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- Katie Hankins $1,190
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Yay for us. Onward and upward! Love Katie & Greg
$1,000 can pay for the development of training materials on health issues for people in Laos.
- Anonymous $797
congrats to leah winning the stethoscope! thanks for the donation love team bar xx
$765 can pay for a well and hand pump to give access clean water to people in Laos.
where does the money go?
22 July
Cracked the 50k finally!! + welcome our newest team memebr Sue
Would like to say abig welcome to Sue our newest team member... I'm sure we are going to have a great time and look forward to training with you. Unfortunately due to injury we have lost Shaun Balnave and we wish him well and a speedy recovery on the knees. Myself and Katie finally managed to crack the 50K last week after a few attempts but ran out of time.. Started at Sphinx at the ungodly hour of 5am. We chatted and giggled and watched the sun rise which was stunning!! I have to say we were sadly disappointed at the lack of food outlets along the way as we were at that point craving Bacon and Egg sandwiches! very good ones at the marina in bobbin head if you haven't already been. So the beagles had to settle for the choccy sandwiches and mars bars which were very yummy and felt oh so naughty. We made good progress and saw very little other trailwalkers, all in bed like normal people I suspect. So finally were a little relieved we didn't actually have to walk up spit bridge we reached Balmoral Beach at sunset. After very nearly breaking our necks on the metal stairs be warned slippery when wet he he. Stopped for great calamari and chips to rest our weary stinging and not so nice smelling feet. Hit the final snag at the end but had hilarious time getting around the problem, I will say no more! So all walked out for the day we awaited our chariot to pick us up, thanks greg....
27 June
Thank You
A huge thank you to all the supporters of the Pups Against Poverty Picnic. It was a really fun day with the dogs showing off their talents in the dog contest. And we raised over $800 for Oxfam Australia.
19 June
Pups Against Poverty Picnic - 27th June, 11am to 3pm
Hurry - get your tickets now. Next Sunday is the "Pups Against Poverty Picnic. Where: Federal Park, Glebe - parking in Chapman Rd When: 27th June - 11am to 3pm What; Great BBQ lunch with friends and family and our dogs, fun dog contest with cool prizes, stunning location AND every ticket holder gets a take home show bag worth over $70. What to bring: yourself, your friends and your dogs - non dog owners also very welcome. Picnic rug or chair, and a dog towel if your dog likes swimming. How to get tickets: email Katie at gregkatie@optusnet.com.au And remember, you're supporting a brilliant cause - Oxfam Australia
09 June
Cam's Corneas a huge success
Last night Team BAR held an ophthalmology continuing education talk for vets and vet nurses. The night was a huge success, we all had a great time, Cameron's talk was wonderful and our raffle was very popular. A very big thank you to Cameron Whittaker and our sponsors Intervet for providing a very generous bar and food tab, 3M for all the raffle baskets, Bannerman Trattoria for the $100 vouchers and Castle Hill Tavern for providing the conference room without charge. And thank you to our support team for helping make this event so successful.
30 May
Welcome
A very big welcome to Shaun Balnave - newest member of Team BAR. Alicia's knees and ankles were not up to Brooklyn's challenges so we wish her well. Maybe next year. Shaun did his first team training walk today - 30k'ish- he did very well but was disappointed by the lack of leeches!!! Onward and upward darlings
20 May
Shop for a great cause - funny too
Dear fellow trailwalkers, friends, family and our beloved sponsors, please check out our new shop - T-shirts, bags, caps, dog jackets, Sigg water bottles, mouse pads and more - all with our beloved mascot FuBAR. www.cafepress.com.au/100448 We would be very grateful if you can share this link with all and sundry. Love Team BAR
16 May
Training walk =)
Fantastic training walk from start to berowra- 30k+, saw baby brown snake whizz by, lyrebirds, wattles and brushes coming into bloom. Too dry for those leeches this time! Great work!
11 May
Meet our Mascot - FuBAR
Lots of plans cooking - watch this space PS. No leeches on this weeks training walks- just the itchy aftermath
28 April
Fundraising effort update
We will be in the Hills Shire Times this week promoting our fundraising efforts :P. We are now offering to walk "Dogs for donations" to aid in our training and reach our donation target. To organise this people can contact us on our newly created hotmail address: OXFAM205@hotmail.com We also have new 2010/2011 Hills district Entertainment Books, chocolates, school/ kids stuff and soon daylily orders and boxes of wine available. PS- Congratulations to the girls for completing 35km training walk in the rain with leeches. Very proud of you ladies. I hope that makes the blisters and aching muscles feel better!!
25 April
Sunday 25th April
Huge day today - Check point 2 to 5 in pouring rain, 100's of thirsty leeches and a bit of a detour, followed by our "short cut" - thick mud then rock climbing! 35k all up - huge achievement. Apart from our beloved leeches, saw 2 swap wallabies and a lyre bird. Fantastic day
17 April
First Team Day Hike
Fantastic hike from Cowan to Berowra
