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THE CENTRAL COAST VOICE Readers in the Central Coast Region YOUR COMMUNITY NEWSPAPER & Online ISSN 2206-0057 Established 2015 September 2018 Vol CIRCULATED FREE to approx. 20,000+ THE CENTRAL COAST VOICE readers in the Central Coast Region YOUR COMMUNITY NEWSPAPER & Online ISSN 2206-0057 Established 2015 September 2018 Vol. 3 No. 12 www.thecentralcoastvoice.com.au Perth to Sydney via Uluru in Ten Days With Team Tassie Toy Soldiers Local brothers, Alex and for cancer research. This Public Sector, Cameron Ives, are set for the remarkable event has raised and adventure of a lifetime when more than $14.7 million since Cameron, a they join a convoy of teams in the first rally in 2010. To local Shitbox Rally, Australia’s largest participate, each team must electrician, independently-run fundraiser raise a minimum of $5,000. both from for Cancer Council. Their team, Tassie Toy Soldiers, Ulverstone, 2019 marks the tenth Shitbox stemmed as a theme idea felt the Rally – this time travelling from after Alex watched the Disney Shitbox Perth on 8th May to reach Pixar Movie Toy Story with Rally was an Sydney by 17th May 2019. his daughter, and likened the excellent and Shitbox Rally is a challenge to motto ‘No Toy Left Behind’ to exciting way drive cars worth $1,000 or less the rally’s motto of ‘Nobody to raise well across Australia via some of its left behind’. needed funds toughest roads to raise money Alex, an IT Technician in the for a great cause. “The Rally will also take Local brothers Alex and Cameron Ives us places we haven’t yet travelled, and live in a world without it.” provides plenty of mechanical Box Rallies Founder James challenges along the way,” says Freeman said Shitbox Rally is Alex. not a race, but a reward for “Cancer has heavily impacted fundraising efforts. “This is a our family, as it does so many chance to explore Australia, others, and this is a great drawing teams from around opportunity to concentrate the country to help achieve on raising some funds to help the extraordinary. 2019 is the Cancer research in Australia, so longest rally in SBR history. hopefully one day our kids can (Continued on p.3) HOW TO GET YOUR COPIES OF THE CENTRAL COAST THE CENTRAL COAST VOICE VOICE Copies are delivered to letterboxes and businesses, Circulated FREE in the Central Coast region. from the 2nd Thursday of each month, in Ulverstone, Distribution from the 2nd Thursday of each Forth, Penguin and Turners Beach. month. 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Travelling West to East the We’re grateful for the support terrain usually doesn’t change of the teams who take part as much as the South to North and the communities who help rallies, but that said, we them to fundraise.” are not staying on the same latitude so there will still be To donate to the Tassie Toy Sol- significant variation in terrain. diers Shitbox Rally Team, visit For an appointment call 6426 1420. There will still be a number of https://2019.shitboxrally.com. Wednesday-Friday, 9am - 5pm, surprises for the teams and au/tassie-toy-soldiers after hours by appointment. 35 Gilbert Street, Latrobe. Tai Chi/Qigong and Meditation Classes www.exsightingvision.com Dispel all thoughts in the deep and a gentle body-scanning techniques. I night but firm focus. also draw on my experience as Concentrate the mind on the We commence a practising Buddhist to lead dantian our Sunday guided meditations in tradi- Breathe slowly to build a mag- morning Tai/ tional practises such as the pie-bridge Chi/Qigong Healing and Compassionate Let the body fly like a swallow class with the aspects of Buddha Dharma. in the clouds. practise of Come along and join us next A wonderful poem! It is recited three forms Sunday from 10.30 – 12 noon silently at the beginning of a of varying in the Red Cross Hall, King popular Qigong form and it characteristics.
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