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By Country to Canberra Founder & Executive Director, Hannah Wandel. C2C Essay Competition closes Thursday, 10 September 2015 at 11.00pm AEST. It’s officially that time of year. Fathers Day has arrived (hello bacon), footy finals are in full swing, and it’s the last weekend before Country to Canberra’s essay competition closes for Year 10/11 rural …

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By Kaitlyn Loft, Country to Canberra teen blogger. Learn more about her here.      Remember the day that Facebook profile pictures turned rainbow? I do. It was the 26th of June 2015 – a day that marked a huge success for the LGBT+ community due to the legalization of same-sex marriage across the United States of America. …

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Hannah Worsley is a Country to Canberra teen blogger. You can learn more about her here.  I know, I know. I’m crazy. I’m sacrificing everything I’ve worked so hard for. I’m going to be so behind. I must be so stressed. I’ve heard it all. But the London International Youth Science Forum (LIYSF) was not a …

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Vesna Clark was one of the winners of Country to Canberra’s 2014 essay competition. For her amazing efforts, she had her work published and scored a ‘Power Trip’ to Canberra, where she met powerful female leaders, toured parliament and was interviewed for TV and radio. We asked Vesna to look back on some of her favourite …

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By Vanessa, Country to Canberra teen blogger.     When I was younger, and before I became an intolerable teenager, my primary school was the centre of my world. It was where I got to escape my parents and delve into a universe where I could completely be myself. Jamberoo Public School was the place …

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By Libby O’Brien, Country to Canberra teen blogger.      For the average teenager, balancing the pressures of school life with home responsibilities can seem almost impossible, but maintaining stability between these factors is vital for a successful life. As a rural teenager in her final year of school, seventeen-year-old Jewel Dennis not only proves that this can …

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Ellie Simpson, Country to Canberra Teen Blogger.     A common catch-phrase among schools, the workplace and in my own life is “fake it til you make it”. There isn’t one person in particular who gave me this piece of advice, as I think almost everyone has used it at some point. Picture this: you’re sitting in …

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Kaitlyn Loft is a Country to Canberra teen blogger.      Feminazi, man-haters, extremists – when the word ‘feminist’ carries such negative connotations, it’s no wonder that parts of society feel alienated and attacked by a movement that’s actually defined by equality and created by common sense. To some, feminists have been reduced to irrational …

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‘Goodbye, cash. See you never.’ This was pretty much the conversation I had with myself seven weeks ago. I wanted to book a flight from Canberra to beautiful Port Lincoln in rural South Australia. My sisters live around this town (known for tuna and great whites respectively) and my need to go and see my adorable nieces had …

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Vanessa Sporne, Country to Canberra teen blogger.     Every Friday night, no matter how cold, no matter how windy, no matter how badly you just want to slip on those ugg boots and park yourself in front of the TV, the Jamberoo Community Touch Football Tournament must be attended. Jamberoo is only a small …

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