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Leo, Roving Reporter
Report from: Sydney

Story filed: Time Capsules
Hi people, it's Leo here. Last week I went to a music camp at Stanwell Tops and on the last day we did a big concert at the Sydney Town Hall. It was so cool - and I found something  in the Town Hall that I never knew was there (maybe some of you know about it). 

So, there is a time capsule, locked behind bars with a sign on it saying "This time capsule will be opened on 5 March 2030 by the Lord Mayor of Sydney" or something like that. My Mum and two of my Aunties were at the concert, anyway I told them about the time capsule and also that we have one at school too. Our school one is near the Year 4 classrooms next to the sundial and buried under a brck panel. When it is 2030 I'm going along to see the Sydney Town Hall time capsule be opened - noone knows what is inside. 

In the car going home we all talked about making a family time capsule. We agreed we all need to spread the word to our other family members to think about something to put in it. Maybe you might do a time capsule too, who knows?

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 am going to tell you a story.

Future Shock

Suddenly woken by the blazing hot sky, the grey, dark monster swallowed the sky.....swallowing everything in its' way leaving everything as black as a starless night. Turning cities of life, to cities of ash. Ash streets with not a happy face in sight. The red and yellow fiery forests are gone and now the earth has come back to life. Cities of ash turned back to cities of life. We can all make a diffrence. What difference are you ging to make today?

Until next time
Leo Roving Reporter

Photo credit: Stuart Palley  

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Leo, Roving Reporter
Report from: Canberra

Story filed: Questacon
Hi people, it's Leo here. Today I am going to talk about my trip to Canberra. I went to Canberra for a school excursion. The hotel we stayed in was quite good, the beds were very comfy and the food wasn't that bad either. But even better than the place we stayed in were the places we visited, which were: new Parliment House, National Musuem, the War Memorial, the Dinosaur Museum, Australian Institute of Sport, Questacon, the National Arboretum and a place where we saw a painting done by Nyree Reynolds, the grandmother of a friend from school. Questacon was the best - we got to meet a robot! We did lots of really intereting things - like a slide called Free Fall.You put on an orange suit, walk up tall stairs and sit on a ledge - then grab hold of a pole and go....this slide is really, really, really, really, really steep and I'm not exagerating .You really do free fall and slide down safely. It was quite scary for me. At the gift shop I bought a model Hubble Telescope - I made it as soon as I got home to Bathurst.

Until next time
Leo Roving Reporter

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Leo, Roving Reporter
Report from: Bathurst

Story filed: Nature and art
Hi people, it's Leo here. Today I am going to talk about nature and art. Last Thursday, after school, my friend came back to the class room with, well, a small dead tree with no branches. It had been uprooted (not by my friend) and she had used it as a staff. I thought it was really cool. When it was time to go home, my friend said I could have it, so I took it with me. My mum and I thought it would be interesting if we put it back in the ground the wrong way up and decorate it so it looks like a nest. We're going to put more things in it like feathers, and some eggshell so it looks like a nest and is art at the same time. I hope it turns out to be good!

Until next time
Leo Roving Reporter