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Ballarat, Ararat, Hamilton, Port Fairy, Port Campbell, Colac and return to Ballarat....OUR GOAL..

Ballarat, Ararat, Hamilton, Port Fairy, Port Campbell, Colac and return to Ballarat....OUR GOAL..







"If we all have the fortitude to see this effort through to the end, then we will eradicate polio." - Bill Gates




Thanks to Rotary and its partners, the world has seen polio cases plummet by more than 99 percent, preventing five million instances of child paralysis and 250,000 deaths. When Rotary began its eradication work, polio infected more than 350,000 children annually. In 2011, fewer than 1,000 cases were reported worldwide.

But the polio cases represented by that final 1 percent are the most difficult and expensive to prevent. Challenges include geographic isolation, worker fatigue, armed conflict, and cultural barriers.


That’s why it’s so important to generate the funding needed to End Polio Now. To fail is to invite a polio resurgence that would condemn millions of children to lifelong paralysis in the years ahead.



The bottom line is this: As long as polio threatens even one child anywhere in the world, all children — wherever they live — remain at risk.


Thursday, March 11, 2010

Maribyrnong River Trail to Brimbank Park

Today's 40km training ride (the last?) got off to a late start as we had to "fettle" a hybrid (Katrina's Mongoose) that had not been used recently.  The back tyre was flat, so after attempting to inflate it, Katrina decided that it had a puncture.  She removed the wheel, tyre and tube and replaced the suspect tube with another previously repaired tube. After getting it all back together again (with some assistance), and attempting to inflate the tyre, it turned out that the original tube was good and the replacement was faulty! 


However, it was a nice scenic ride of 20km to Brimbank Park from Edgewater, but a hybrid is the best option, especially as the recent storms have caused considerable damage to the track.  The kiosk hours at Brimbank Park are 10 a.m. to 4.00 p.m. and we arrived at 5 p.m! We did manage to get a coffee at The Boathouse, between Essendon Rowing Club and The Anglers Arms.
If anyone else is tempted to ride this trail, check out the Route details and Cue sheet at bikely.com          Bruce
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