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Our Journey Throughout December

November 2008 December 2008
  • 11TH

    CRONULLA - Tom's Welcome Home Speech


    I’ve thought about tonight almost every day on this journey and I’ve dreamt of home hundreds of times. I’ve written this speech a million times in my head. Kilometres have vanished under my tyres as my mind wandered. And now as the ... Read More

  • 10TH

    CRONULLA - Matt's Welcome Home Speech


      Good evening everyone. I’d like to begin by saying that we consider each and every person here tonight as a special guest, and someone that contributed greatly to our journey in some way throughout the year. This is a night of thankyou... Read More

  • 9TH

    CRONULLA - Mereki's Welcome Home Speech


    So my Dad is a Kiwi. We would sit down as a family and watch the Rugby Union Bledisloe Cup, you know, back in the days of real football, the days of Jonah Lomu. My sister and I would do our best imitation of the Haka, while dad would sit in the corne... Read More

  • 8TH

    CRONULLA - Anthony's Welcome Home Speech


    First I’d like to thank everybody for making it here tonight. We have some people who have come all the way from South Cronulla and Caringbah. Seriously though, some of our friends have come from as far away as Perth and Port Lincoln. I ca... Read More

  • 7TH

    CRONULLA - 17,805kms


    We made it. We circumnavigated Australia by bicycle. 17,805kms later and we are reunited with family and friends. Every end is a new beginning. Tom, Mereki, Matt and Anthony The Men of MyPOWER Quote of the day “I wil... Read More

  • 6TH

    CARINGBAH - The Last Supper


      I’ve taken the laptop away from its plug in the wall for two reasons. One is to save energy. The other is so I have only an hour to write the last journal entry on the MyPOWER Tour. Without such a time restraint I am afraid I would writ... Read More

  • 5TH

    SYDNEY - Fresh Eyes on a Familiar World


    We stayed with Mereki’s family in Glebe last night, so that our visit to Glebe Primary School today would be easier. Channel Ten News was booked in to film us with the students, and we always like being at schools with plenty of time to get org... Read More

  • 4TH

    SYDNEY - A Boomerang from the Rose


        How will we adjust to normal life? People ask us about what they think might be a challenging experience. Well, when you have rode a bike around Australia, everything else is easy. Eating homemade spinach pies made from organic back y... Read More

  • 3RD

    ETTALONG BEACH - The Sideways Look


        My last "on tour" journal entry starts here. What to say? My lessons learnt? My beard length earnt? How do I even start to wrap up what has been the best year of my life? Maybe I'll start by stopping with the 20 quest... Read More

  • 2ND

    TERRIGAL - Anything is possible


      I just thought it was about time I let you guys know how proud I am of you all. Not just that you've made it (I've never doubted that), and not just that you said you'd do it, but that you did it. You've dared to dream, dreamed to inspire, an... Read More

  • 1ST

    NEWCASTLE - No longer


    No longer will I reach for Nivea sunscreen in the passenger door of the Toyota Prius and use its sleek tinted windows to smear it over the bridge of my nose and through the cracks in my ears. No longer will I sit cross legged in the dark blue ... Read More