PHOTO: Participants from one of Walgett Shire’s Expression Sessions Youth Festivals. Image: Supplied
Walgett Shire recorded over 2500 participants in it’s Youth Week program in April, geared at supporting the area’s up-and-coming.
In a two-week program from 11 April to the end of school holidays on 26 April, young people in Walgett, Collarenabri and Lightning Ridge took advantage of 32 initiatives including cultural exchanges, life skills training and movie nights.
Part of that involved teenagers from Sydney coming out west to have a yarn with locals…