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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.


Saturday, March 12, 2011

The Man from Mt Stromlo

At dinner in Albury on the night before our bike ride we encountered some local yobbos (see pic) - purporting to be relatives of Katrina - obviously anxious to garner some reflected fame and glory.  They claimed they were on their way to the 3 Peaks Ride to act as supporters and crew ....a likely story ...we know all they'll be supporting is the cappucino machine .


We also met a bicycling legend - the Man from Mt Stromlo - who told us how he did a 360 over a kangaroo, still in his cleats ... made contact with the kangaroo with his head, and with the road with his face ... gave the facio-maxillary surgeons and  the orthopods some work.  he now has a beautiful smile - see photo.  So does the kangaroo.


It's amazing what plastic surgeons can fix
The Man from Mt Stromlo is undeterred and was passing through Albury on his way to do the 3 Peaks Ride - now that is a Real Man.
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