Robert Dwyer MP | Sydney Royal Easter Show.
Representing Hastings Secondary College Westport Campus in the Rural Students Café were students Summa Thoms, Caitlin Marotte, Tyneisha Mueller, Bree Winn, Hunter Fleming, Jax Wilson and Otto Jurs.
The Rural Café is a key opportunity for country students to learn hospitality skills. The café serves hundreds of customers each day at the Show, with students from 17 schools learning the ropes in the kitchen - from customer service, preparation to food service.
Year 12 student Caitlin Marotte, from Westport Campus said "it was a really lovely café, so happy and joyful".
"It's giving me the opportunity to do real work in a café, meeting new people and get some of my work placement hours up". Classmate Bree Winn said she loved working in the busy café.
"I really like being on my feet taking orders, helping everyone in the team. And I've learnt to make slushies and mocktails."
During the day, I was able to catch up with former Camden Haven High School student Eden Kaminski and view his cattle judging in the show ring.
A great effort!
Coopernook's KJ Speckle Park Hill, Wayne and Cindy Tucknott were successful in a number of classes for their Speckle breed, winning three 1st, one 2nd and one 3rd.
A wonderful achievement. Congratulations to all our locals for competing and working at the 2025 Sydney Royal Easter Show.
Youth Opportunities Program:
I was pleased to see the Youth Futures Network were recently success in achieving a grant of $48,640 towards their LifeLaunch project, aimed at delivering educational youth opportunities in our community.
The NSW Government is investing in the future of young people with $735,000 in grants to fund youth-led projects during Youth Week 2025, held from 9-17 April.
This program supports a range of activities including cultural connection programs, creative arts workshops, self-defence classes, leadership camps, sporting activities and community engagement projects.
Lego League World Championships, Houston, Texas:
The 2025 First Lego League World Championships were held in Houston Texas showcasing the worlds best and brightest youth robotics teams.
Our very own Australasian Champions from Hastings Secondary College Port Macquarie Campus invited me to attend a viewing of their creative and innovative robotic designs, before travelling to America to compete in the World Championships.
I congratulate students Frida Aaso, Oscar Medcalf, Tom, Oskar Morris, Isaac Barry, Isaac Lavis, Rex Reeve and Xavier Kelly-Walsh for representing Australia and Port Macquarie at the 2025 First Lego League World Championships.
NSW State Representative Award:
It was a pleasure to recently present Jai Davis from St. Peter's Primary School with a State Representative Award, signed by the Premier, for his accomplishments at the 2024 School Sport Australia Track & Field Championships.
Jai currently holds the state shot put record for his age and was humble telling me that his shot put effort of 12.75 metres was nearly two metres greater than the previous record.
If you know of an extraordinary sports protégé like our Jai and they have represented NSW, consider nominating them for a NSW Government State Representative Award
Congratulations again Jai. Certainly a sporting sensation to look out for in the future. Contact my office for details.
Regional Event Fund - Event Development Stream:
Applications are now open for the Regional Event Fund Event Development Stream.
The Regional Event Fund identifies and supports events in regional NSW that have the potential to act as a 'cornerstone' or flagship tourism event for their area by attracting overnight visitation and delivering long term benefits to the region.
The Event Development stream will offer one-off grants of up to $50,000 (ex GST) to events in Regional NSW to support key strategic growth initiatives that will have a direct impact on increasing overnight visitation to the event. A clear strategic rationale will be required for all initiatives together with a justification for the amount requested.
This program is fuof these topicsnded and administered by Destination NSW.
For assistance on any of the above topics my electorate office can be contacted at:
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