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In June 2011, The Australian Institute of Health and Welfare published a report titled “The health of Australia’s males”. We’ve highlighted/summarised various parts of this report in our write-up below. The full report can be downloaded directly from AIHW or a local copy from our server here.
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In June 2011, The Australian Institute of Health and Welfare published a report titled “The health of Australia’s males”. We’ve highlighted/summarised various parts of this report in our write-up below. The full report can be downloaded directly from AIHW or a local copy from our server here.
Mental health i [...]
Ride to Mudgee, NSW – Raising a...
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On or Off? Are we going or not? What I’ve learned from organising this ride is that bikers are not as tough as they want us to think they are! Some clouds, some moisture in the air, and they hide under their doona…
Not all of us are like that, though: We found 11 REAL bikers, who will go on a ride no matter what the weat [...]
Our 2011 cause: Men’s Sheds!
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Last year we rode to Glen Helen resort, raising awareness of depression in general, with extra focus on male depression. We’ve met some incredible people before, during and after the Black Dog Ride: People from all walks of life, from school teachers to IT specialists, mayors to photographers, people from the big smoke as well [...]
Black Dog Ride documentary preview
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It has been confirmed, shortly after our 2010 Black Dog Ride was completed, that Lomax Media have agreed to create a documentary using the footage taken by Aaron and Caz, who came with us on the ride. Aaron was sent by Dean Lomax to capture the entire ride from WA to the Red Centre, riding with Mick Andrews in the Media Car, and Caz [...]
A Black Dog Rider…
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Darrell Burkey, (AKA DazzaB) has joined us at Grenfell for the Black Dog Ride. I was excited to have him join the ride, as he sent me an email a couple of months before the ride, with a link to his YouTube Channel. I saw his riding style, his bike, and the video footage he took, so I knew he would be a great guy to have on the ride. [...]
Day 16 – and last! Back to Sydn...
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Muswellbrook cabin
Waking up at Muswellbrook, on a lazy Monday morning, had a sense of relief… We’ve been riding for 15 days, covering over 6500km, from 6 to 38 degrees, fighting the cold, the heat, the rain, the sun, and enjoying most of it. Today is the last day of the ride, the day we get to re-unite with our families [...]
Day 13 – Don’t let the we...
Day 7 – Black Dog Ride Grand Finale
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After nearly 3000km, 6 days away from our much publicized sendoff event at Deus Café, we’ve left Heavitree Gap resort in Alice Springs, in a convoy of over 60 motorcycles, headed to Lasseters Casino. The local Lions club have been known to us for the last week, asgreat sausage sizzlers, and lived up to our expectations (yet again)– [...]
The excitement is building up…
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Earlier this week, we caught up with Rosemarie and Katrina from Daily Telegraph, at Rushcutters Bay Park (just outside the Vibe Hotel). Rosemarie interviewed us about the ride, our reasons to join, and a bit of background (read all about it on the Daily Telegraph – I won’t spoil it here).
What we can show, are a few pics [...]
Driver(s) found! (or, the power of on...
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Late last night it became clear to us, that the two drivers who volunteered to drive our CityFord supported Ford Territory, have both pulled out at the last minute! This morning, at our breakfast meeting in Waterloo, we brain-stormed some ideas to get a replacement driver to take our cameraman, Caz Dickson to Port Augusta.
Since th [...]
