Dubbo Speech Spectacular
The winner!
The overall winner of the Dubbo Speech Spectacular, a competition run by LandLearn NSW, was Lachlan Hoyle from Parkes. Lachlan has been invited to deliver a speech at the Sydney Royal Easter Show this year.
Category winners:
| Name | Award | Representing |
| Lachlan Hoyle | Primary Champion | Parkes Public School |
| Samantha, Olivia, Clare | Primary Runners-up | Ardlethan Central School |
| Alexander Clark | Junior High Champion | The Clark Homeschool |
| Nathan Cox | Junior High Runner-up | Coonabarabran High |
| Dione Howard | Senior High Champion | St Pauls College |
| Courtney Nelson | Senior High Runner-up | Bankstown Grammar School |
| Joseph, Henry, Rhys | Rising Star | Beckom Public School |
| Connor Boyton | Rising Star | Kandos Public School |
| Jarod Clarkson | Rising Star | Kandos Public School |
| Dylan Stone | Rising Star | Burke Ward Public School |
| Lily Day | Rising Star | Beckom Public School |
| Rebecca Poplin | Rising Star | Boorowa Central School |
| Nicolas Clark | Rising Star | Bourke Walgett School of Distance Education |
The finalists
Thirteen students were invited to compete at the Dubbo Speech Spectacular final in early March. You can listen to the fabulous two minute talks which got these students to the final. These little spoken gems from NSW students will get you thinking ...
The two minute talks
'That farmers can do little to combat climate change'
- Jarod, primary student, Kandos (2.6Mb mp3 file)
- Lily, primary student, Beckom (1.6Mb mp3 file)
- Rebecca, primary student, Boorowa (1.9Mb mp3 file)
- Team Beckom Public School (1.9Mb mp3 file)
- Nathan, high school student, Coonabarabran (1.4Mb mp3 file)
'That life in western NSW is better than life in Sydney'
- Connor, primary student, Kandos (3.7Mb mp3 file)
- Team Ardlethan Central School (2.4Mb mp3 file)
- Dylan, primary student, Broken Hill (2.4Mb mp3 file)
- Nicolas, primary student, Wee Waa (351kb mp3 file)
- Alexander, high school student, Wee Waa (358kb mp3 file)
- Courtney, high school student, Bankstown (758kb mp3 file)
- Dione, high school student, Walla Walla (2Mb mp3 file)
'That farming needs a makeover'
- Lachlan, primary student, Parkes (2.8Mb mp3 file)
News stories....
The Land, 9 February 2010
(See the original information launching the Speech Spectacular competition.)