Fundraising Update, Thanks and Hello’s

Before we left we raised donations totalling $72,890.00 for the 2 Charities, being $55.040 to the RFDS and $17,850 to UWA. We thank all of you for your generosity. On the way we were given more donations from people we came across and we would also like to thank these people for their kindness.

The team would like to thank David Okeby for his efforts in setting up and managing this website which meant a lot of people, especially families were able to be informed on what was happening, who was crashing, breaking bones and so on.

And a thanks to families and friends who put up with “this” and “us” for months. “This” being once described as a Mid life crisis and “us” as being mad or worse grey nomads.

A special mention for Macca ( the only starter who did not make it due to his broken leg) and Claire, who has had to deal with the impact of his broken leg, now with a plate in it. His bike is for sale!

As for families, thanks for support from Blaze O’Byrne, Lisbeth & Susannah Goedhart,the Kennedy clan, Jan, Jason, Luke and Tam, Liz, Desiree,Jacqueline and Nannette Allen, Rose, David, Sam,Sophie, Jon,Sally, James, Jack, Jasper, Beth, Fred and Dinah Okeby, Jen McFadden, Bill Lake, Racheal Mason and all of Clarkey’s family in NZ, Colin Ingham and Fay and the Kenny family.

Thanks also for the support to Aisha Kimberley and Classes 11 and 12 at Mindari Primary School. We came across lots of school children on the ride, mostly aboriginal, very polite and all very interested in starting and revving the bikes, and apart from one boy all requesting wheelies, the one boy at Normanton wh did not want to see a wheelie said he did not want to risk someone getting hurt.