disability short trike rides – St George School 05.12.23

We have done disability short trike rides for this school before. This is their ‘schoolies’ week so the carers wanted to organise something special for them. Our trike rider Fred met them at a prearranged place in Centennial Park. Before I emailed a follow up, Angela wrote to us:

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Dear Trevor,

I just wanted to let you know that today’s trip was wonderful. Our students had a great time out on the bike and Fred was absolutely wonderful. We all really appreciated how accommodating he was and great with our students. It was truly an experience that they won’t forget.

Please say thank you to Fred again from us all.
Kind regards,
Angela

Centennial Park

Riding around Centennial Park is actually very interesting. It is a lovely, open area of 189 ha. A perfect place for trike rides. Our Harley riders often ride through as well. It’s such a nice place, a lovely experience. 120 fields and venues, and 35+ different sports played in the Centennial Parklands makes it the largest community sports precinct in Australia!

If you have Fred as your rider, ask him about the incredible eels. The disability short trike rides were such fun for rider, passengers and carers.

Centennial Park history

It was originally a swamp and then set aside as land for the water source for Sydney. Centennial Park was reconstructed as a public park and opened in 1888. Sir Henry Parkes’ vision was to create a ‘People’s Park’ in which the citizens of Sydney could ‘take in the air’ away from the Sydney town centre.

In it’s 130th year (2018), Centennial Park – the ‘People’s Park – has been honoured with an Australian National Heritage Listing. This elevates the Park to the status of other National Heritage places such as Bondi Beach, the Melbourne Cricket Ground and the Australian War Memorial.

‘Great Inaugural Procession’

Centennial Park has outstanding heritage value to the nation. It’s the site chosen for one of the defining events in Australia’s history: the inauguration of the Commonwealth of Australia.

The inauguration event held at Centennial Park on 1 January 1901 was a key moment in Australia’s progression to a unified Commonwealth. The six colonies of South Australia, Western Australia, New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania and Queensland were brought together as one.

These actions marked the creation of a new democracy. From this moment, on 1 January 1901, the Commonwealth of Australia became a self-governing nation.

However, the 2 hours was up so the passengers were loaded back into their bus. In conclusion, the disability short trike rides were a success yet again. We love bringing smiles to their faces, giving them the Feeling of Freedom. Design you own ride