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Leo, Roving Reporter
Report from: Bathurst
Story filed: ANZAC Day 2020
Hi people it's Leo here. Today I'd like to talk about ANZAC Day. As you know ANZAC Day was last Saturday but it was different to all the others we’ve had before. We didn’t have any ceremonies or any marches this year because of social distancing, one of the key parts in the fight against COVID-19. But this didn’t stop people remembering the ANZAC's. In my street, people stood outside their houses at 6am but no one made contact so we were all very safe. Soon after we all stepped outside, someone down the street started to play the Last Post, so mum and I and everyone else just stood there and listened. When the person up the road was getting to the end, all these people around town started to play the Last Post too so it was like a Canon. All you could hear was the Last Post ringing around town. It was really cool. It was all really good, except it was really cold and I was only wearing my dressing gown so I was pretty cold. I hope next year ANZAC Day will be back to normal. 

Until next time
Leo Roving Reporter

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Leo, Roving Reporter
Report from: Bathurst
Story filed: Going to the Movies

Hi people, it's Leo here. Today I am going to talk about movies. As you know we are all in isolation because of COVID-19, so we have lots of time on our hands. The one thing I really like doing is watching movies with my mum. There are a lot of good ones that we've watched so far and I would really recommend them. There's a couple I really like: Galaxy Quest, Hugo, Denial, Downfall, Hunt for the Wilderpeople, Lion, Thor Ragnarock and other Thor movies. And a TV show called The Amazing World of Gumball (maybe you have read my column on it). The ones that  I think are the best are Galaxy Quest - it is so funny, no matter how many times we've watched it it's just so funny. The others are Downfall - it's about the last days of the war, in Hitler's bunker - as well as all the Thor movies. But the best one of them all is Hunt for the Wilderpeople. It really is the best ever. Maybe you have seen it? If you have, I hope you agree with me. So, sofar that movie has been the best but I'm sure there are more good movies to watch. I'm off to go and see!                                                          

Until next time
Leo Roving Reporter

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Leo, Roving Reporter
Report from: My Desk
Story filed: Short Fiction
Hi people, it's Leo here. Today I am going to tell you my Country Women’s Association (CWA) Central Western Group’s Schools Public Speaking Competition  speech. I had to video my speech for school

Good morning adjudicator, timekeepers and members of the audience. Today, my topic is Growing your Own.
I’d like to grow my own livable planet.

I know that sounds crazy but hear me out -  first I will need a cloud of dust and gas to create a molecule cloud. Then I will need the temperature to be cold so that the dust and gas clumps together. Eventually everything caves in on itself to form a star then the star explodes, pushing everything out in to space. The big clumps of material will soon come together and then over time; they will form a planet. This is called core accretion. But there are many more steps to come. This new planet - it needs lots and lots and lots of water. I can find this in the form of ice crystals and I will need to do it quickly because the planet will be pulled in to the sun’s orbit soon and by then it will be too hot to collect water. The ice crystals were bought in when everything was clumping together and now that it’s in the suns orbit, the ice crystals are melting to form water. I also need to check that my planet is round and big enough for self-gravity. The other thing it needs is to have lots of space around it. I also need carbon, hydrogen oxygen and nitrogen in order to create vegetation, the right clement and life. See, It’s not that hard to make a planet but what will I use it for? I guess a spare planet would be good so when Earth is destroyed, dies, is overpopulated or infected with a disease I’ll go there.

Thank you for listening.

                                                      

Until next time
Leo Roving Reporter