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Tandem bike ride across to Nullarbor for End Polio Now

Three Rotary Districts and many Rotary Clubs collaborated across three great
States when two Rotarians from Tasmania decided they would like to raise
awareness and funds for the “End Polio Now” campaign.

Joyce and Phil Ogden from Rotary Club of South Launceston set off with their
tandem bike packed up to transport via plane with them from Launceston to Perth.

Joyce and Phil were farewelled in Launceston by the
Mayor and then welcomed in Perth by and then they
commenced their Tandem bike ride in mid May on to ride across the
Nullarbor to South Australia. On their journey they have had various radio
interviews; TV interviews; newspaper articles, welcomed by town and City
Mayors and welcomed by many Rotary clubs across these three States.

Great promotion opportunity for Rotary and the End Polio Now campaign
within these communities.

Whilst in District 9510 they were warmly welcomed by RC Whyalla; RC Port
Augusta; RC Port Pirie; RC Clare; RC Gawler Light and RC Adelaide. Big thank you to all the club members
who organised their welcome into your towns, your homes and your clubs.

Phil and Joyce are in their early 70’s and this tandem
bike ride (without a support vehicle) took them just
over 36 days to complete a total of 2970 kms.

They arrived in time on Wednesday 22/6/2022 to attend
Rotary Adelaide lunch meeting and were welcomed by
DG Jeff Neale. Then on the Thursday, to finish their stay
in SA, they were warmly greeted by the Honourable Lord
Mayor of the City of Adelaide at the Community Centre
in North Adelaide. What an amazing story of two
committed Rotarians with a passion to raise attention of
the importance to finish the vaccination process worldwide
to rid the world of the crippling disease of polio.

Rotary connects people and this is a great example of the extended networking and collaborating that
Rotary can do around the world. Together we have a collective impact. Well done to everyone involved.

Phil and Joyce have presently raised over $29,000.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i1fscXl-6Pk

Public Image Teams in D 9830 (Tasmania); D 9455 (WA) and D 9510 enjoyed working
together to ensure this great story was told and embraced
within the communities they visited.

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