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  • One week to go!

    Hi everyone, It’s not long until I leave now- 9 days infact ( not like I am counting ) and this has been a busy week, fitting my travel preparations in around working and training. This week I worked 3 days ( I am an employment consutant for uni grads with disabilities at STEPS disability for those who don’t know). Two of those were...
  • Luckiest day of the year

    Happy mid autumn day from Beijing, China. Today is a very special day in Chinese culture, The Mid-Autumn Festival is one of the two most important holidays in the Chinese calendar (the other being the Chinese Lunar New Year). Farmers celebrate the end of the summer harvesting season on this date. Traditionally, on this day, Chinese family members and friends will gather to admire...
  • Opening ceremony Beijing

    The openining ceremont Last night was the best I have ever been to, a truly amazing and memorable experience which I felt privileged to be part of. This is my third Paralympics, and while nothing will top walking out to a home crowd in Sydney, the entertainment here was breathtakingly spectacular. Luckily I am not racing on the first day, so I was able...
  • I have arrived in Beijing

    We arrived in Beijing on Saturday August 31st, after a 4am start in malaysia. We had breakfast and packed sandwiches to eat during the hour flight. Once we landed in Beijing all the people on the team who could walk (everyone except me and esther) disembarked and proceeded through customs. I had to wait for a wheelchair to be brought onto the plane so...
  • Greetings from Malaysia

    Hi all I am really enjoying my time in Malaysia. A typical day here is breakfast 8am, catch the bus to the pool at 8.30am. I then walk over to the gym and do boxing and medicine ball work. We get back to the hotel in time for lunch before heading back out to swimming training at 3.30pm. Today we had a BBq lunch...
  • Enroute to Beijing

    Hi all. I am writing this from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, we we have a one week camp to acclimatise to the heat before flying to Beijing. It is great to finally be on my way to the Paralympics. My last week in Australia was a flurry of activity, fitting packing in around training and media interviews. I collected my uniform from the wedding dress...
  • I won the first ever Cosmo fun fearless female Award!

    I’ve just returned from the most amazing experience of my life, and almost have to pinch myself to believe that it was real. Not only am I amazed that I have won this award but all the trappings that went with it were like being a movie star for the day, and I feel truly blessed to have been part of this event. To...