While many children opt for screens over getting their hands dirty, one Brisbane boy plans to use technology for the greater good.

Milton State School student William Matthews has created YouTube channel Will’s Wildlife Kingdom, which features a series of educational videos where he takes viewers into his local waterway systems.

His work has seen him nominated in the junior waterway champion category at Queensland’s upcoming Healthy Waterways Awards.

“I get right down into the creeks and see what I can see and what I can catch,” William said.

“I research and understand the animals in the creeks so I know how to handle them.

“Sometimes we have a target species and sometimes we’ll just search for a species and do a documentary on it.

“It’s fun to put them together,” he said of the videos.

The 11-year-old edits and narrates the videos himself.

He said he hoped to teach viewers about invasive species that lived in local creeks.

“I show people how to look after the creeks and how to keep natives in,”

Source
ABC News
Jessica Hinchliffe