{"id":960,"date":"2011-01-25T21:48:32","date_gmt":"2011-01-25T21:48:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ride4acure.com.au\/?p=960"},"modified":"2011-01-25T21:48:32","modified_gmt":"2011-01-25T21:48:32","slug":"hope-2011-stories-that-must-be-told-abc-radio-national","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/ride4acure.com.au\/?p=960","title":{"rendered":"Hope 2011: Stories that must be told-ABC Radio National"},"content":{"rendered":"

Shaking the dust from our boots Esther and I headed to Sydney on Monday 24th as we’d been shortlisted in the top 10 stories for this national short story writing competition held in early January. \u00a0It was a thrill to be sitting in a packed recital hall at Angel Place in the city with a panel of notable Australians including MC Wendy Harmer, Olympic Gold Medalist swimmer Jeff Heugill, amazing singer songwriter Emma Donovan (who has strong family ties here on the Macleay) and many others. Wendy Harmer is just\u00a0exceptional and opened the event with such\u00a0enthusiasm\u00a0the energy in the room was electric! It was broadcast live on ABC Radio National and also internationally,\u00a0Esther and I received a mention for our stories and were\u00a0invited for after show drinks. The response to our story from the presenters and organisers was great. I am sure big things will come of this!<\/p>\n

\"Esther<\/a>

Esther and Maura at Hope 2011<\/p><\/div>\n

Today 26th of January Australia Day Titan and Meg begin their training! Esther is heading of to Coffs with the two horses in tow to begin the massive job of getting the team fit for the trek. Esther will be continuing working at Jay Jays, Just Jeans and The Park Beach Bowling Club in the Bistro as well as training and chasing down sponsors, connecting with people\u00a0en-route, and preparing physically, mentally, and\u00a0emotionally.\u00a03am starts are going to become routine!! The\u00a0modification’s to the truck are beginning engineer James Findlay from Kempsey is helping design and revamp the truck so it is practical for the job it will serve on the trek. Not only will it be carry all of the equipment, it will serve as our home, and an advertising tool for all of our\u00a0generous sponsors. The truck is going to have all of the ride4acure info and major sponsors signed on all three sides. We are currently looking for an enthusiastic spray painter to give the truck \u00a0a face lift!<\/p>\n

As a last note would like to thank the generous primary producer who wishes to remain\u00a0anonymous for donating close to $800 through the sale of livestock at the Kempsey Stock and Land Cattle sale.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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