Melbourne Boat Show 2015

Well off we go again trying to drum up sponsorship at the Melbourne Boat Show 2015 in our branded t-shirts. We are full of expectation and hope as always even though our energy a little low on this Sunday morning. Jasmine nursing a cold and feeling miserable although she makes no complaints. I’m having one of those MS ‘yuck’ days where pain & overall discomfort is my constant companion throughout the day. Nevertheless on with things as we slowly make our way around checking out the boats and trying to share our journey. As always we meet people who happen to either have someone in their family with MS or knows of someone with the disease. A lovely woman told me her story of how she and her husband got into the business of selling pontoon boats. Her mother-in-law suffers from MS and as she became less mobile finding it harder to step up into a boat they looked into pontoons as an alternative. She explains these boats have a lot of space and comfort even allowing for a wheelchair to be pushed on board. Her mother-in-law now enjoys the water again after spending all her life on the river watching her children grow up skiing and holidaying on the Murray River. What a moving story. Never ceases to amaze me what some families will do to support their love ones. We meet another special soul who takes great time to listen to our plight and plans to travel from source to sea and he invites us to contact him this week. He states he should be able to help some way. So my fingers and toes are crossed in the hope for sponsorship however will be thrilled with any contributions he might make. Will keep you all posted.

Dreaming of a boat like this on the Murray River.

Dianne & Jasmine soldiering on with their aches and pains.