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STEM down under students are on top of the world (continued)
Genevieve Bell gave a great shout-out to the Australians during
her talk and joined our teams at the conclusion to give out an
Aussie, Aussie, Aussie, oi, oi, oi!.
The other special feature of the Opening Ceremony was Lachlan
Bolton and two members of the national team who gave the
Australian Shout-out. To the amusement of the audience, their
photo was initially upside-down which was very deliberate.
This shout-out ended up being very prophetic with our team
winning $194,200 in prizes, including the top overall prize in the
world for a school STEM project.
In a strong Aussie accent they shouted out:
G’day mate, we’re from Australia!
The land down under,
And we’ll see you at the top.
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