Laverton Cycling Project Update December 2024! The December and Final 2024 Update from the Laverton Cycling Project - Courtesy of Sabine Bird! A big thanks to the Shire of Laverton for their support this month! “Our December trip was planned to be shorter and outside of school hours, which gave us time to meet up with locals during the day and attend youth centre activities in the afternoons. The days were [...]
Laverton Cycling Project Update November 2024! The November Update from the Laverton Cycling Project - Courtesy of Sabine Bird! “It was HOT! Nevertheless, we had a record number of children in Mulga Queen and Cosmo Newbery. Seeing their excited faces, and being welcomed with hugs and cheerful screams, is always a heartwarming treat for us. While we managed to get some race-practice in with the Mulga-kids, we were focusing on braking, [...]
Laverton Cycling Project Update October 2024! The October Update from the Laverton Cycling Project - Courtesy of Matthew Connan! “In 8 years of racing under the Cycling Development Foundation program, I've learnt a thing or two about resilience and dealing with adversity that has prepared me for similar circumstances in the real world. This Laverton trip has been a little bit about that! Providing a service for the children [...]
Laverton Cycling Project Update July 2024 - NAIDOC Week! The July Update from our Laverton Cycling Project Coordinator: Sabine Bird! "A huge week has just passed and it was all in the name of "Blak, Loud and Proud" in Laverton!" NAIDOC week celebrations saw a jam-packed program in town for a full week! Led by the Pakaanu Aboriginal Corporation, we participated and assisted in numerous youth and [...]
Laverton Cycling Project Update June 2024 The June Update from our Laverton Cycling Project Coordinator: Sabine Bird! A massive thank you to WestCycle in particular for their support on this trip! This month was different, as we stayed in Laverton and battled some downpours! The CDF was invited to a fun-filled End of Term Mystery Night organised by the School. This Night was mainly to celebrate the attendance rate of [...]
WestCycle to again partner with the Laverton Cycling Project. WestCycle has been an ongoing supporter of The Cycling Development Foundation, and The Laverton Cycling Project for a number of years, and we are stoked to have their continuing support. “WestCycle have supported our program for a number of years and have provided some great contributions with ideas, props and helping hands particularly in recent times. We love collaborating with such an [...]
Laverton Cycling Project Update May 2024 The May Update from our Laverton Cycling Project Coordinator: Sabine Bird! “A big 'Thank you' this month goes to Horizon Power for continuously supporting our efforts here in this very remote community." Mulga Queen & Cosmo Newbery After the heavy floods in previous months, the landscape is lusher than we have ever seen anything in the outback. Quite astounding. At school, we taught students about the 5 [...]
Horizon Power to partner with the Laverton Cycling Project for the next 3 years Horizon Power has supported the Laverton Cycling Project for numerous years, and it is with great joy we announce their commitment will now be reinforced with a further three-year commitment to our project. “We have enjoyed a great relationship with Cycling Development Foundation over the years and look forward to continuing this for the next three. It’s [...]
Sophia Erhard retires from the CDF Board We wish Sofia all the best and thank her for her incredible contributions to our cause as she moves on from the CDF Board. CDF Chair Julie de Jong: “On behalf of the CDF Board, I wish to acknowledge and express how truly grateful to our outgoing Director Treasurer Sofia Erhard who has volunteered her time to guide CDF over these past few years, dedicating [...]
Welcoming Marguerite Braeckman to the CDF Board The Cycling Development Foundation Board is excited to welcome Marguerite Braeckman to the CDF Board as Treasurer and Director. Cycling Development Foundation Chair, Julie de Jong is pleased to welcome Marguerite: “I am pleased to announce that we warmly welcome a new CDF Board Director, Marguerite Braeckman. Marguerite brings to the Board over 40 years of experience as a Chartered Accountant and her expertise in [...]
