The guys at BIKEBARBONDI have been great.

Ben has looked after us from day one when we arrived at the shop with our objective of riding from Cairo to Capetown armed with our  Tour d'Afrique notes. Twenty four hours after our first appearance he had read  the tour d'afrique website and we were in business.

Together with Stu (the bike mechanic) and Patrick's 'tour' notes the guys pretty much have us sorted. Ben is a wealth of information so we keep 'picking' his brains. The bikes have been overhauled and upgraded where necessary and cannibalised for spares. Ben has suggested we do some training rides together but thats not happening he is a 'pro' and we're not stupid !!

Off there again today to buy more 'Lycra' bike gear and answer the age old question "does my bum look big in this" !!

We thankfully acknowledge the following for their generous financial donations.....

• John Gordon
• Matt Vagulans
• Tony Hall
• Neil Tenny
• Stephen Rivera
• Mauricio Abreu Freitas
• Jason Minty
• Richard Kentwell
• Michael Wright
• Bec Roberts
• Joshna Bhana
• Coleen Reeves
• Ian Craven
• Andrea Craven
• David Thomas
• Jacqueline Nagy
• Craig Gear
• Brad Grey
• Daniel James
• Johnny Youssei
• Julie Letts
• Edward Charles
• Fay Tham
• Brett Doyle
• Michael Payne Mulcahey
• Prue Manrique & 'Tekka'
• Troy Cox
• Liz Hall
• Bruce Love
• Leonard Tew
• Kevin Andrewartha
• Fiona & Ian Gamble
• Elizabeth Evans
• Chris Corbett
• Chris Fisher
• John Fairburn
• Chris Pile
• Mark Bebbington
• Wayne Ardley
• Perry Wynn
• Jim Villamor
• Ben Read
• James Moody
• David McLachlan
• Stuart Newell
• Jack Geary
• Grant Fraser
• Paul Mooney
• Pete Murrant
• Greg Baker
• Shirley Hamid
• Elaine Lim
• Mark Woodward
• Robyn Woodward
• Lisa Jewkes
• Gary Jewkes
• Brendan Dwyer
• Charlie Whitfield
• Chris Murray
• Cassius Armitage
• Richard Bolt
• Tony Alderman
• Phil Ventham
• Guilia Rudge
• Matthew Ezra
• Guy Morgan
• Tristan Goode
• Katrina Clauscen
• Peter Leslie
• Carey Roach
• Jane Whitfield
• Stephen Stimac
• Stafford Hamilton
• Robyn Tantau
• Vee Lee
• Nicky Sloss
• Mike Aquilina
• Caralynne & Georgia Beletich
• Kim Colville
• Norbert Ruppe
• George Lamb
• Melissa Pinkerton
• Brett Doyle
• Joanna Sandford
• Brendan Dwyer
• Warran Holz
• Russell Theodore

Forgive us if you donated at our Fanny Place Fundraiser and your name does not  appear  here. If we have omitted you please contact us at africa@wayneandpatrick.org so we can add your name to the list.

We realised about 2 weeks ago that we had only 1 day at home together prior to Christmas & if we were to organise a fundraiser/drinks function we didn't have much time.

A quick phone call & meeting with Portia and another with Anthony Defina at House of Priscilla & of course Nicola and her fantastic catering and we were underway.

It all had to come together pretty quickly & we have quite a few friends to thank for their generous time & donations to help us make it possible ....

Portia, for doing what she does best

Anthony Defina at House of Priscilla www.houseofpriscilla.com.au

Paul at Mankind  www.mankind.com.au

Fiona at Soleil Tanning  www.soleil.com.au

Marc Kuzma at Slide  www.slide.com.au

Prada Clutch for being fabulous, Matthew Ezra, Paul Garrett, Nicola George , Stafford Hamilton & Mark Woodward.

And a very special thanks to Guy Morgan who donated the raffle prize, which was eagerly anticipated and drawn on the night. The holiday in a fabulous villa in Bali went to Stephen Rivera. See what Stephen won at www.tamuseseh.com

Finally thank you to all our friends for coming and supporting us on the night. We look forward to keeping you up to date, right here, with our adventure as it unfolds.

The night raised donations totaling approx $2500- & we thank each of you for that. 

Cairo to Caketown Portia & Stephen Rivera

Before anything else we do wish to thank - 

Tristan at APTIRA for getting us 'up & running'.  Thanks for all your help & guidance with the website planning and it's ongoing  hosting, also for continuing to find the time to answer all our questions. This would not have been achieved without you.

Sean & George at AVERNIS for designing, developing & delivering this amazing website. It is so far in excess of anything we could possibly have imagined.