Thank You to Everyone involved in the journey so far!
None of this would have been possible without you! So many people believed in the idea and helped us achieve everything we set out to do and we thank you for that. The MyPOWER boys saved hard and sold their cars to make the MyPOWER Tour possible.
Living unpaid for a year is a tough gig at the best of times, let alone when you need the energy to cycle over 16,000kms!
The following IGA stores have kindly supported the team with a donation of fresh produce.
- Narooma IGA
- Tathra Friendly Grocer
- Tony and Wendy Brooks Value Plus IGA Scottsdale
- Festival IGA Bicheno
- Apollo Bay IGA
- Port Fairy IGA
- Robe IGA
- Kingston IGA
- Foodland Balaklava
- Ceduna Foodland
- Duncs SUPA IGA Esperance
- Ravensthorpe IGA
- Pemberton IGA
- Dunsborough IGA
- Doubleview IGA
- Cottesloe IGA
- Jurien IGA
- Carnarvon IGA
- Walters Supa IGA Mt Isa
- Walters Supa IGA Tully
- Farry's IGA Home Hill
- Casts Supa IGA Gladstone
The MyPOWER team were privileged to have some of the greatest tunes in Sydney at their departure day in Dunningham Park, Cronulla on the 9th of December. A HUGE thank you to Peter Andrews, Carra, Dubbly, The Andre Ellis, and Paul Appelkamp with Freetown for playing some truly unique and inspirational music on that special day.
Let's not forget Maroubra Cycles for giving us a cracking good deal on bikes - where would we be without them? If anyone is looking to tour or commute by bicycle, just turn up and ask for Grant.
Let's face it, accidents do happen and when your on the road they can be frustrating. Thanks to Bart and Oliver at Trinity Cycle Works in Cairns for donating their time and skills to get Tom's bike back on the road. They are the best bike shop up here in the North East, so pop in and support the people that have supported us!
Chum Darvall, Managing Director of Deutsche Bank, also made purchasing bicycles easy with financial support. The fastest, cleanest, and meanest of the bikes has been named "The Chum Darvall Marvel". Thanks to Chum for financial support at such an early stage in planning. We greatly appreciate the faith you showed in us.
Thanks to Ross Williams and all our other amigos at Carbon Planet for your financial assistance. It's people like you who fill us with hope that we can fight these climate change shenanigans!
A big thank you to Varta Batteries for providing us with some rechargeable batteries (endorsed by Planet Ark) that keep our head torches lit at night and help us reduce our waste.
Thanks to the following schools for the opportunity to hang out with the kids.
- Caringbah Selective High School
- Tathra Primary School
- Port Fairy Consolidated School
- Linden Park Primary School
- Tumby Bay Area School
- Port Lincoln Primary School
- Elliston Area School
- West Leeming Primary School
- Strathalbyn Christian College
- Charles Darwin University
- Anula Primary School
- Kormilda College Middle School
- Mataranka Primary School
- Barkley Highway State School
- Normanton State School
- St Monica's College Cairns
- Tully State School
- Cardwell State School
- Townsville State School
- Ayr State High School
- Crescent Lagoon State School
- Allenstown State School
- Toolooa High School
- Gladstone State High School
- Urangan State High School
Much thanks to a recent donation from the Sydney Energy Cooperative based at the University of NSW. These guys will ride bikes to your house and give you the cheapest quote around for a roof-full of solar panels. Just ask Mereki's dad!
Last but not least, this journey wouldn't be possible without the kindness of once strangers, now friends. To everyone who has given us a roof over our head, some food in our bellies or long lasting memories, we cannot thank you enough. Sorry if we have forgotten anyone but it's a big country! Uncle Kieran, Aunty Sue, Sophie Lord, Nathan Streater, Benjamin Plummer, Richard French, Jen Stannard, Mark Moroney and the Jindy Boys, Gus and Mel, Bev and Paul, Matthew Nott, Jenny and Vince, Dirk Meure, Amelia Rocco, The Carliers, John Daly, Wendy and Jeremy, Gordy from the Coorong, Ev and Steph, Helen from La Plage Esperance, Stephanie from Albany Backpackers, Richard and Kate from Rosneath, Karen and Ray, Bobby and Helen, Marky Mark, David and Heidi, Dan and Coral, Laura Brooks, Helmut from Ironstone Nursery Darwin, Top Cat, Christian Sutter from Aurora Kakadu, Bill and Rex, Sarah McIntosh, Leila, Kathy at Burke and Wills Roadhouse, the gang at The Purple Pub, Leigh and Yosi, Carey, Barry, Merran, Ross and Rob, Casey Scott and all the crew at Beaches Backpackers! Finally, to our parents, who have been right there with us the whole way, your support means everything to us.