Lockie Leonard Scumbuster, the play, by Garry Fry, adapted from the novel, by Tim Winton, is a light-hearted, quick read that includes interesting ideas and important morals. Suitable for all readers, this play, in my opinion, is both educational and entertaining. The story follows the life of two best friends: Lockie and Egg. They first…
G’day mate! I’m gonna be reviewing dis here play ‘Lockie Leonard Scumbuster‘ for ya. Did you like that intro? Well then you’re going to love this play it’s full of that kind of Aussie slang. Lockie Leonard Scumbuster is a very different kind of play to most, it’s extremely informal using great amounts of Aussie…
Over the past few months, the news has informed the world of one of our greatest environmental issues, ‘Chemical warfare’. We are well aware that sometimes people cannot resolve problems peacefully and resort to war. A dangerous and evil approach that attacks people, destroys resources and damages our environment. The one story that captured my…
In class, 7 Aqua read the play ‘Lockie Leonard Scumbuster’ which was originally based on the novel written by Tim Winton. The play was based on many issues facing society today, a major issue that was addressed was the environmental status of the world. During the play, an environmental issue, pollution, took place. This issue…
Lockie Leonard Scumbuster is a play based on the novel by Tim Winton. *** SPOILER ALERT*** skip this part if you want to read the book for yourself 😛 It starts of with a boy named Lockie who is surfing at the beach one day when he notices that the water is heavily polluted. He…
Over the past years, we have been able to harness the power of nuclear energy. Although this is useful, nuclear power also has the ability to destroy life. As we know, nuclear energy can be used as a power source. in power plants, it emits radiation as heat to create steam in the water and…
Over recent days, my class an I have been reading a script for the play Lockie Leonard Scumbuster. The play has been adapted from the novel that was written by Tim Winton. The book is about a teenager named Lockie Leonard who loves surfing. He also has a friend called Egg (Geoff Eggleston). One day,…
Lockie Leonard. An ordinary guy that’s disgusted by the pollution in an area of his town. Personally, didn’t enjoy the book much at all, ever since I flipped to page one. Although some of the humour made me smile, it really didn’t appeal to me. It felt like parts of the play were missing, and…
The play Lockie Leonard: Scumbuster, which was based on the novel by Tim Winton, in my opinion, passes as a satisfactory play. Even though the play does have an important message about the environment, I believe that something was missing in the book; possibly more humor to keep the reader interested, otherwise the reader—like I…
Surf’s up dude! The term that comes to mind when I first started reading ‘Lockie Leonard Scumbuster’. The book starts by introducing two main characters, Lockie Leonard (who is a surfer boy, with a broken heart) and Geoff Eggleston better known as Egg (who is a heavy metal goth like kid that owns Eggs Heavy…
As the years go by, more and more conferences are held, more and more books are written, more and more movies are made, all about and based on one specific subject, the protection and restoration of the planet’s forests and mainly, the environment. As this is stated, a perfect example of this is Lockie Leonard:…
The play that my classmates and I have been studying for the past while is called Lockie Leonard Scumbuster. The play was adapted from the novel by Tim Winton and was written into a play by Gary Fry in 1993. Wow! So many people took part in making this book a success. Lockie Leonard Scumbuster…
{ You can find the official article on the SMH website here } Is what the scientists say about global warming true? In early September temperatures started to reach the mid to high 30’s and this was at the start of spring. Usually it is at the start of summer or even during the middle of…
For years and years we have constantly heard many reporters and newspapers discuss the effects of Global Warming and how we as humans are many contributors to the growing situation. In the years between 2001-2010, Earth had experienced an enormous amount of temperature records broken than what any other decades have experienced during the past,…
It is disgraceful that people are killing a beautiful creature that hasn’t harmed anyone, just so that people can make a profit on it’s ivory. But finally someone has done something about it. They are using 2 foot-long drones from the army that act as security for the elephants. The ivory that is collected from…
The news article I read is about president Barack Obama launching an initiative in Tanzania on Monday the 1st of July. It is aimed at stopping illegal wildlife trafficking and restraining extensive poaching of rhinos and elephants in Africa. Using his executive authority, Obama established a Presidential Task Force on Wildlife Trafficking composed of the State,…
Article responded to: ‘What’s killing our bees?’ These furry, fuzzy little friends are one of the most important insects on earth. Bee colonies are rapidly decreasing in the UK, Canada and America, not so much in Europe. The consequences for our biodiversity and agriculture could be disastrous. Bees are more vital than you think. They…
At the moment on our blog you will find a series of posts written by the students of 7 Aqua. The posts are about a range of environmental issues. Students are responding to articles about an environmental issue of their choice. Here is the task that they were set: Your task is to write your…
Year 9 English @ Bossley Park High 