Cancer's 'March Charge' - 2025

Robyn and Michelle passed away early last year. Pamella and Gwen are fighting hard to beat the odds with the cancer they both have.

Thanks to the flood, this view over the previous 2 days, was just one lake of water.

Day 30 - only 6 km walked for a number of reasons. On my return I read this story of why a Mother was walking for her daughter. Heart breaking.

Day 31 and 16 km to reach my goal. I woke early and discovered I had reached my $2000 goal in donations. This was the impetus to get walking along the coastline  from Main Beach to Burleigh Heads. After some wet days, it was lovely to set off in sunshine and in the company [for 5 km] of Rachel, McGinty, Peggoty and baby Bobbity. 

The temperature had been 31C the previous day, so I welcomed the temperature drop of several degrees. Setting off at 6.30 am also helped. The coastline is still recovering from Cyclone Alfred. It wasn't possible to access the beach for a good 8 km because the erosion created high cliffs, that are now fenced off.

Looking back to my starting point.

I am so very grateful for all the support of both monetary and encouragement value. I only raised half of last year's total, but every dollar counts. Physically it wasn't as easy as last year, but I am now back into my early morning routine, which had lagged throughout summer.

17,531 paricipants from all over Australia.

$2,584,486 raised.

I've just spotted that in regard to these numbers, my distance ranking is 376th and fundraising total 126th.

I am feeling very gratified with my March Charge.

My apologies for not replying to all your lovely comments on my previous two posts. I do love reading them. Hopefully life will become a little less hectic now that the charge is over. 

Alas, I can't remove the big gap down to where you comment!

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Special Moments of the Past Two Weeks

 Busy times here at present, but I've still been able to enjoy our great outdoors. The camera is always present for me to snap away.

15 March - My favourite coastal walk was enjoyed with my son, now returned from Austria. Thankfully he has just accepted a new position in Brisbane.

Fun and laughter with the Hungry Hikers on our Seventeen Mile Rocks, Brisbane River walk.

Nature's tranquil beauty on an early morning, local walk. 

The flowering Mock Orange trees made aromatic carpets for me to walk on.

This sunrise just begged me to just sit still and be mesmerised.

The Gaiter Girls were finally four again, walking in Scribbly Gum Conservation Park.

Yesterday I was meeting the Hungry Hikers in the city at 6.30 am, for our walk along the Corso stretch of the Brisbane River. As I was totally awake at 5 am, I made the decision to leave early to watch the sun rise over the city. Dark clouds hovered, so there was little colour but it was still worth the earlier drive.

First Citycat of the day was 'Bingo' from the children's TV program, Bluey.

Our city, a wonderfully 'green' city!

Another birthday celebrated at the end of our Corso walk of 11 kilometres.

This morning I was surprised by the size of the flocks of Ibis and ducks visiting the golf course, in front of our home.

'Down Under' we are enjoying the approach of autumn and its cooler temperatures. I am reading regularly that many of you are eagerly watching for the first signs of spring, tulips being one of the first indicators. Here is our Tulip Tree!

It took some time to reorganise our outdoors after making it secure for Cyclone Alfred. Normality had returned. As I write this however, rain is once again teeming down and the outlook is for one very wet weekend. I feel quite sure that it isn't going to be a concern for us, but this low pressure system has dumped torrential rain over most of the state. For many, it has been from drought to flood. Here is a screenshot of headlines.

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