RACV MS1000 Trivia Night and Ferntree Gully North PS Walkathon

We haven't quite reached our $100,000 fundraising target so our efforts will continue:

RACV supported an MS1000 Trivia Night on April 16th that raised over $1500.

In a massive effort which is gretaly appreciated, the Ferntree Gully North PS (where Cory works) held a student walkathon which coincided with the second last day of the MS1000. With money still to come in they have raised over $2000 which will be presented at an Assembly in a couple of weeks. Stay tuned for photos and watch out for other events....

Acknowledgements and Thanks

The MS1000 would not have been possible without the help and support of a huge array of people - some of whom were organised well in advance and some who solved a last minute emergency and came to our rescue.

The following is a list of all these people and the participants in each of the legs. The value of our support crew cannot be mentioned enough as without them we would have fallen apart and not made the finish line.

Participants
The full 1029km - Cory Pearce, Andrew Edwards, Scot Edwards, Simon Hughes, Nick Hodder
Kayak Leg- Cory, Andrew, Simon, Scot, Nick, Josh (Day 1), Trav (Day 1)
Bike Leg- Cory, Andrew, Simon, Scot, Nick, Andrew P, Jeremy (Day 5), Hamish (Day 6), Josh (Day 6), Trav (Day 6)
Walk Leg- Cory, Andrew, Simon, Scot, Nick, Dianne, Brian, Marg, Gary, Eileen, Sarah, Zoran (Day 9 & 10), Katie (Day 10), Neil (Day 10 & 11), Lisa Moran (Day 10 & 11), Sonia (Day 10 & 11), John (Day 10 & 11), Ian (Day 11), Lisa McLean (Day 11), Daniel (Day 11), Julie (Day 11), Gaylene (Day 11)

Support Crew
Carmel and Ron Edwards
Marg and Bruce Pearce
Gerald Hodder
Eliza Edwards
Ian McLean
Ros Bloomfield (muffins)
Rosemarie, Melissa and Monica
Nick
Carolyn and Dave Dietrich (Wednesday, 24th)
Katie Ballard

Accommodation
Yarrawonga Holiday Park
Tocumwal Tourist Park
Picnic Point Caravan Park
Teresa and Wayne Cartledge
Koondrook Caravan Park
BIG4, Pioneer City Tourist Park, Swan Hill
Birchip Tennis Club
Birchip Leisure Centre
Kevin and June Weinert
Pyrenees Caravan Park, Ararat
Apollo Bay Holiday Park
Sea Tree Cottages, Yuulong
Port Campbell Holiday Park

For Help Both Big and Small
MSRA
F5M
Liz Yochum (Nutritionist and Personal Trainer)
Paterson Lakes Canoe Club
Channel 9
Dianne Tribe
Sky Blue
Canoes Plus
Fairfield Canoe Club
Outer Edge and Pat Kinsella
SEN Radio Melbourne
Rent-a-2-Way
Dorothy (Terang Laundromat)
Farmers Market
Rider Sports Wear
Gabe Bonnici
Super Special Screen Printing
Wayne McFarlane
All the Regional Papers who gave us coverage on our trip
Echuca YMCA

MS1000 Ch 9 News Article

The Friday before we left (and hours before I lost my hair) Scot organised Ch 9 news to run a story on the MS1000. We thought it might be the filler feel good story after the weather but it turned out to be much more than we could have hoped for and helped to build our anticipation and excitement even more.

Snapshot of the MS1000

Thanks to Ron for producing this little clip of the MS1000. It gives you an idea of what we did and what it was like. There will be a longer version to come so you could almost consider this the trailer....
Enjoy.