13 May 2014
National Young Leaders Day
by Kyle Zylstra and Talee Warren
On Sunday, 31st March, we caught the bus at 8.30 am at the Leeton Public School to travel to Sydney for the National Young Leaders Day. We travelled with Leeton Public School, Whitton Public School and Murrami Public School. On the way up we stopped twice. We stopped at the Dog on the Tuckerbox in Gundagai and at Berrima Park. Whilst stopped at the Dog on the Tuckerbox we took some photos and had our recess. At Berrima, we had our lunch in the park and played cricket with some people we met. Once in Sydney we went for a walk on the beach. We stayed at the Narrabeen Big 4 Caravan Park, right near the beach. We had dinner at the Narrabeen North Side Cafe and after dinner we went straight to bed so that we were ready for a big day at the conference.
On Monday, 1st April we woke up at 6 am to have breakfast and get ready for the conference. We got on the bus at 7.10 am and headed in to the city centre. On the way we caught a ferry and got to see the Sydney Harbour Bridge and the Opera House and lots of boats and yachts. Once we arrived at the conference we listened to people talk about leadership, times of hardship, being who you are and becoming successful leaders. We got to listen to famous children's author Andy Griffin speak about his career and his books. He was hilarious! We also got to listen to the Hon Bob Carr speak about politics and being a leader.
After the conference was over, the girls all got to go shopping in the Queen Victoria Building with Mrs Gill. While the girls shopped the boys went to the aquarium with Mr Allen, Mr Adams and Mr Campbell, where we got to see exciting sea life. After shopping and the aquarium, we all met at the Sydney Opera House and took some pictures. We travelled back to Manly on the ferry and went and got some dinner at the Manly Corso and took it to the beach. After dinner, we went back to the Caravan Park and went to bed, exhausted after a very big day.
On Tuesday, we got up at 6 am, had breakfast and got on the bus to head home. We stopped at Wagga Wagga to get some McDonalds. We got back on the bus and arrived home at around 4.30 pm
It was a big couple of days away, full of great experiences! We would like to thank Mr Allen for taking us on such a great trip and thank the organisers of the Young Leaders Conference for putting on a fantastic and inspiring show.
Talee Warren and Kyle Zylstra
School Captains 2014