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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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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

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Leo, Roving Reporter

Report from: Darwin
Story filed: Sinking sands
Hi people, it's Leo here. Do you like to go to the beach? Well, I certainly do. In Darwin we went to a beach but we couldn't stay for very long because it was too hot! We couldn't go right to the sea because the sea was in low tide and it was very far away so we only went half way. The beach had little rivers of sea water running along the sand. While we were walking back to the high part of the beach, my foot got stuck in the sand.....it was very wet sand.  It covered all of my toes and my sandals but it didn't go higher than my ankles. It was like falling in quicksand.

Until next time
Leo Roving Reporter

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Leo, Roving Reporter

Report from: Melbourne
Story filed: Street Art
Hi people, it's Leo here. Do you like painting things? Well, I certainly do. I like painting small things like little pictures, self-portraits, little houses - not big ones. I am planning on painting a really big picture - but I don't like painting really big things, like walls on the street. Because you're painting outside and it gets cold outside and also it looks like it would take a really long time. Some people do paint small pictures on walls because I've seen them. When I saw this graffiti in Melbourne I thought the colours were dark with very few light colours but they suited the alleyway - because an alleyway is where you will probably find graffitti.

Until next time
Leo Roving Reporter