Boys Adventure - First MJD Foundation Trip
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  | Join us in sharing this beautiful man's Road Adventure from Darwin to Brisbane. Competition |
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Friday 7th November - Groote to Darwin The staff from Angurugu Aged and Disability Care Facility know the big surprise. 8:02pm - Well, Bryan made the surprise arrival at Darwin Airport. Apparently he could not believe it. When he saw Bryan, he was amazed, and then could not wipe the smile off his face when he heard he was going on a road trip. He asked if he was going to Broome, and when Bryan said it was Brisbane, there were many questions about seeing Craig and his new baby. Bryan asked him if he can swim, and that he might be going for a swim, so there are more surprises to come.
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 | Here he is arriving at Darwin Airport. He's so happy to see Bryan and having his Mum come out to meet him was a surprise too. |
 | Saturday 8th November - Darwin to Katherine They are also paying a visit to Greg who used to be the Council CEO at Angurugu, and he is very fond of him. 10:23pm - The boys have been enjoying all the animals on the way down and loves the stops at the Servos to check out all the goodies. Both of them are tired, but having fun. Kathy predicts that when they arrive in Brisbane they will be happy and exhausted. Thanks to Margaret's daughter Selena, who took two Katherine caps down to the motel.
The start of the Cap collection. |
  | Sunday 9th November - Katherine to Tennant Creek They arrived in Tennant Creek around 4pm our time. |
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  | Monday 10th November - Tennant Creek to Mt Isa This morning, they had breakfast at the Three Ways just outside Tennant Creek. They passed Barkley homestead and had a short stop to buy a drink. They saw some very large mining machinery along the road, fortunately it was at a truck stop but it was huge equipment. Both looking forward to some KFC for tea and a good rest. Tuesday could be an interesting day going to Longreach and visiting the Stockmans Hall of Fame. |
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| Tuesday 11th November - Mt Isa to Longreach 8:00pm - Bryan just rang from Longreach. They arrived there at 5pm qld time. The weather has been very hot. Today they saw a very big kangaroo dead on the road. They also stopped at the pub which featured in the crocodile dundee movie. It is outside Cloncurry. Frederick has been winning with the music. Tomorrow they will visit the stockmans hall of fame before heading off to Emerald. They hope to visit some relatives of Kathy's and Bryan's in Biloela and Monto on tTursday. The Eldarado Motor Inn is still ahead on the disability access competition. Bryan says it's the little things that excite Frederick like big trucks, donkeys, caravans and kangaroos. That's all from me. Kathy |
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  | Wednesday 12th November - Longreach to Emerald Bryan rang to say they have arrived safely in Emerald after a good trip. Highlights of the day were visits to the Longreach Hall of Fame where Frederick enjoyed looking at the Aboriginal Stockmens exhibit as well as many other interesting displays. Bryan says that they could have spent a lot longer there. They went onto to visit the Qantas plane and display of the early Qantas memrobilia. Frederick was amazed at the sight of a big aeroplane immobilized in a paddock without an airstrip! There were some interesting times along the way when Frederick became a bit emotional about all the roadkill on the sides of the road between Longreach and Emerald he was wanting Bryan to stop to make sure there were no baby yiburada's ( wallabies) in the pouches of the dead animals. The collection of T shirts and caps is growing, Frederick will be the best dressed guy on the road... They have lots of photos but we are having trouble getting them to Nadia to put on the site. Bryan will try on Friday when he visits some of his relatives in Monto. |
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 | Thursday 13th November - Emerald to Biloela (via Rockhampton) Today's update is to say they had a good trip to Biloela via Rockhampton where they sorted out the camera and went over the Mount Morgan mountain range. They also saw some more gigantic mining machinery which made the ones the other day look small but no memory in the camera to take photos of them. They are both going to look like KFC chooks when they get to Brisbane they have eaten so much along the way.........Frederick always has some brought back from Darwin by anyone who will oblige. Everyone on Groote is following the trip quite closely and family are all very excited. Tomorrow they will see more family and they are both looking forward to getting to Brisbane and seeing more exciting things. |
Friday 14th November - Biloela to Brisbane via Monto Today the boys travelled from Biloela to Brisbane via Monto, the town Bryan and Kathy married in. They met up with lots of Bryan and Kathy's extended family and were well fed and watered.. They arrived in Brisbane at around 4pm EST, and called in to visit Craig Massey and Kylie and the girls and then on to the Morgan's. Frederick has enjoyed the drive, but the country parts were far more peaceful than the city end! Now Frederick is keen to visit the Gold Coast, and enjoy the theme parks and the movies and some shopping... But they get to rest for a day or two. | |
Posted Comments: "Loving the travel up-dates! great to see you both arrived safely... Fredrick enjoy yr time in Brissie. Ange" | |
  | Monday 17th November - SEAWORLD
No description needed here. Pure happiness! |
| Tuesday 18th November - out and about around Brisbane Fredrick spent time with Craig Massey (Bryan and Kathy's son) and his little family too. His daughter Summer even learnt to say "Dickie" and that thrilled Frederick. | |
| Wednesday 19th November - out and about around Brisbane More visiting, and a fair bit of relaxing today. Frederick spent time with Libby Morgan's kids just lounging around. | |
| Thursday 20th November - Flying to Darwin The Qantas public relations folk at Brisbane airport were excellent, treated Frederick like a king and we had a special needs man (another Brian) look after him especially well. Thanks to Brian from QANTAS who checked Frederick in, sent us through a special gate at security and took Frederick upstairs then took him and Bryan onto the plane. It was done with such dignity and was such a positive experience for those of us with him. | |
 | The MJD Foundation "Disability Access Accommodation Award" for the 2008 best accommodation between Darwin and Brisbane has jointly been awarded to Elderado Motor Inn, Tenant Creek and Silo Motor Inn , Biloela. Congratulatons to both. |
Friday 21st November - back to Groote after a great trip From Kathy: "I think Frederick's life has been enriched and it will be an experience he will remember for a long time. What a terrific example of the MJD Foundation's aim of improving quality of life". |
