Leo and his friends have gone above and beyond with their second lemonade stall at the Magpie Markets last Sunday, raising another $585.55 taking their full total to over $747.

Leo and his sister Penny both agreed they wanted to raise more money to save the Lost City.

"The kids' interest in trying to protect these areas didn't wane after the first lemonade stand. I think all the encouragement and interest made them feel excited, heard, and like what they were doing was useful," Leo's mother Belle said.

"Other kids at Leo's school were also feeling excited and getting interested, so doing another lemonade stand allowed them to get involved."

Leo said it was exciting that other kids were starting to get involved in this project.

"They worked really hard at the lemonade stand," he said.

Belle said that it was wonderful seeing kids having an impact on something important, but equally wonderful seeing the impact their involvement has on them.

"After the lemonade stand I received a text message from Kerin Pollock, saying it was a great experience for her son James who helped out, she said 'he's come home knowing it is possible for him to act and that he can make a difference.'

"How could you feel anything but overwhelming joy, hearing that."

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Belle said that Leo and his friends success shows there is no minimum age to act and try and make a difference.

"I've been overwhelmed at the positive reception these kids have had by the public, the politicians, their schools and the media," she said.

"It's an encouraging sign for the future, that kids are interested in the world around them and proactive about protecting it, and that they are being supported and heard."

Belle said this had all "snowballed" in a way they didn't imagine was ever possible. "I didn't expect to raise so much money," Leo said.

Sarah Terkes from Blue Mountains World Heritage Institute dropped by to congratulate the children and give the original lemonade stand-kids certificates. "It was nice that she made me a certificate, I want to frame it," Leo said.

Leo's mum Belle said they are now thinking of taking a bunch of kids, who are now interested, out to some of the sites they've been to in the Gardens of Stone in the school holidays.

Leo and Penny said that he was very happy that other kids want to go and visit the sight.

"We were meant to take friends out yesterday but the lockdown happened. I'm looking forward to going after lockdown," Leo said.

Belle said that it shows just how much of an opportunity there is for tourism out there.

"Almost all of the people who engaged with the kids at the lemonade stand had never heard of this place," she said.

"We had pictures on the table of The Lost City and Marangaroo and people were amazed that they lived so close and had never been there."

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