Thanks From Charnwood Car Club
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Thanks to those members who attended our charity event last august to help raise nearly £1000 for declan to help send him to australia,
well last week all the hard work paid off as he is know in australia having the time of his life!
so i just though id take this chance to thank everyone that came and donated so generously to help declan live out his dreams!!
For those interested we will be having another large meet this summer, in aid of another worthy cause and it would be great if we could see the same support shown as last year... i for one couldnt believe the turn out for last years meet and was blown away by just how many people and cars turned out for the event!
... and a cheeky pic of declan sat in the Gallardo which he had a, well lets say, a lengthy ride in..
well last week all the hard work paid off as he is know in australia having the time of his life!
so i just though id take this chance to thank everyone that came and donated so generously to help declan live out his dreams!!
For those interested we will be having another large meet this summer, in aid of another worthy cause and it would be great if we could see the same support shown as last year... i for one couldnt believe the turn out for last years meet and was blown away by just how many people and cars turned out for the event!
... and a cheeky pic of declan sat in the Gallardo which he had a, well lets say, a lengthy ride in..
just had this off of Decs mum.....
Project oz blog.....day 7 Sunday 4th April
What a long flight, we left our house at 6pm on Sunday and arrived at Sydney Tuesday morning, by the time we got to our hotel we slept until the next morning. A monster sleep of 18 hours!!!!!!
Declan was amazing during the flight, he never complained and just enjoyed watching back to back films and talking to me about what we were going to be doing.
On our 1st full day of the trip (day 3) it was raining and colder than England when we left, so we took this opportunity to do all the in door attractions. We started of with Sydney aquarium, which was fantastic, Declan loved seeing all the native fish and going through the glass tunnel where he could see sharks swimming above him. We next visited the wildlife centre which is home to one of the worlds biggest crocks although he was sleeping whilst we were there. Declan’s favourite part was seeing the kangaroo’s, he found it really funny that one was laying on his back with his legs in the air just like our dogs do. My favourite part was the butterfly area, which had butterflies the size of dinner plate flying around, the colours were amazing and they really took to Declan and kept landing on him.
Declan still hadn’t had his daily fill of animals so we went to the worlds biggest Imax cinema to watch a 3D under water tail, it was fab but to be honest me and my sister fell asleep......jet lag!!!
Day 4 :
We woke up to the sun, but then realised that i had forgotten to put Declan’s chair on charge so we had to hang around the hotel whilst it charged. Later that day we took a ferry to the Opera house which was amazing, we took plenty of photos and also laughed at the silly people climbing the Sydney bridge!!! Weill i say silly....only because I’m far too scared of heights to do anything like that.
Day 5:
With a full battery on Declan chair we took a ferry to manly beach, it was so beautiful, but very full. We found a ramp to go down and set up camp for the afternoon. We took Declan to sit in the sea, he must have sat there with the support of my sister behind him for well over a hour. I must admit it was a bitter sweet sight as there was a baby crawling on the beach, able to explore, and plenty of children swimming and even attempting to surf, yet Declan, aged 11 couldn’t even sit in the water unaided. However he was so happy and never moaned, he just enjoyed the warmth of the sun and sea. He really is a amazing young man, whom I feel very humbled to be his mum.
Day 6:
As it was our last day in beautiful Sydney we got up early and ventured to the harbour as Declan wanted to go on a speed sight seeing boat. We booked onto one but then was told if he was unable to walk onto the boat he would not be allowed on, so after getting our money back we tried another one who would allow him on as long as I could lift him on, so me and my sister ate our spinach and lifted Declan onto the speed boat. I wish I hadn’t as I turned green with sea sickness!!!!! Declan on the other hand loved even second of it!!!!
That afternoon we flew to Brisbane and just chilled out in the room and had a early night.
Day 7 Easter Sunday:
We stared off the morning by reading lovely Easter cards that our family had hidden in our suitcase, it was so lovely of them and made it feel like Easter. We then went for our Brekki which was a buffet so we all ate loads to get our monies worth and left the table feeling like we wouldn’t need to eat again for the rest of the holiday. We then met my best friends mum who lives out here and spent the day in her town, which was so typical “home and away” Australia and a real treat to visit. We sat with the locals and ate fish and chips, it was the first time Declan had actually finished a meal since we arrived, but the good old British fish and chips is one of his favourite meals. After our day by the sea we had a early night ready to travel up to Malloolaba the next day.
if you want to fallow Decs trip his mum sends out the emails from here: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=39736886776
Project oz blog.....day 7 Sunday 4th April
What a long flight, we left our house at 6pm on Sunday and arrived at Sydney Tuesday morning, by the time we got to our hotel we slept until the next morning. A monster sleep of 18 hours!!!!!!
Declan was amazing during the flight, he never complained and just enjoyed watching back to back films and talking to me about what we were going to be doing.
On our 1st full day of the trip (day 3) it was raining and colder than England when we left, so we took this opportunity to do all the in door attractions. We started of with Sydney aquarium, which was fantastic, Declan loved seeing all the native fish and going through the glass tunnel where he could see sharks swimming above him. We next visited the wildlife centre which is home to one of the worlds biggest crocks although he was sleeping whilst we were there. Declan’s favourite part was seeing the kangaroo’s, he found it really funny that one was laying on his back with his legs in the air just like our dogs do. My favourite part was the butterfly area, which had butterflies the size of dinner plate flying around, the colours were amazing and they really took to Declan and kept landing on him.
Declan still hadn’t had his daily fill of animals so we went to the worlds biggest Imax cinema to watch a 3D under water tail, it was fab but to be honest me and my sister fell asleep......jet lag!!!
Day 4 :
We woke up to the sun, but then realised that i had forgotten to put Declan’s chair on charge so we had to hang around the hotel whilst it charged. Later that day we took a ferry to the Opera house which was amazing, we took plenty of photos and also laughed at the silly people climbing the Sydney bridge!!! Weill i say silly....only because I’m far too scared of heights to do anything like that.
Day 5:
With a full battery on Declan chair we took a ferry to manly beach, it was so beautiful, but very full. We found a ramp to go down and set up camp for the afternoon. We took Declan to sit in the sea, he must have sat there with the support of my sister behind him for well over a hour. I must admit it was a bitter sweet sight as there was a baby crawling on the beach, able to explore, and plenty of children swimming and even attempting to surf, yet Declan, aged 11 couldn’t even sit in the water unaided. However he was so happy and never moaned, he just enjoyed the warmth of the sun and sea. He really is a amazing young man, whom I feel very humbled to be his mum.
Day 6:
As it was our last day in beautiful Sydney we got up early and ventured to the harbour as Declan wanted to go on a speed sight seeing boat. We booked onto one but then was told if he was unable to walk onto the boat he would not be allowed on, so after getting our money back we tried another one who would allow him on as long as I could lift him on, so me and my sister ate our spinach and lifted Declan onto the speed boat. I wish I hadn’t as I turned green with sea sickness!!!!! Declan on the other hand loved even second of it!!!!
That afternoon we flew to Brisbane and just chilled out in the room and had a early night.
Day 7 Easter Sunday:
We stared off the morning by reading lovely Easter cards that our family had hidden in our suitcase, it was so lovely of them and made it feel like Easter. We then went for our Brekki which was a buffet so we all ate loads to get our monies worth and left the table feeling like we wouldn’t need to eat again for the rest of the holiday. We then met my best friends mum who lives out here and spent the day in her town, which was so typical “home and away” Australia and a real treat to visit. We sat with the locals and ate fish and chips, it was the first time Declan had actually finished a meal since we arrived, but the good old British fish and chips is one of his favourite meals. After our day by the sea we had a early night ready to travel up to Malloolaba the next day.
if you want to fallow Decs trip his mum sends out the emails from here: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=39736886776
Thanks!!
We'll be sorting another meet for late june/early july, will be in aid of the air ambulance and our local scout group, 2 worthy causes this time so we'll need double the donations!!
i'l post more details up when we know what we're doing but id imagine it will be another thursday night at the Six Hills Hotel.... Just need to sort some flood lights out for this years one!
We'll be sorting another meet for late june/early july, will be in aid of the air ambulance and our local scout group, 2 worthy causes this time so we'll need double the donations!!
i'l post more details up when we know what we're doing but id imagine it will be another thursday night at the Six Hills Hotel.... Just need to sort some flood lights out for this years one!
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