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United 4 A Wish is here at last!!!
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 06, 2008
Restless nights sleep as some of the locals in Mannumt hought it would be funny to come over to Bolto reserve and race around and do burns outs etc. There were a lot of campers in the reserve and we all got fed up with it. There about 6 people camping here for United 4 A wish.
We got up early and headed off about an hour late, with about 18 people for the first leg of the paddle. It was a fantastic day and fantastic weather up until about 2pm in the afternoon, which is where we encountered a head wind which is to be expected in these parts of the river. We picked up another 6 paddlers at Mypolonga and another 6 had taken off before we got there, but were still part of United 4 A Wish!
When we got to Murray Bridge we were met by a group of people who had been waiting around all afternoon.
GJ Gardner Homes (our major sponsor) had set up a tent and had a guess the number of lollies in the jar competition to raise money for Kanoe4Kids. Make A Wish volunteers were there handing out balloons to all the kids, as well as facepainting anyone brave enough, and the loveley people of the Murray Bridge Rotary Club had put on a sausage sizzle for everyone. It was a great family atmosphere (so I hear)!
Most people were able to hang around, and were there to cheer and clap as we came in!!!
United 4 A Wish is about people being invloved in the charity, yes we asked for a $100 donation, but the main thing is that they have participated! I don't know most of the people I'm paddling with, but they are all wonderful people that have given up their time and efforts to come up here to paddle for United 4 A Wish!!! So thanks so much to everyone to everyone who has joined me in this event!
We've had an interesting night with 4 young kids deciding to riffle through our tents while we were all in having dinner. We came out to them bailed up against a police car, as someone had called the police!!! Our night is now going to be safer thanks to Twin Bridges Logistics Security who have supplied a security guard for us for the night. I really appreciated all of the locals help
Another 40km paddle tomorrow so we're all in bed for now!
Scottie.