Thanks for all of support and encouragement, gents. Late on the morning of Day2 I was pretty close to going in search of beer to drown my sorrows, but the positivity from people on this forum was one of the reasons I kept going.
Also, a big thanks to everyone who donated money to the cause and to everyone who passed the hat around at various events.
Really, I have a
huge list of people who deserve specific, personal Thank Yous... I always try to avoid listing people because I would hate to forget anyone, but I will give it a shot:
My long-suffering wife for
everything;
Lard for volunteering to come and be service bitch and for doing a bloody good job of it;
John Robertson for being a service bitch and doing a bloody good job of it;
Mainline for running around collecting and posting the front mousse to me;
Wright Motorcycles for ALL of the help (not least of which was allowing the account limit to be stretched...);
Col Metcher for his publicity and fundraising efforts within the QVMX (and BMCC?);
Greg Scriven for his publicity and fundraising efforts within Heaven;
VMX Magazine for their publicity and fundraising efforts;
Scooter News for their publicity and fundraising efforts;
The Central Coast Dirt Riders crew for their service help;
Phil Gemalas for the accomodation love;
Phteven (that's
Stephen with a ph 
) Willett for the enthusiasm and parts-spotting;
Everyone at the event who offered support and encouragment, particularly Matt, Luke, Mark, Cuffie, Klee, Bob, Justin, Neil, Mick W, Mick T and Wayne;
Lard's dad for the loan of the ute;
Wog for his servicing help;
Brad for donating a mousse to a complete stranger at the start of the event - that particular gesture was particularly appreciated;
And last - but definitely not least - Relfy for coming up with the bloody idea in the first place!
It really is a seriously humbling experience now that I've typed it out. More so when I consider that I haven't mentioned my mum or Lard's missus or another dozen people who were happy to put themselves out so I could go racing an old dirt bike.
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Right now, sitting here with a bung leg, two aching elbows and numerous other aches and pains... I'm already looking forward to the 2015 A4DE in Tasmania.
Relfy, are you in?
