Thank you and
for your donation when I posted about the DGR. All together with the donations from family, friends and colleagues, my son and I have raised a total of $562 AUD (about $365 USD).
Fundraising stats
- Sydney has raised so far $218,847 AUD
- Australia has raised $1,249,179 AUD, standing 3rd behind the USA and England
- The DGR worldwide has raised a grand total of $10.93M AUD ($7.11M USD)
What an amazing achievement. However, the fundraising ends Sunday June 4th 23:59 GMT. You can still donate here: https://gfolk.me/quochuy
The event
We left home at 7am, my wife and son took the train, it was raining 😥. After dropping them off at the station, I returned home to finish the last preparation and rode all the way down to the venue, that's a lovely ride on the highway for about 90 km which I don't often do with my 250cc cruiser but it has enough power to get up to speed without issue.
At the venue, my son and I changed into dapper clothes and got ready for the ride which started at around 11.15am. The ride started later due to the half marathon also happening on the same day, we had to wait until some of the roads are getting unblocked.
While waiting for the start, we walked around and had a look at the 900+ retro / vintage motorcycles that were participating to the ride. There were some really beautiful bikes of all types: cruisers, cafe racers, sport bikes, retro bikes etc... My wife was in awe.
11.15am, the ride has started, my son and I jumped on the good old 2007 Kawasaki VN250 Eliminator and joined the group. We rode around Sydney for about 2 hours, going through Watson Bay, the Harbour Bridge and Luna Park. Luckily, the rain didn't last and it was sunny for the rest of the day. We got to know some awesome fellow riders during the ride and it was amazing to re-discover Sydney from a biker perspective.
We all enjoyed the ride and are looking forward to next year event.
Thank you all again for your support.