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    The Adventures of Chifley: The Team

    13 Apr 2010 8:31 AM


    As you may or may not be aware, I am taking part in the Oxfam Trailwalker 2010 on Friday 16 April! I'm really excited (well excited and scared). As part of The Adventures of Chifley: The Team!

    What is the Oxfam Trailwalker?
    The Oxfam Trailwalker is an event where teams of 4 walk a very long way to raise money for Oxfam. Cup of Tea, Mouse Cursor, Umbrella and I (ephant) have signed up and have been training hard for this event and we are hoping to raise $3000 for Oxfam. So far, we have raised $1500.

    How far do you walk?
    100 km. That is one HUNDRED kilometres.

    So it's 25 km each?
    No! It's 100km each.

    Wait WHAT?
    One Hundred Kilometres.

    That's um. A really long way, Elise.
    Yes. Yes it is. We are hoping to complete the walk in 24 hours or under, taking only a few short breaks for food.

    Wow! I'm really impressed! How can I support you and your team?
    Well! I'm so glad you asked! There are three main ways that you can support me.

    1. Donate to my team! You can donate before, during or after the event!
    My teampage is here: http://www2.oxfam.org.au/trailwalker/Melbourne/team/417
    and you can donate here: https://secure.oxfam.org.au/donate/twpaymentevent.php?TeamID=7086&EventState=VIC

    NOTE: You should click on the green 'donate to my team' link, rather than the large 'donate' button on the right hand side which makes a donation but doesn't link it to me or my team (usability, yay).

    We would really REALLY REALLY appreciate any donation that you are able to make to our team.

    2. Follow my progress! You can read the blog entries we've already put up there right now, and follow our progress during the event. After the event it might not be quite as exciting.
    Even if you can't or don't want to make a monetary donation, I'd still really like it if you'd follow my team's progress on the day. It's this friday (three more sleeps! eep!) and my teampage will be updated during the event as we go through the checkpoints. We'll also send updates to the page: http://www2.oxfam.org.au/trailwalker/Melbourne/team/417

    3. Send me encouragement!
    My twitter is @ephant. I'm sure I'll really need the encouragement as it gets to the early hours of saturday!! You can also send me an SMS if you know what my number is. I only give my number to real people though.

    So when is this event again?
    On Friday 16th April! That's this Friday.
    My team starts walking at 8.30am on Friday morning and we intend to finish before 8.30am on Saturday morning.


    Thank you for reading! I really hope that you will donate some money to my team, if that is the sort of thing you like doing and you haven't done so already. I really hope that if that is not the sort of thing that you would like to do, that you will still follow my team's progress and tweet or sms me encouragement when I'm sore and tired!