Sunday, Aug 17, 2008 at 19:40
Gday Jim
Thanks for the support mate. Am about 20 days ahead of schedule and keen to improve on this before I hit the real montains down south. I reckon I'll be getting to the Prom at the start of May or even earlier which will make it far easier for anyone wishing to join me or call in along the way weather wise!
Was interested in your reasoning about the media. So far I've done the 9AM show on Ch 10, a couple of articles in The Herald Sun, spoken with Ernie Sigley twice on 3AW, several chats on the 4WD Radio show and had numerous local papers up here in FNQ do stories and the nett result donations wise is very little!
I'm doing everything I can but it seems there's not much interest out there at present and I'm simply not famous enough to attract attention or haven't needed a spectacular rescue! The pity of this is that it's not about me at all but rather raising funds for The Cancer Council. The people I've met on foot have been terrific and it seems just about everyone has a story about themselves or someone close to them regarding cancer,
Anyway, apart from the frustrations of not raising enough funds, everything else is going according to plan. The battery pack, now with the solar panel is really good. The body is just fine although I'm on my third pair of boots after 1889km.
Will most likely lose mobile coverage for a while after tonight. Will be walking to the
Eungella Dam over next two days. Have crossed the
Bowen River three times in as many days, crocs and all!
Take care and thanks once again for your great support. By the way, the drawers are holding up really
well also!
Cheers, Michael
Mitchell
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