Mr Willis from Avalon Public School faced the clippers yesterday as a result of the students amazing fundraising efforts for Craig! The school banked $11,153 into the A2B4C account yesterday and they are still going… a truely amazing achievement!!!
Good on you for being such a good sport Mr Willis!
It was peak hour on the Stuart Highway this morning with about nine road trains passing me by 7am. I am used to having the road to myself in the early hours, but today being Friday I am assuming some drivers are wanting to get back to Darwin for the weekend. Apart from the trucks, I had two kangaroos come within metres of bowling me over as they leapt across the roadway in darkness. Apart from these little obstacles it was an extremely pleasant morning and I am now riding in summer gear and sweating by 5.00am.
The night time temperatures are very comfortable and sleeping is easier. This morning I have travelled north from Daly Waters to Mataranka, and finished the day by jumping into some thermal springs in a small tropical rainforest. The water temperature comes out of the ground at 34 degrees, and the spring pumps out about 30 million litres a day into the natural pools. We will set up camp here for the day and make the most of the springs for the recovery of muscles.
I am so impressed with the children at Avalon Public School for their efforts in fundraising for the charity. I can’t thank them enough for their enthusiasm when I ran past the school on the first day and the positive attitudes to doing more than expected. Great result. News is that the school looks like raising between $15,000 – $20,000. Just AWESOME.
Again thanks to everyone who is donating via the A2B4C website and through the Kids Cancer 1000 Club. In particular the recent $1000 donations from two families at Manly and Curl Curl.
Best Regards, Craig.
P.S. Don’t forget to check out the support crew ‘getting their country groove on’ below!
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