Leo, Roving Reporter
Report from: Sydney
Story filed: Music Camp
Hi folks, it's Leo here. I hope you're having a good day, It's currently the best time of year for me, school holidays. Unfortunately this blissful peace and quiet is coming to end and I'll be going back to school in three more days. During the holidays or to be more precise the day after the holidays began, I woke up at five thirty to catch the six fifty train to Sydney for the Sydney Youth Orchestra music camp. Normally their youth orchestra is made up of Sydney kids but for this camp they decided to include some regional kids. I was one of three kids from our area, not just the Bathurst area but the surrounding areas as well. The camp started on Tuesday but I decided to go down on the Saturday so I could catch up with family. For the whole duration of the stay in Sydney I stayed with one of my aunts in her flat in the inner city. It's a very pretty area where my aunt lives, especially all the 1920's fancy big apartments with their grand architecture and dark wood interiors. There's also a lot of art deco architecture which I just love. On one of the days I decided to go for a walk to pick up some medicine from the local chemist, and to scout out a barbers which unfortunately I would never actually end up going to. I was on my way back from my running my errands and I was walking along the footpath not really looking where I was walking as my head was facing the right of me looking at an absurdly gorgeous art deco cinema/theater and as I was walking along I trod on a dead rat as big as your foot. I am not joking, the rat was huge and it was a recently deceased as some one had hit it with their car that very morning. Before all that I met up with my godfather cousin and we spent the day together walking around Sydney and going places and going out to eat. My favourite part of that day was when we went out for lunch as we ended up at a Japanese ramen place, best ramen I've ever eaten - it was truly amazing. The following day I was equally excited as I was seeing another one of my cousins for the day, We decided to go to the Sydney Royal Easter Show and his dad (my uncle also decided to come along which was even better) and my aunt came as well so it was truly a good outing. The Easter Show was nice and all but my cousin and I felt it was nothing too special, lest to say we were not very impressed. We did go on some rides once we did find any that were interesting, the roller-coaster and the faris wheel were probably the best. The food was ok I was happy to eat it but it was just way over priced, we could get the same thing here in Bathurst at the Bathurst Show for cheaper. At the end of the day we also went through the animal stalls and exhibitions on our way out and I have to say I've never seen such prestigious looking pigeons before. After the animals we headed off back home. Later that evening we went out to dinner to another ramen place. This to was also very good ramen. After dinner we went on an evening walk around the neighborhood and it was most enjoyable. Next column I'll be talking about the actual music camp itself - there's just so much to unpack so I'll see you then.
Leo Roving Reporter
