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Okay princess yours is neater and mine is bad ass, bigger and longer – I’m talking about scars of course! Both are beautiful. I hope this story shows anyone self-conscious about scars you are still beautiful, it is just a road map showing the story of your life” I had the same surgery as princess Eugenie as a teen and have the same scar....
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I was excited to be invited by Universal Studios to premiere of #firstman – a movie about Neil Armstrong’s family and story behind that famous flight. Loved seeing the memorabilia when I visited NASA in Houston for the IWF Global Women’s Forum @johnson space centre. My biggest takeaway was something said by an astronaut as they all experienced space: When you change your perspective...
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Still pinching myself at the honour of carrying the Queen’s baton on the Sunshine Coast in front of my family. Wonderful to see so many generations from school kids to grandparents out cheering and all sectors of the community represented as baton bearers....
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IN SEARCH OF AN OUTBACK LEGEND Nothing says Australia more than a postcard image of a rusty windmill and outback shed at sunset, the red earth stretching to the horizon as the odd mob of cattle – or even a stray camel – meander by. But just what are your chances of seeing all this if you use a wheelchair? Link travel writer Marayke...
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From Niagra falls to a wheelchair accessible snow mobile ride on a glacier, Canada has stunning and accessible attractions for travellers who use a wheelchair. READ FULL STORY IN LINK MAGAZINE HERE TRAVEL: CAN DO CANADA By Marayke Jonkers Posing for photos atop 200-year-old ice on picturesque Athabasca Glacier in the Canadian Rocky Mountains is one of the last places I expected to...
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Olympic champions of the future were created in living rooms across the Sunshine Coast this week, as children sat transfixed front of televisions and mobile devices watching their sporting heroes winning medals and competing for Australia in Rio. As parents, and a community, now is the time to jump on board these young sporting dreams and encourage our young childhood dreamers to become childhood...
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As a retired Paralympian who was inspired to take up sport watching the Olympics opening ceremony on television as a little girl in a pink wheelchair, an Olympic games is guaranteed to get the heart rate going and the memories flowing. But I have been pleasantly surprised to see just how far we’ve come in the five years since I retired in terms of...
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Dear driver, I don’t know you but I know what you’re going through. Today you had an accident that will change your life forever. You are in a hospital and doctors may be mentioning word like spinal cord injury, blindness, burns, amputations or traumatic brain injury. Your innocence has been shattered and you’re coming to terms with the most mundane from the painful insertion...
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Marayke is Proud to have been announced as the QLD Ambassador for the National Injury Insurance sheme (NIIS) by the treasurer Curtis Pitt and Minister for Disabilities Coralee O’Rourke today outside parliament house in Brisbane. ” This is possibly the most important role I’ve ever had in my life, Paralympic medals included, because ensuring 100% of Queenslanders involved in serious vehicle accidents...
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Marayke is incredible proud to have won one of just 25 positions available globally for retired female athletes to be mentored by business leaders in making a transition to becoming leaders outside the sporting arena. In partnership and support of EY, the WABN Mentoring Program is designed to harness the untapped leadership potential of female athletes. Elite women athletes who have transitioned or are...
