. I LOVE Lego. I have spent the morning watching video clips of Lego plane crashes, then a battle (pirates versus soldiers, pirates won) then a bit of Lego Jack Sparrow, then mum mum told me to get off my dad's phone so I can do my column. Lego sets I really, really, really want are: Lego planes, Lego trains, Lego ships and Lego cars. When I say Lego, I mean Lego trucks and cars and racing cars and stuff like that. I guess any Lego sets are fine. I also like miniature stuff and I watch that stuff online but I'm talking about Lego today...anyway, I like watching Lego video clips they are the best.

Until next time
Leo Roving Reporter

photo from google search

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Leo, Roving Reporter
Report from: Bathurst
Story filed: Trains

Hi people, it's Leo here. Today I'm going to talk about Ben Chilfley's train. At Bathurst railway station, is Ben Chifley's own train engine that he drive before he became Prime Minister of Australia. Near the train was an old railway signal. I think it used to help move the train to where it is today and then a couple of months later the Council decided to fix up the train signal and also the old house on the right as you enter the train station...and also the car park behind it. I think it's a great idea! What do you think?

Until next time
Leo Roving Reporter

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Leo, Roving Reporter
Report from: From my desk
Story filed: Short fiction

Hi people, it's Leo here. Today I'm going to tell you a story....

The astronauts were getting closer to the escape hatch but the alien was closer. When the astronauts got there, the alien ran away for some strange reason. While the astronauts were breaking the metal bars to the escape hatch, their robot accidently got himself caught in some wires and stuff which was attached to an old rocket. He. Went.Crazy. Aaarghhhh!!!! All of a sudden the rocket stopped. Uh oh, crash! Luckly the astronauts had cut all the wires. So, in the end the two astronauts and their robot were safe. 

Until next time
Leo Roving Reporter

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Leo, Roving Reporter
Report from: Bathurst
Story filed: Mystery

Hi people, it's Leo here. Today I'm going to talk about the old fence behind the Knickerbocker Hotel, have you seen it? Where do you think it's from? Mum and I think it's from an old park or maybe a big old house. The fence is very long and very old. It is a bit damaged but it is still looks nice. Do you know any stories about the fence? What mystery lies behind it? Who knows?

Until next time
Leo Roving Reporter

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Leo, Roving Reporter
Report from: Katoomba
Story filed: the three sisters

Hi people, it's Leo here. Today I'm going to talk about my trip to Katoomba. This week we stopped at Katoomba on our way from Sydney to Bathurst. at Katoomba we went down to see the Three sisters. The three sisters are three giant rocks in a row. You can walk up to one - I wanted to but Dad said NO. In Katoomba there was a Toy and Railway Museum but we didn't go, we didn't have enough time. I was soon happy to be home and I really liked our stop in Katoomba.

Until next time
Leo Roving Reporter

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Leo, Roving Reporter
Report from: Bathurst
Story filed: around the place

Hi people, it's Leo here. Today I'm going to talk about my visit to the old Government Cottage. There we met Allan who could tell us how old our coins in my coin collection were. While my mum was listening to him, I played on the old farming equipment. There were some horse troughs and some of kind farming equipment that you sit on. We didn't have some really valuable coins but some were worth a little something. After that we went to Art in the Park with Rachel. I drew some things and then we went home.

Until next time
Leo Roving Reporter

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Leo, Roving Reporter
Report from: Sydney
Story filed: Olympic Park

Hi people, it's Leo here. Today I'm going to talk about the swimming carnival I went to on the weekend. At my swimming carnival, I did 50m backstroke, 50m breaststroke, 50m freestyle and 50m butterfly. After the swimming carnival I was going to go on the water slide but in the end we didn't go because my Mum said NO! We swam at the Sydney Olympic Pool and it was fun, I guess......but not really - it was hard work mainly.

Until next time
Leo Roving Reporter

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Leo, Roving Reporter
Report from: Cowra
Story filed: Ninja

Hi people, it's Leo here. Today I'm going to talk about my Ninja I bought in Cowra. We were driving back to Bathurst and I felt car sick so we stopped at the Japanese Gardens. I bought a key-ring Ninja at the shop and we ate the food we had, as a picnic. We ate while we were sitting on some rocks and then we saw some baby ducks on their own. Some people had tried to put them to safety but one little duckling kept running around the car park cheeping and looked like it could get run over. Mum and I decided to catch it and put it with the other ducklings. A lady who looks after injured animals arrived and I helped her catch the ducklings. She said sometimes ducklings got lost from their mother duck on very windy days like that day but that the ducklings would be safe and live a long life.

Until next time
Leo Roving Reporter

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Leo, Roving Reporter
Report from: Bathurst
Story filed: A bicycle

Hi people, it's Leo here. Today I'm going to talk about my bike. We got my bike from the Junktion and fixed it up to be a BMX trick bike. I'd rather a bike with gears, I think. My Mum has a trail bike with gears but it is too big for me so I can't ride it but I would like to. I like riding my bike because it is fun and it is good exercise for your legs. Once, my Mum was riding my bike back from the bus stop and got stopped by the Police for not wearing a helmet. Busted!

Until next time
Leo Roving Reporter

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Leo, Roving Reporter
Report from: Bathurst
Story filed: Wood Man

Hi people, it's Leo here. Today I'm going to talk about Wood Man. A long time ago, me and my mum found an old pair of glasses on the side of the road near my school bus stop. Instead of putting them in the bin, we put them on them on a tree! When we put the glasses on the tree, it looked like a person - me and mum called it Wood Man. I don't remember when we put them on the tree, I think it was Term1 or Term2 - a long time ago. They're still there.

Until next time
Leo Roving Reporter

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Leo, Roving Reporter
Report from: Bathurst
Story filed: Sleep

Hi people, it's Leo here. Today I'm going to talk about how important sleep is.

1. Sleep is important because when we sleep your body gets rest and that's important

2. We need sleep for energy

3. Sleep helps us to have a great day

4. Sleep is the most important thing for our brain

If we don't have sleep, we don't have such a great day.

Good night!

Until next time
Leo Roving Reporter

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Leo, Roving Reporter
Report from: Bathurst
Story filed: Windy days

Hi people, it's Leo here. Today I'm going to talk about a windsock. Up the road and in front of the a building - there is a very, very, very high wind sock on a very, very, very tall pole. The windsock is yellow. People use windsocks at airports to tell which way the wind is blowing and if it is strong wind or not strong wind. I have a wind sock but it is not in good shape. It is a little bit ripped and some of the rope is not tied on very good. Today, I might put up my windsock because I want to see which way the wind is blowing.

Until next time
Leo Roving Reporter

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Leo, Roving Reporter
Report from: Bathurst
Story filed: Eating out

Hi people, it's Leo here. Today I'm going to talk about our visit from Frank. Frankie came to visit, to take a look at our house and after we showed him round, he took us in his really big car, to see a building. It used to be a hospital and now this and other buildings which have been added, have been made into lots of flats. Frankie might want to buy all of them and add even more flats to them. This is what I give this building in a rating out of ten = 2 out of 10; because it wasn't very good. After going around Mount Panorama twice we went to this new cafe. It was good, but I have been to better cafes. It was a bit small and the tables were a bit wobbly but besides that I had a great meal. Frankie and daddy had two coffees and mummy had a hot chocolate and they all came with little biscuits, so I got to have three little biscuits. Some I put in my wrap - they went quite well together.

Until next time
Leo Roving Reporter

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Leo, Roving Reporter
Report from: Bathurst
Story filed: Kangaroos

Hi people, it's Leo here. Today I'm going to talk about the kangaroos I saw up the road at the Uni. There was a very, very big male and a couple of females and very small kid. The little baby one is a called a joey, he was so cute. He was cute because he was a little baby with little bitty eyes and one ear was up and one ear was floppy. We saw a couple of females with what I think were babies in their pouches. The big male looked a bit scary and looked as though he was going to come up and hit me! Well, that's what I thought he might do because I also saw two kangaroos boxing each other. But when they were boxing each other I was behind a glass window, so I was safe.

Until next time
Leo Roving Reporter

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Leo, Roving Reporter
Report from: Sydney
Story filed: Generosity

Hi people, it's Leo here. Today I'm going to talk about a miniature brass grandfather clock that my Aunty Tessy gave me. We were visiting Aunty Tessy and Uncle Erik and my cousins. Mitch came with his wife and they brought their new dog, a seven year old golden Labrador called Bailey. I went downstairs with Rin and Bailey to the garden just to have a stroll and a play with Bailey. For a while, me and Rin and Bailey played fetch - I hope Bailey enjoyed it. I enjoyed playing with Bailey, he's a great dog. Before we left, I had a look in Tessy's office - I saw a photo of me holding a toy motorbike and then I saw it - the grandfather clock. I went and picked it up and looked at it and thought to myself "Wow, what an amazing clock". Then I said "Gee, I wished I had a clock like this" and all of a sudden Tessy said I could have it! And then I was very grateful and I hugged her and I said "thank you". And then Mum and me left to go home to celebrate daddy's birthday.

Until next time
Leo Roving Reporter

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Leo, Roving Reporter
Report from: Canberra
Story filed: Art Glass

Hi people, it's Leo here. Today I'm going to talk about my visit to see my cousins Romy and Veronique. A couple of days a go me and my family went to Canberra. My cousins were in Canberra as well. They haven't been to Canberra a lot but this time they were visiting their Grandmother. So we decided to meet up. the first place we went to was the Glass Factory - we looked at the room where the glass is melted and moulded into what it is going to be and we then saw the room were artists design their work. Then after that we had lunch: the girls had two vegan burgers, Mum had a vegetarian sand I had a chicken burger with nice sauce (it was a bit hot) but sadly I didn't get to finish it all - it was big one! After that we went back to the hotel for a while. We were also going to visit The Mint and print out some coins but we got there just as it was closing. I had a great time with my cousins and I hope they had a great time with us. Hopefully they did. Also, my cousins live in England so they traveled very far to see me.

Until next time
Leo Roving Reporter

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Leo, Roving Reporter
Report from: Bathurst
Story filed: What's new

Hi people, it's Leo here. Today I'm going to talk about my underwater lego set I made. I made it a couple of days ago when I was visiting my Uncle Michael and Aunty Sharon in Sydney. I had just come back from the dentist where I had  my teeth cleaned, it wasn't nice. In my underwater lego set I put some rocks and some treasure, I only found lego treasure chests but no treasure and a net was hooked from one side of a rock to another rock. I put two treasure chests, one in a cave and one on a piece of ship-wreckage and on the treasure chest inside the cave I put a skeleton which I tried to hide with a bit of lego seaweed. I also built this boat which had a crane on the back of it. The boat had a little yellow canoe on the little ramp inside the boat.

Until next time
Leo Roving Reporter

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Leo, Roving Reporter
Report from: Bathurst
Story filed: I'm sick

Hi people, it's Leo here.Today I'm going to talk about my big visit to the hospital. On Wednesday I thought it was going to be a normal day - I don't know what happened, I must have caught a flu or something because the next day when I had a play date to go down to the skating rink I was feeling terrible, I had caught the cold, more like a very bad virus. The next day I stayed home. That night it wasn't very pleasant - it was the virus, it was a real bad one. Then early in the morning I went to hospital. I stayed one day and one night. I thought I was going to stay longer but apparently I didn't need to - I was getting well. I'm still sick, it's all pretty terrible. Thank you to everyone in the hospital for looking after me.

Until next time
Leo Roving Reporter

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Leo, Roving Reporter
Report from: Bathurst
Story filed: Rat's Palace

Hi people, it's Leo here.Today I'm going to talk about my rat house I built at school. My whole class - we could team up or build it by ourselves - built a house for our two class rats who we called Cuddles and Dexter. I teamed up with Sam. His mum, uncle and aunty came to all help out in building our fantastic rat house. First, the whole class decided who to team up with. Then we all drew a rough copy of our design for our rat houses. And then we had until the end of the week to bring our material in for our rat house. People brought in cardboard boxes, juice containers, egg cartons: stuff that we thought might come in handy while we were building our rat houses. Sam and I built a double story house - I had the top and Sam had the bottom. The best bit was when we put the rats inside our house to try it all out - and they went down the stairs exactly as I'd hoped! Lucky Lachie got to take the rat's home for the holidays.

Until next time
Leo Roving Reporter

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Leo, Roving Reporter
Report from: Melbourne
Story filed: Vincent

Hi people, it's Leo here.Today I'm going to talk about an art exhibition me and my mum and my Godmother Fiona, took. The exhibition was Vincent Van Gogh's artwork. Vincent Van Gogh really liked Seasons. He did quite a lot of artwork for each season. The first season was Autumn - I really liked the autumn paintings. They had dark autumn colours in them. The next season was winter - in winter he used plain dark colours, no light in them, no green, no autumn colours just dark colours. The next season was spring. in his paintings, he had light colours this time - he used green and blue and yellow. The last season was summer - in one of his paintings he painted a self portrait. I thought his self portrait was good - nice expression. My favourite one of them all was this vase full of bright flowers. Someday I might try to paint it myself.

Until next time
Leo Roving Reporter

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Leo, Roving Reporter
Report from: Orange
Story filed: Old House

Hi people, it's Leo here.Today I'm going to talk about an old house I stayed in when I was travelling. I have stayed in the house before, it is quite a nice house, I have to say. Last time I stayed there, I stayed in a room that had a verandah with a view of the garden - it was a good view. But this time we stayed in a tower room. It had one big bed for mum and dad and two small beds, I chose the one on the corner near the window. I wish I had big brother to share the other bed and so I don't get lonely. That night at the hotel, I also had a very big, tasty dinner.

Until next time
Leo Roving Reporter

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Leo, Roving Reporter
Report from: My Desk
Story filed: Drawing

Hi people, it's Leo here.Today we are talking about my picture. In this picture there's a big Lava Monster with five arms, cat like eyes and Kraken like teeth. In the picture the Lava Monster is trying to eat one of the four penguins from the movie Penguins of Madagascar. I am a very big fan of the Penguins of Madagascar. I am also writing a comic book about them called Penguin Wars. I know their names off by heart; there's Rico, Skipper, Kowalski and cute little Private. The only way this monster will die is, if it is stabbed in the brain. In the picture, the monster is trying to eat Rico. Skipper has cut off the monster hand that that was holding him and he then stabs the monster in the brain to save Rico. Here is a little detail that describes the penguins: Rico the regurgitator, Skipper the fearless leader, Kowalski the penguin with a plan and Private the sensitive penguin.

Until next time
Leo Roving Reporter

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Leo, Roving Reporter
Report from: Bathurst
Story filed: Harry Potter books

Hi people it's Leo here.Today we are talking about (dramatic pause...) Harry Potter. Some of you may be very familiar with Harry Potter but some of you might not. I haven't seen or read much of Harry Potter myself but I know what it is about. Not too long ago my Mum got me two Harry Potter books. My mum said they are the special ones with pictures. I have seen very little of the Harry Potter movies but one movie I did watch.......well, it wasn't that scary; it wasn't really scary at all. I don't think they are meant to be scary as they a just a story about a boy who has amazing adventures. The two books I have are Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone and Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets. I think they are good.

Until next time
Leo Roving Reporter

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Leo, Roving Reporter
Report from: My Desk
Story filed: Micro Fiction II

Hi people it's Leo here. Today I have written you a story called Magic Door. 

The door crept open while Sally and I walked into a magical garden. By the way I'm Jack and this is my sister Sally. The garden was full of flowers......and fairies! "It's beautiful" said Sally. "More like lame" I mumbled to myself "there's no such things as fai.....  mh mh mh". A hand had covered my mouth to stop me from saying more. "Don't say that" a voice said. I turned around and there stood a boy, dressed on old clothes. "Who are you?" I said. "I'm Jock and I look after this garden and if I had not stopped you from saying that, a fairy would have dropped down dead!" "Oh no, that's terrible" said Sally.

To be continued........

Until next time
Leo Roving Reporter

PS lllustration by Adam Thomas. Copyright © UNSW Global Pty Limited 2008.

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Leo, Roving Reporter
Report from: Bathurst
Story filed: Building things

Hi people it's Leo here.Today I went to the Centennial Park celebration day. The first thing I did was play with Lego. I made a runway and a plane. The plane traveled along a train track and the name of the airport is the skeleton airport because I found so many skeletons in the Lego set and I used them and put them all around the airport - so I called it skeleton airport. I also found a skeleton body with skeleton leg and put it in the plane as the driver. Once I was done and took a photo of my creation, I gave the Lego to another little boy to to play with. Then I played on the play equipment for a while. And then I did some sketching with Rachel - it was all quite good. While I was at the park I had pumpkin soup, a sausage sandwich, a muffin (which I didn't really like) and a piece of delicious orange cake. And it was all free! I said my thankyous and pleases and then I went home.

Until next time
Leo Roving Reporter

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Leo, Roving Reporter
Report from: Bathurst
Story filed: Building things

Hi people it's Leo here. Today I will be telling you about my big plans for my mini stage that I have built with my Meccano set. Once i have built the floor, and extended it. I'll put on a play. the play is performed by Lego things ands is about this little boy, sneaking into a graveyard and through the fog, finds a haunted house. A lot scary things happen to the little guy - like skeletons popping out, zombies trying to eat him and vampires attacking him. But he gets away in the end. And then that is the end of part one. The story will be longer when I finally make it all happen. I'll get back to you when it is time for part two.

Until next time
Leo Roving Reporter

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Leo, Roving Reporter

Report from: My Desk

Story filed: Micro Fiction

Hi people it's Leo here. Today I have written you a story called Invisible for a Day.

This morning I got out of bed and looked in the mirror and I could not see myself. I was invisible! It was amazing. I had always wanted to be invisible so I could do what I wanted and no one would be able to stop me. What I really wanted to do is eat lots of sweets like lolly pops, M and M's and licorice. But I would not like to be invisible for too long. I would like to be invisible for a day or two or a month.....wait, not a month.....three days, that will do. If I was invisible for too long people would forget me. I don't want to be forgotten. I want to be known. So I put my jumper back on the cupboard. The End.

Until next time
Leo Roving Reporter

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Leo, Roving Reporter

Report from: Bathurst

Story filed: Royal Show

Hi people it's Leo here. Today I am talking about my visit to the Royal Bathurst Show. But this time I didn’t go alone – I went with a friend. She is called Lulu. We had great fun at the Animal Nursery. We got to hold baby chicks and pat them (I made mine fall asleep) and then we held baby rabbits (they were very cute as well) and then we got to hold Guinea pigs (they were very cute as well!). And the last baby animals we got to hold were ducklings – they were very wet and their claws dug into my hands but they were still very cute. After that we went to a little restaurant and Lulu and I got hot sausage rolls – they were homemade and they were delicious. I wanted to get another one but my Mum said no. After that we found the dodgem cars – Lulu and I are now old enough to drive by ourselves so, this was Lulu’s and mine’s first go at driving a car by ourselves and it was amazing…we also did some more amazing things but that story will have to wait for another time.

Until next time
Leo Roving Reporter

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Leo, Roving Reporter

Report from: Melbourne

Story filed: Giant Robo Dog

Hi people it's Leo here. Today I am in Melbourne and I am going to talk about a building - yes, a building...just an ordinary bank building. But to me, it looks a giant Robo Dog disguised as a building. The only thing you can see of the Robo Dog is the two ears and the forehead. Around the dog is glass panels to make people think there are offices in there but when the Robo Dog comes out - automatically, all the glass panels fold up into a secret base. Then a lot of machinery puts the dogs legs and tail on (because they always get taken off when he comes back to land and when he is about to take off, they get put on). The Robo Dog is very friendly and he is very fun to play with but he is very dangerous because he is packed with ammunition, deadly bombs, nuclear bombs, laser guns and lots of deadly stuff.

Until next time
Leo Roving Reporter

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Leo, Roving Reporter

Report from: Melbourne

Story filed: Nano Blocks

Hi people it's Leo here. Today I will talking about my nano blocks collection. I have a rocket, a piano, an aircraft carrier, a plane, a wolf, a panda, London Tower Bridge and a violin. I got the violin in Sydney, the wolf in Hobart and the piano in Sydney as well. I got the tower Bridge from the op shop in Orange and the panda from my cousin Greg when he went on a visit to Japan. I want to get even more nano block sets - I've seen some in the shops and I've seen some on the internet and I can't wait to get them all. I like nano blocks a lot and they're really fun to look at and play with. I might not get them all but I really wish I could!

PS My Dad just told me that, last column, I was talking about the Battle of Trafalgar. Yeah, well that's what I meant I think, I can't really remember.

Until next time
Leo Roving Reporter

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Leo, Roving Reporter

Report from: My Desk

Story filed: 100

Hi people it's Leo here. Today we are celebrating my 100th column. Whoo hoo, yay..... thank you, thank you...... you are so kind......but it will just like my regular column. I do have something to talk about not just 'whoo hoo and yay'. Do you like boats...I do! I have probably said that 100 times, right? Well I am in Sydney at a hotel and I am just looking out the window and what do I see? Two very nice old boats - like pirate ships. And a little army ship and a big destroyer called The Vampire, Number 11. There is also also a small red ship like a mini red lighthouse that floats. They are all my favourite boats actually because I like boats. Do you remember when I told you about my travels to see The Victory? And the guard that let me pull the trigger on the cannon that was used in the battle of Waterloo that was used by a real gunner a long, long time ago? That was fantastic. That's all for today, I will see when I do my 101th column.

Until next time
Leo Roving Reporter

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Leo, Roving Reporter

Report from: Bathurst
Story filed: How to make it snow
Hi people, it's Leo here. Today we are talking about how to make it snow. First you need to get a small piece of cardboard just the size of rectangular book. Then you draw a street on the cardboard, maybe some footpaths too. Then you get some kebab sticks  - you get the flat end, not the pointy end and bend it making sure it doesn't break, that it just bends. You stab it into the side or the middle of the road  and you have a street lamp. Get your miniature cars and put them on the right side of the road, just parked. Now get some table salt and sprinkle it over the cars, over the road, over the side of the road and then you have a street that has been snowed on. Viola! The end.

Until next time
Leo Roving Reporter

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Leo, Roving Reporter

Report from: My Desk

Story filed:  If I were......

Hi people it's Leo here. Today I will be presenting my speech I wrote for the CWA speech competition - anyhow, this is how it goes:

If I were a cheetah

I’ll run and run some more

I’ll run over hills, I’ll run through rivers, I’ll run over wide open plains

Then I’ll eventually get tired and lie down to rest.

But I won’t be able to cope with the bugs flying around my head.

If I were a pilot I’d fly people to Australia, Indonesia, England, Africa

But I won’t cope flying over the deep, deep blue sea

I’d rather fly over land but as a pilot I’d have to fly over both.

If I were a policeman I’d drive around in a blue and white car with sirens going “whee wahh, whee wahh”. I could be one of those special policemen that people don’t know are policeman. But I don’t think they’ll let me use a gun at my age.

But I’m me

I’m Leo Klonis

and I like me

That's all folks......

Until next time
Leo Roving Reporter

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Column 97

Leo, Roving Reporter

Report from: Bathurst
Story filed: Bridges
Hi people, it's Leo here. Today we are talking about bridges in Bathurst. My favourite bridge is the one that goes over the railway lines coming in and going out from South Bathurst. I remember a long time ago that I saw people painting it with new silver paint. They were workers. I think the bridge was very rusty before that. I like the bridge because it has a good building technique - it sort of looks like the Sydney Harbour Bridge. The lines holding the sides up are similar- like the big upside smile. It carries cars just like the Harbour Bridge and it is a similar grey colour. I like standing on the bridge and the feeling of the move and rumble when cars go past and I also like watching trains go underneath. Which is your favourite bridge?

Until next time
Leo Roving Reporter