“I want to work with cars when I finish school,” he said. “Cars are such cool machines because I like anything with motors. “There are all different designs of cars that are capable of all different things.” The second annual CQUniversity STEM expo featured technology and information associated with everything from saving the Great Barrier Reef, turtle nesting and habitats, and coastal marine ecosystem research, to responsible waste management and protecting Gladstone Harbour. Students and teachers from primary school level to university post graduates absorbed the knowledge on display at Gladstone’s marina campus. Guest of honour was Queensland chief scientist Professor Hugh Possingham, who presented a key note address on the importance of science and mathematics in shaping the future.