Post by Rebecca Pickering, one of our outstanding bloggers. Whoa, look at that! Glorious beasts of stud cattle and prime rams filled the inner show ring while show ponies pranced around the outside, all draped in bright colours representing their championship. Further in the distance, the vibrant ferris wheel danced in the skyline to the …
Written by Jessica Ryan, one of our wonderful bloggers. This year I started uni doing Agriculture Business. After coming home from boarding school at the end of October when I finished Year 12, moving out again in February for uni, to be frank, was a relief. I love my parents, but boarding school gives you …
Written by Lyla Schmidt, one of our amazing bloggers. Everyone has a routine and usually that includes things like school, homework and our jobs. However, being an openly gay young person, part of my day-to-day routine is homophobia and dealing with ignorant people who choose not to accept my lifestyle. As June is Pride Month …
Post by the excellent Ianna Lalim, one of our 2019 Leadership Competition winners. I applied for the Country to Canberra Power Trip because, honestly, why not? On top of its focal motivation towards gender equality it offered opportunities to develop and further leadership skills, to meet influential and passionate people, and simply, to learn. However, …
This post was written by Analise Greenhalgh, an excellent member of our blogger team. Climate change. It’s an issue that the world faces, but not everyone is helping create a change as big as Greta Thunberg. At 17 years old, she’s spoken at international summits, public protests and is currently a nominee for a Nobel …
Girls to the Left & Boys to the Right Why It’s Important To Use Positive Language When Talking About Gender In Classrooms By the wonderful Lilyan Tyson from our blogger team. Gender dysphoria. What is it and how does it work? These are the questions that should arise when discussing the transgender community, not only …
Post by the super Anna Scott, one of our 2019 Leadership Competition winners. I can still vividly remember Country to Canberra’s leadership competition being announced at assembly. I can recall tentatively asking a couple of my friends if maybe we could all enter, because I didn’t feel this was something I could do by myself- …
Post by the outstanding Freya Cooper, one of our 2019 Leadership Competition winners. I remember getting the phone call – feeling really excited about the possibility of traveling to Canberra and learning new skills, meeting new people and increasing my leadership potential. My expectations were far exceeded – I have no doubt in saying that …
Post by the wonderful Heather Proud, one of our 2019 Leadership Competition winners. I don’t think I’ll ever forget the call. Partly because I couldn’t stop trembling. Surely I didn’t win? That’s absolutely impossible! And yet, when the voice on the other end of the phone told me the news, I couldn’t quite comprehend at …
Post by the excellent Jasmine Thompson, one of our 2019 Leadership Competition winners. My name is Jasmine Thompson, and I am from Charters Towers in North Queensland. Growing up in a rural town, I have had many opportunities to further my passion of sport, but I have never been able to further my leadership and …
