By Vesna Clark – Country to Canberra Teen Blogger This is an honest and personal account of my experience of the first semester of University. Throughout my late high school years, friends and family would continually tell me not to worry about university, as it would be much more rewarding and enjoyable than high school. In many ways …
Written by Michelle Monaghan – Country to Canberra Teen Blogger For this blog post, I found myself overjoyed and honoured to be interviewing one of my favourite authors and role models: Aprille Legacy. Renee Dutton writing by the pen name (Aprille Legacy) is a successful self-published author who wrote her first novel, Soul Fire, in her final year …
By Elise Toyer – Country to Canberra 2016 Power Trip Winner I’m excited and frustrated and hopeful and ready for change. Australia may (I’ve got my fingers and toes crossed!) finally, at the end of this year vote ‘Yes’ to legalise same-sex marriage. I’m excited, and it’s time for us, the Australian public, to show Canberra …
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Hearing the news breaking while working away on my desk of the terrorist attack at the Manchester Ariana Grande concert left me in disbelief. It was difficult to comprehend the magnitude of the situation by reading about it on a screen – of the 14,200 people who attended, the majority were girls and their parents. It …
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Written by Mikah Appel – Country to Canberra Teen Blogger As the end of Year 12 years, I can’t help but reflect on how I’ve changed since I started high school. If I could, I would love to dispense some wisdom to my past self in regards to what I should and shouldn’t do, however my mistakes have …
Written by Rebecca Pickering – Country to Canberra Teen Blogger A little over a year ago, I was incredibly lucky enough to meet the inspiring woman Janine Milne through my local Showgirl Quest. Between Janine being an Agriculture Science teacher, to her Next Gen involvement, as well as Showgirl and rural Ambassador envelopment, I began to wonder, is …
By Sandy Bauer – Country to Canberra Teen Blogger A recent question brought up for discussion during the HeyWire 2017 Regional Youth Summit was ‘Will regional schools ever be able to give country students the same opportunities as their city cousins?’ Well, I’ve got a few things to say on this matter. I can relate to this …
Written by Caitlin Heppner – Country To Canberra Teen Blogger You’re probably asking yourself, how is life like a liquorice allsort? Well, there is no wrong answer! To some it may mean something as simple as life is colourful and full of different tastes, to others it may be more meaningful! So, here’s the challenge. I …
I met the awesome Katrina Sasse last year in Adelaide, at the Australian Nuffield Farming Conference and knew straight away that she would make a perfect ‘Empower Profile’ on the Country to Canberra blog.  These profiles feature inspiring women and girls who are making waves and promoting empowerment in rural Australia.  We are thrilled to be …
Written by Sabine Conolly – Country To Canberra Teen Blogger Today I’m going to talk to you about the big apple. Late one evening I was looking through my emails when I came across an invitation to apply for the United Nations Youth Assembly to be held in New York, February 2017. At first I thought, ‘ …
