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Walking without Sticks?

Rehabilitation
I am currently working on some new walking methods using less support than I have in the past. Without sticks and without being held by the forearms, using this method I need to provide a lot more balance myself. Who knows if it is possible or not. viagra super active Enjoy, Mike.
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Stateline Article on Cycle Safety

Cycle Safety
I appeared in an article on Stateline (ABC television) in Victoria in March 2011. Purchase cialis online The same interview but in an extended format was also featured on a program called Contact Sport. You can view it at the following link: ABC TV Contact Sport . The episode was shown on Friday, 22 April and my feature starts 18 min and 10 seconds into the program.
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Bayside Council Vote Was Successful!

Cycle Safety
After years of hard work from a number of people some action has been taken by the Bayside City Council to trial a No Stopping Zone on Beach Road here in Melbourne between 6 AM and 10 AM on Saturday and Sunday mornings. This trial will hopefully show to work at home how that it provides a safer environment for all on weekends as well as better traffic flow, decreased noise and with little impact on local businesses who rely on parking along this route during these times. It is up to everyone in the cycling community to treat this trial as a privilege and show that cyclist behaviour warrants this ruling reflecting how the road is used at this time. If you are a cyclist please ensure that your…
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Bayside Council Vote – your support is needed

Cycle Safety
As you would be aware, City of Port Philip and Kingston have already commenced the 12 month trial of 'No Stopping' zones along Beach Rd as a measure to increase cyclist safety. Bayside council is having a meeting tomorrow night at which there is a proposal that they too join these other councils and approve a trial for a 'No Stopping' zone along Route 33 (Beach Rd). There is a group of residents who are highly organised, highly vocal and highly against this 'No Stopping' zone so we need to get a large number of supporters of the 'No Stopping' zone to attend and speak in favour of the proposal. You can speak for 3 minutes but something as simple as "I support the recommendation and urge council to proceed with…
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My Everest … the Journey Continues

Rehabilitation
I am about to make some changes to my rehabilitation routine after spending a little over 12 months as an outpatient at the Epworth hospital rehabilitation centre. I am about to leave them to spend some more time making the physical abilities that I have developed to be more functional. My main aim over the next few months will be to see if I can drive. I am dreaming of being able to walk out of my front door, get myself in the car, put my seatbelt on and drive somewhere. Once I'm there, I will need to be able to take the seatbelt off, get out of the car and walk to my destination. To celebrate what I have achieved during my time at the Epworth Hospital I have put…
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7 PM Project … Take II!

Cycle Safety
For those who are interested, the segment that was originally to be shown tonight (Monday, 2 August) at 7 PM on Channel 10 will now be shown tomorrow night (Tuesday, 3 August). You will have to look out for it again, sorry! I have now placed a link to the article that was aired on You Tube. You can find this link on the Cycle Safety page of this website. Cheers, Mike.
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Riding Together and the 7 PM Project

Cycle Safety
A lot has happened since my last post including a trip to Japan with some photos I will post shortly, a trip to Sydney and the Hunter Valley for a cousin's wedding, and a trip to Brisbane to visit my brother where everyone but Monica, Ashley and mBuying Cialis Online Without Prescriptionyself got violently sick! We have bought a new house, some progress has been made on the No Stopping Zone in the Bayside Council area, and we have a female Prime Minister (for now at least)! It has been a good six weeks to try and do things with this body that does not work. The trip to Japan was with friends who are fabulously helpful and at times I was even an asset to have around. Needless to…
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Entertainment Book If You Want It!

General
For those of you who would like an entertainment book, a friend of ours is organising it again for use over the next 12 months. These books are fabulous to give you discounts at restaurants, fun parks and anything to do with entertainment in your local area. If you would like one, you can download the order form from this entertainment book link and return it to the details provided in the order form. Enjoy, Mike.
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Have Your Say!

Cycle Safety
The newspaper article related to the petition that we prepared and submitted appears in the Bayside Leader and other Leader newspapers today. Please feel free to have your say on this issue by following this link: http://bayside-leader.whereilive.com.au/news/story/clearway-petition-push-on/. There are sure to be many inflamed comments from the other side of the fence on this issue so it is important to represent what the majority has clearly shown with the 2300 signatures that we collected. Cheers, Mike.
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2,300 Signatures – 550 Bayside Residents!

Cycle Safety
A big thankyou to the volunteers and everyone who helped gather signatures. The petition was submitted on Wednesday containing just under 2300 signatures, over 500 from residents of Bayside. This is apparently a record petition to Bayside council so well done. If you still have a page of signatures out there, please still send them in as they can be submitted subsequent to the petition being lodged. This petition is being put to council at their meeting this Tuesday (25th May). It should give great leverage with council as we move towards achieving a safer Beach Rd. Let's hope that common sense and democracy prevail. I will keep you posted as to the results of this effort. From here we hopefully get to speak at an upcoming council meeting where it…
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