Drawing 2020

Sometimes the imagination of young people can produce the most outstanding results.

This was evident when Cessnock City Council invited local primary school students to participate in its Drawing 2020 competition. The students were asked to draw what they would like the Cessnock LGA to look like in the year 2020. More than 50 drawings were submitted and all had a story to tell.

"Lolly and toy shops featured heavily but so too did solar panels, skate and recreation parks, water features including waterfalls and beaches, as well as trees and lots of blue sky," Mayor Councillor Alison Davey explained. "The drawings were imaginative but well considered at the same time. The judging panel found it very difficult to come to their final decisions."

Two students from Weston Public School and one from St Patrick's Cessnock were awarded $100 each and presented with a certificate by Mayor Davey this morning.

Have a look at their creations in the Image Gallery.