Peter Maguire's Cycle Around AustraliaCongratulations to adventurer Peter Maguire and companion John who have completed their cycle around Australia to raise funds for children with cerebral palsy. Peter and John started their amazing expedition on 3 May 2008 and reached the finish line in Canberra on 2 December 2008.
Our thanks to Peter for his extraordinary effort. Please vist his website www.ausbycycle.com and show your support.
Peter writes ...
Aus-By-Cycle Update - 20 August 2008
We are now 2/3 of the way though our charity bicycle ride around the
Australian mainland we have riden 10,400.00 kms. Our trip and CP
Australia fundraiser commenced on the first of May 2008 on a chilly
morning in Canberra. We had a small send off breakfast in Lenox
Gardens Canberra where Family, work colleges and friends all joined in
a light breki before our 7.30 departure. It was a a moving moment for
everyone as we rode away on our bicycles loaded with equipment that
would be our lives for the next eight months. There was no looking
back as we followed the road to Sydney then up the east coast to
cairns then across to Normanton then down to Cloncurry across to Mount
Isa, Katherine, Kununara, Broome then down the WA coast to Perth where
we are currently having a few days rest.
The trip has been an amazing experience taking us though some of the
most remarkable parts of the Australian lanscape. Because we travel so
slowly (average aprox 20kph ) we are able to focus on the country side
clearly and also hear and smell what it has to offer. We have peddaled
our way through vast temperature changes and seen the time shift
slowly as we have moved across the curve of the earth.
Many people have been very kind showing their interest and support of
what we are doing by waving, tooting and many have made cash donations
to our chosen charity (CP Australia). If we are offered free camping or
accomodation we inject cash to the same value into the funraising tin.
Several corporations have also shown their support with some one-off
payments and some promised on completion of the trip.
To date we are aprox 20 days ahead of our original schedule and expect
to be back in Canberra early in December.