Dave and Jen For Oxfam

Nine weeks. 9 weeks. 9 wks. I typed it a few ways and all of them elicited the same excitement and trepidation. We leave for Vietnam and Cambodia in nine weeks time. At the time of writing I have managed to pick up a cold from a work trip in the previous few days and am ruled off the bike to rest up for the weekend.

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To salvage the remains of a weekend spent in airports and on a very long and boring train journey, Jen and I returned to Brisbane with the aim of dumping bags on the floor and hitting the bikes for a quick ride. The quick ride quickly became our first time on a path we had previously discussed as a possible training route. Namely, New Farm to West End and back. This ride, which we have mapped online, travels mostly along the various floating platforms and riverside walkways that hug the Brisbane river. The weather at this stage seemed clear overhead. At this stage.

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From this point on we are about the leave the comfort of double figures for the number of weeks left to go. Ten of them now rolling downhill with an increasing momentum and a threat of crushing our self imposed deadlines for fundraising efforts. Within the next ten weeks Jen and I will have raised our target amount of $11,000. If I had not of worked with Not For Profit and Non Government Organisations for some time and seen the ease of which an intent fundraiser can achieve their goals I would be going something like this:

“Arrrggghhh!!!!”

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What is a new blog without a “Hello World!”. This is our first post out of hopefully many that offer an insight and a personal record of our involvement in the Oxfam Cambodia Challenge in 2008. The name of the site hopefully sums up the basics as far as two people with a passion for the work of a charity and an excitement for one of their most intriguing fundraising methods. Dave and Jen for Oxfam. Just add mountain bikes, humidity, the chance to change the world, adventure, video cameras and a small stuffed cat. Don’t worry, you will all get to meet Squishy, our mascot, later. For now, please bookmark the site, add it to your RSS feeds, check out the work of Oxfam and help us support the Oxfam Cambodia Challenge!