Doodle 4 Google winner doodles for “My Future Australia”

"My Future Australia" (Timothy Winkels - Padua College Mornington, Victoria)

Google has had various doodles over the past few years. It is through these doodles that Google talks to Internet users about our so very fascinating world. Google users are now in love with these intriguing designs and look forward to decipher what they are saying. The doodles are always remarkable for they point to various facts, events, icons that the world is proud of.

To add to the fun and enhance the intriguing factor of the doodle, Google now organizes competitions where children let their creativity soar to bring out new angles, facets and style to the tradition of doodling. The best doodle is selected from among these superb entries and used on the Google homepage for twenty-four hours. The lucky winner also wins many other prizes besides the glory of being part of the Google tradition.

On 14th November 2011, the Age Group Winners gathered at the National Portrait Gallery and enjoyed an eventful day creating the best doodle. Google announced their winner for the Doodle 4 Google – “My Future Australia” competition. He is Timothy Winkels, Padua College Mornington, Victoria. This young boy drew a breathtaking doodle about how he envisages Australia in future.

As a prize, his doodle will be featured on ‘www.google.com.au’ website in 2012 for twenty-four hours. He was also awarded a number of exciting prizes. It was a wonderful win-win situation. Timothy got his recognition of being a prodigy artist; and Google got a very fascinating doodle.

Timothy explained that his Doodle 4 Google, ‘My Future Australia’ doodle was inspired by the idea that the future would see Australia more environment friendly, creating national parks that would beautify the country and promote symbiosis between man and nature. He said that he wanted to have a place to go when the world around him darkens, and the only place he could envisage as a safety nest was in \mother Nature itself. This would be a wonderful place away from artificial surroundings and destructive people. He also stated that the environment saves him, so he feels he should respond by caring enough to save it too. This is what inspired Timothy when he made the doodle.

Thank to Doodle 4 Google for providing such an excellent thought-provoking platform for kids to showcase their talent and entertain the Google users worldwide.