Love, Love, Love
being Australia Day Ambassador.
Love the Australia Day addresses at the Conservatorium of Music overlooking Botantical Gardens Sydney where:-
Michael Parkinson inspired with celebration of Australia and cricket 2011
Professor Charles Teo inspired with his break through neurosurgery and saving lives 2012
Kurt Fearnley marathan wheelchair man advocating for inclusion 2013
This year I’m going to Urana – flying to Wagga and then a 1.5 hour drive deep into the Riverina.
Excited that Joy Dodds is coming with me – the Dodds are part of the community from URANA.
Sheep and wheat farming
Lakes and rivers and lots of bushland.
I’m giving the Australia Day address.
There’ll be flag raising and citizenship awards.
The obligatory bbq, market,s games, family day and lots of celebrations!
Happy Australia Day to everyone – indigenous, farmers, city-siders, ancestors from convicts to the diverse people who settled here to call Australia Home.
Kurt Fearnley the paralympic Gold Medallist and Marathan Man of Wheelchair Sports had the audience standing, cheering, clapping.
He climbed the Kokoda Track on his hands and knees. it was gruelling, courageous, but he was showing that disability unites us.
He was a boy from the country. He never walked but he explored, climbed trees, played footy with the other kids, on his hands and knees.
I loved his courage.
Governor Marie Bashir and ABC radio announcer Adam Spencer celebrated him.
There were sports people, writers, business people, Ita Buttrose Australian of the Year packing the Conservatorium of Music in Sydney.
Cuaght up with Stephan Wellink the Executive Producer of the feature film ‘I Am Jack’, best selling author and actor Judy Nunn, children’s non fiction author Jill Bruce, ABC announcer and artist Yianni Johns.
The night was balmy, the speech inspiring, the Conservatorium overlooking the Botantical Gardens towards the harbour was a special night.
LOVE being an Australia Day Ambassador.
Love, Love, Love 
