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Trekking to the End of the World
Frank Bugeja
Trekking to the End of the World
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2010 Trekking to the End of the World Challenge
Event Date: July 25, 2010 - August 8, 2010
The Chairman of Life Education Tasmania Inc, Stuart Bryce, along with his daughter, Emma and colleagues from Victoria and Western Australia trekked in New Guinea over the Finisterre Range and Shaggy Ridge in July/August to raise money for Life Education. “Finisterre” is Latin for “End of the World”.
The nine-day Trek took in the site of the historic WWII battles of Shaggy Ridge and Crater Hill where valiant soldiers from the 7th Division were victorious in precipitating the dislodgement of Japanese forces from New Guinea. A brief remembrance service was held at the “Pimple” a scene of intense fighting in December 1943/January 1944. In particular, we remembered the father of two of our fellow trekkers and Tom Kelly, the father of John Kelly who was the inspiration for us to undertake the trek.
The trek was arduous and at times hazardous. Most of our paths were carved from virgin jungle, as were our campsites on most nights. The conditions experienced by our valiant soldiers during WWII must have been so much worse with disease taking a significant toll, not to mention the engagement with the Japanese forces.
Hopefully, we have raised awareness for Life Education, dedicated to saving the lives of our children through education programmes which empower children from preparatory to Year 10 to make reasoned decisions regarding alcohol and other drugs, as well as teaching them self respect, respect for others and realising the value of their uniqueness as an individual. The website remains open and there is still time to make a contribution to this worthy organization.
Your donations will assist Life Education to embrace more of our children in educational programs throughout Australia but particularly in Tasmania where Life Education has recently been reintroduced. All donations are tax-deductible and can be made through this secure website.
“If every Australian gave $1.00, Life Education would be sufficiently endowed to extend its programmes to every Australian child.”
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I would personally like to thank the following for their offline donations:
Ms Michelle O'Byrne MP, Member for Bass, $100.00
Mr Robert Huston, $150.00
Mr Geoff Pickburn $100.00
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Life Education
Life Education has been empowering children and young people to make safer and healthier choices through education for more than 35 years. We believe that each child should be living to their full potential. To meet this vision we design programs that are relevant to Australian children and young people every day, as well as their families and communities. We are now the largest non-government provider of drug and health education, operating in all States and Territories.
At Life Education, we believe that all children deserve to lead safe and healthy lives. By placing preventive education at the core of our work we want to instil in children the confidence to make safer and healthier choices now and in the future
Our program today reaches over 640,000 children across all seven states in Australia, with over 100 mobile learning centres and 95 specially trained educators.
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