Some of our volunteers travel a fair distance to join the team at our Wheelchair Shed in Arundel: Terry comes all the way from Jacobs Well. “So how did you find out about us?” I asked him. Well, it’s a small world after all: his daughter is a close friend of Des La Rance’s daughter! (For those of you who came in late: Des La Rance OAM is the man who, back in the mid-nineties, invented the concept of making ‘Rough Terrain’ wheelchairs by using discarded bicycles as raw materials, and he is still coming to work today!).Before retirement, Terry ran a Butcher Shop. But, quite unusual: "In 1997, my wife and I hitched up a caravan, intending to travel around Australia." So they did, but not just once: 5 times, for 11 years..! These days, he also works at one of the Men’s Sheds, “but this is a step above, making “real” things”, he said. Widowed some four years ago, he much enjoys spending time with his family of 5 children, 11 Grandkids and 5 Great-Grandkids. He enjoys reading (mostly non-fiction, such as Peter Fitzsimmons’ ‘Kokoda’, the story of the iconic battle of Word War II. And... he’s got a camper van, and he uses it!
Welcome to the Surfers Sunrise Wheelchairs Team!