What a magical holiday

We were lucky enough to go on a south pacific cruise holiday in the 2nd week of the school holiday. 7 nights with 3 stops in New Caledonia and Vanuatu. Everyone had a ball. The staff were very good to us, the locals at the all the stops were also very friendly. It is the best holiday we have done yet. It's gunna be hard to top that.

Sorry for putting up a lot of photos but it was hard to choose.

 

 

 

 

We are alright

Harri and I had an adventure on Monday. We are alright. A car came through a give way sign, slamming into the front of our car, ripping off the bumper and giving us an almighty july. The driver of the other vehicle then drove away. I was able to get a description of the car but was unable to get a full rego number. Now we are mostly confined to home as the vehicle is our main means of transportation. We don't know how long we will be without the vehicle at this stage.

Another birthday

Harri has recently celebrated another birthday. The day was celebrated with a visit to 1 of the schools rallying behind Peter in his "Ride for Harri" from Sydney to the Gold Coast. The school had decided to have a gold coin day, then make posters using the gold coins and spread these out to represent the journey Peter would take. The event raised over $2000 for Harri's HOPE Inc.

In the afternoon the whole family went to the cinemas and enjoyed Guardians Of The Galaxy and then a family dinner. We cut a cake made by his brothers.

Having already celebrated his birthday on the Saturday before with family and school friends with a 10 pin bowling party.

Closing in on the target as the ride looms

We are closing in on the fundraising target as we near the end of the campaign. Saturday saw a sausage sizzle at Harbour Side Rare Gourmet Meats , on the Gold Coast.

Thank you to Joshua and the team for coming up with the idea, setting up and the donation of the sausages and other goods.

Thank you to Peter and staff from ABP that turned up to man the BBQ, as well as the students who dedicated their time to help out.

Harri was also rewarded with last weeks good game, with the bowler of the week award. scoring a 200 game 50 over average.

Return to form for Harri

Harri has recently started to regain some of the form he was showing early in the year with his 10 pin bowling. Last weekend he bowled a straight 200 game, which was 50 over his average. It was well timed with the teams that are currently in 2nd and 3rd place have made up some ground on "Stations Hands" harri's team. With only 1/3 of the season remaining, they have just over a 2 perfect games buffer to 2nd place, and his personal average is currently the 2nd highest in the club, only 3 behind 1st place. They have 2 tough games coming up over the next couple of weeks.

On a second note the AGM for Harri's HOPE Inc. is coming up in mid-late September, we are looking for people who might be able to commit to 4 meetings a year (fixed dates in advance), to assist in the running of the charity. This would be purely administration, as the fundraising is organised separately. If you would like to find out more or are interested, please leave a comment to this post.

Regards Matt

Riding Jersey design

We have had some wonderful help in creating a new design for Harri's HOPE Inc. as a part of designing a riding jersey for Peter Brookes' "Ride For Harri". The fundraising page has been released, and is going well, but please keep spreading the word.

The designs have been finalised and i decided to share the images of the riding jersey,

Regards Matt

Peter gears up to Help Harri's HOPE

Peter heard of Harri and his story through his wife, who is co-ordinator for touch football at a school in Brisbane, that I (Matt) have refereed for, for the last 3 years. Having in the past given us the opportunity to attend some NRL games in Brisbane.

Peter is an avid cyclist and 12 months ago came up with an idea to ride to raise money for Harri's charity. only this year has the idea and planning grown in a mammoth undertaking of "The Ride for Harri", which will start in Sydney and finish at the school where Peter works on the Gold Coast.

Peter has established a fundraising page and encourages everyone to spread the word / link, even if you are unable to give personally, you may know someone you can. We really appreciate your support.

Ride for Harri

Stay tuned for more updates as the September / October dates draw near.

Regards Matt