tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-66659049074742885072024-11-05T18:47:22.069-08:00I'm going away on a roadtrip around Australia with over one thousand other dedicated youth leaders. Follow my Journey!Jack Latrobehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01550119573078550830noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6665904907474288507.post-43916361739368317622010-09-06T19:30:00.000-07:002010-09-06T19:30:00.693-07:00

I'll be travelling again soon, this time not as far as country-wide. However, in about Jan, Feb, I'm looking to head over to Perth for a few weeks. If anyone has any suggestions about Perth, lemme know!

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So, we were all sitting waiting for the youth forum to start and someone started to dance. Might have been a queenslander. We're all at the australian national university, in one of their biggest lecture halls. And tom oconnor just told me he's going to give a talk and embarras me. Perfect....

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So, after an exciting night of being appointed one of the national first aiders, and staying at the hospital until 2am, the 5:30 wake up time was out of the question. So I started my day with a sleep in, then hopped on a bus to parliament. And there I stayed... I've been in and out of summits all day, hearing from some amazing people such as hugh evans, tom connor, members of the uniting

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I messed the name of the speaker up. It's not bob brown, it's bob mcmallum.

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First off, epic is both a describing word and a noun. Epic is the exhibition centre in canberra. Thats where we are. All 1100 of us. It's So bloody loud. But i'm lovin it! Bob brown, leader of the greens is speaking to us as I type. He is speaking to up on the interlinked problems of global warming and poverty. In his words, we are the generation of change. He supports us in all we do.

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Stayed at a nice caravan park last night, but any hope of warmth was dashed. Frost, to the level where the heater in my room was on high, and pushing out cold air, not the literally freezing air from outside. Just as I write this, a bus full of tasmanian roadtrippers just passed us. How awesome. Today, we'll be saying goodbye to one of the fantastic reach team, tay. Her role on this trip has

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What an uplifting experience. We ran into issues in both shep and gisbourne. Aubury was a totally different experience, everyone seemed much friendlier and receptive to our campaign.The flash mob went off. We met up with the S.A roadtrip crew, who were a third of the size of the vic crew. The three monkeys of poverty. Hear no poverty, speak no poverty, see no poverty. Those are the attitudes we

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Yeah, I didn't get time to blog yesterday. Full on day all through shepparton. Great lunch from the rotary club at selman brothers orchards. Great bunch of people. I got the chance to speak to some of the police prosecutors from vantatu. Their insight into not so much a lack of food, but a lack of healthcare and education can have a huge negative effect on a population. He also had something

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So anyway, I just needed to share how much I love peaches. I mean like they are cold and sweet and juicy and good god dam! Anyway, remember to sign you and everyone you know on to the act to end poverty at www.acttoendpoverty.comSent using a Sony Ericsson mobile phone

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So, up at six and strait into it with bacon and egg rolls and a visit from an old local activist and former ausaid worker. By 12 we were underway in gisbourne, up and down the double main street, the shopping centre and of course, the local footy! We got over 100 signatures. Exact numbers with be collated tonight. Remember, if you havn't signed the act to end poverty, then bloody do it! If

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Ok, so we heard from andrew hewitt, from oxfam. He spoke about our responsibility for both poverty and climate change. Following him was kelvin thomson. He spoke about the governments current committment to environmental change, world hunger, access to safe drinking water and universal primary education. The government backs the MDG's, and is committed to raising the aid budget. Following him

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Wow. What a huge day. We've done a flash mob in city square, canvassed for support and gained another 10 signatures from our group alone. We're at the brunswick town hall now, awaiting two or three mp's to arrive. I'll post later and let you all know how you it goes!Sent using a Sony Ericsson mobile phone. I love technology!

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From now on, i'll be sending everything I post from my phone. I figured I should test it all out before I leave.

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Date: 7th May (Friday)Location: HomeStory: Here it comes. Frantically packing for the roadtrip tomorrow. Wash clothes, in to bed, early night. Tomorrow it all starts.From tomorrow, I'll be blogging every day.

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Date: 18th April 2010Location: Melbourne University (Sidney Myer Asia Centre), Melbourne, VictoriaStory:Well, today it all started.We all met at Melbourne Uni (Alot of us were early) and found ourselves locked out. The nice man in the fluro shirt let us in and we all got started...after breaking an elevator and skipping with a really long scarf.It was amazing to meet everyone. The team of leaders

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