By Toasty, on May 28th, 2010 The Everyday Hero Team for the Around Australia Ride fundraising efforts have now reached $20,000! The Everyday Hero site provides a fast and secure method for riders participating in the event to fundraise the minimum $2,500 per bike being asked for to participate in the ride. In speaking with the Steven Walter Foundation recently I am told the money that has been raised offline will make this total significantly higher! My personal tally is at $1,080 and with the end of financial year fast approaching there isn’t a better time to make a tax deductible donation to the “Answers for Continue reading the full $20,000 raised for Answers for Kids Cancer post. By Toasty, on May 24th, 2010 Yesterday there was an impromptu Canberra get together organised by Ken and his wife Melinda. I was surprised by the amount of people from Canberra going on the ride – although being so close to the Snowy Mountains and the annual Snowy Ride I guess I shouldn’t have been. We had a good chat about where we are all up to in regards to organisation with some people like Ken well over the required $2,500 fundraising, compared to people like myself with still a ways to go. There are some of us taking the Steven Walter Foundation’s accommodation bookings all Continue reading the full Canberra Catch-up of Around Australia Riders post. By Toasty, on May 23rd, 2010 Honda VFR 1200F Last week I received an update about the Snowy Ride in Thredbo which is where we will end our Around Australia journey. Honda have stepped up the plate yet again and two bikes will be raffled off – a Honda VFR1200F and a HRC replica Fireblade. I know I’ll be buying a ticket (or ten) in those raffles! Honda is also providing some support for the around Australia ride as well with some support vehicles, how good is that?! The Snowy Ride is on the 6th of November 2010 and you can find more information out Continue reading the full Honda a Huge Supporter of the Steven Walter Foundation post. By Toasty, on May 20th, 2010 Just waiting to donate blood to the Red Cross so I thought I would give an update. Firstly the Steven Walter Foundation is now asking for accommodation deposits to be paid. All stops are locked in and yesterday I sent my deposit through, seeing that money transfer across just ups the excitement level for me with four and a half months to go. I’ve chosen to go with the accommodation that the Foundation has lined up for us mainly because it is one less thing for me to worry about and they have done so much hard work organising it Continue reading the full A Quick Update post. By Toasty, on May 9th, 2010 My new cast wheels As you can see by the attached image my Yamaha cast wheels have arrived! As mentioned in my original post on the topic I have got these cast wheels so I can run tubeless tyres for the ride around Australia. It also knocks off another issue which is I basically get replaced bearings as part of the deal. I just need to get a couple extra parts for the wheels and will hopefully get them mounted in the next month or two. But that’s not the intent of this post. This post is for my fellow Continue reading the full Yamaha Cast Wheels – Part 2 post. By Toasty, on May 2nd, 2010 I was having a ponder about the upcoming ride around Australia and I got to wondering about what sort of climates and temperatures we will likely encounter on our 14,000 kilometres. I know Canberra in October is still quite chilly as we get one last reminder of what winter was like before Spring gets fully underway. But what about the top end, is it still hot at that time of year and what is the average rainfall like? So I went along to the Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) website and compiled the following information for my own interest, and of Continue reading the full Weather Averages for October post. | Ride Around Australia October 2010In October 2010 I rode a Yamaha Road Star around Australia to raise money for the Steven Walter Foundation's Answers for Kids Cancer Program. This site documents the trip prep in the lead up to the journey and a daily diary of the trip itself. |  You can donate to the Steven Walter Foundation at the following link. |
