16 Jun 2016
On Sunday, 28th February the Year 6 Student Leadership Team, including school captains Kai Hammond and Raena Dixon, went on a bus to Sydney for the 2016 Young Leaders Conference. On the bus we were joined by the Whitton-Murrami and Leeton Public Schools leaders.
First stop was the Dog on the Tuckerbox where we had recess. We then stopped at Goulburn for lunch before completing the trip to Sydney. Our accommodation was at the Quest Hotel and this was great and close to Olympic Park, where the conference was held at Allphones Arena.
On Sunday night we caught a double deck train to Circular Quay, where we looked at different buildings like the Sydney Opera House and Harbour Bridge. At the bridge we sat down for a picnic and we were facing the Opera House. This was great, especially for Sonny Lipscombe, who had never seen the harbour before.
On Monday, we had breakfast and then we went to Allphones Arena, which is next to the ANZ Stadium. The lines were very long and they didn't have enough doors into the arena, so we had to sneak into through Door 11. One of the schools who went arrived in a stretch ‘Hummer' limousine! Police Commissioner Andrew Scippioni was the best speaker on the day. He said ‘Master the little before the big'. There were about 6,000 students at this conference.
We then went back to the accommodation, changed into casual clothes and headed back on a train to Circular Quay and caught a ferry over to Manly. We had hot fish and chips on the beach and then caught the ferry and the train back.
We got up early next day and hopped straight on the bus and started off home. Miss Harrison and Mrs Gill gave Mr Allen the wrong directions so we ending up driving around Olympic park in circles until we found our way out! On the way home we had launch at Gundagai.
It was great fun and very tiring, but worth it.