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Doris Glier

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My training progress

164 km

My target

155 km

Why I'm walking

I'm walking this October to raise awareness and help more Australians access essential healthcare.

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Please support my challenge to keep the Flying Doctor flying!

This October for the third time, I’m again taking on a month-long fitness challenge to help more people access the care they need. By going further, I hope to raise as much as possible for the Royal Flying Doctor Service (RFDS). We'll see, how far I get this time! :-)

You all know, Australia is a big country, and for those living in remote, rural and regional areas, access to immediate care isn’t a guarantee. For some communities, the nearest hospital is eight hours drive away. I have been to a few remote places over the years - believe me - they can be really REMOTE!

Every year, the RFDS reach more than 330,000 Australians with 24-hour emergency retrieval and primary healthcare services. That’s one person every two minutes!

Together, we can keep the Flying Doctor flying and continue their life-saving work. Please donate to my challenge today, if you can!

In case you are not able to donate for one or the other reason to this cause, please take a moment to spread the word about the wonderful work RFDS do and share my Ocean to Outback page.

Thank you.

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Reach My Goal

Raised

$463

My Goal

$555

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So far this year
I’ve helped provide...

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12

Laryngoscopes – used to assist in intubating and ventilating a patient.

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7

Life-saving medical chests for a remote, rural or regional community.

Defibrillator Pads

7

Defibrillator Pads – used with a machine to monitor a patient’s cardiac health.

 TOP DONATION 

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$72.06
Lyn Begg
Shoutout to Lyn
– my biggest supporter so far with a $72.06
donation to help the Royal Flying Doctor Service
bring life-saving support to Australians in need.

Here's how much Doris has raised
to keep the Flying Doctor flying!

$1,001
2024
$1,657
2025
$463
2026

Doris has raised a grand total of $3,121 over 3 years!

Thank you to my supporters

100% Total Legends

Top Fans

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Ralph Gwynne

$72.06

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Lyn Begg

$72.06

Best of luck with it, Doris! :)

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Sue

$72.06

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Ann Hart

$55.95

Well done Doris, I look forward to hearing your challenge updates. Keep up the good work.

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Tonina Giramondo

$55.95

Proud Supporters

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Katelyn Muir

$36.62

Sending you encouragement and endurance as you support this wonderful cause, well done Doris.

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Pam Longe

$36.62

Loving your photos of your walks for such a good cause Doris!

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Joanne B 🙂

$35.85

What a great idea- Go Doris!

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Riss Leung

$20

Great work Doris! Sing out if you want any company on your walks.

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Doris Glier

$6.2

My Team

Iggsbee

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Doris Glier

Raised so far

$463

Iggsbee

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Sophia Lukas

Raised so far

$32

Iggsbee

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Melinda Smith

Raised so far

$128

My Updates

Celebrating already 10 donations

Friday 18th Sep
Thanks to the diverse lovely communities I already received my 10th donation for the Royal Flying Doctor Service.
A big shout out to my recent generous donators Katelyn and Lyn. Thanks a lot!
Yesterday I went out hiking in a gorge with lots of steep hills going up and down to hopefully find yet another bridge to cross a river. But I only figure out that lots of crossings were washed away. Therefore the walk got a bit longer time wise - not really that many kilometres though. However, the hills were indeed steep!

Sunrise at Forrest, Western Australia - no HILLs

The importance of resting

Tuesday 15th Sep
Check out what this cute little lizard is doing - lying in the warm spring sun!
That reminds me that resting is an important part of my training. I have been building up slowly some longer walks combined with some other exercises. 
Over a month in my practice walks I have almost reached my kilometres target. All the progress will be reset on 1st October and I will start again aiming to walk at least 155km. 
Who can do the maths? 
That is going to be over 300km of walking to raise awareness for the awesome work of the RFDS. 
I’m confident that I’m on the right track to reach that target.
Whether I will manage to get close to doubling my fundraising goal, depends on the kindness of  you all.
I wonder, who is stepping up next?

A few walking friends

Friday 11th Sep
Reporting back that I had some great walking partners this week making it easier to clock up some kilometres. A fine tuning treatment of my body help to get into a smoother stride. Checked out the crossing to the gorge (mentioned on my post 23rd August) this morning and can report back that it is possible to enter from there at the moment. 
Who would like to come along exploring?

No donations this week - but there is still time.

Clouds leave room for interpretations

Monday 7th Sep
Thank you to two more kind donors.
I have been steadily preparing for my challenge in October, mainly doing smaller walks, but also a little be on strength work to prepare my body. Parkwalked with my new RFDS challenge partner on Saturday, threw in a little walk before volunteering at Junior parkrun and finally did a longer walk today with my other team member.
My training feels a bit like the picture with the clouds and some windows to see the ground.
You are free to interpret the comparison with the clouds yourself. :-)

Three walks today - two more donations

Thursday 3rd Sep
I have chosen this red pigface flower from our garden as a thank you for the two generous donations I received from dear fellow parkruners.
In my opinion this plant is suited for my RFDS Ocean to Outback fundraising cause as it is a tough, low-growing succulent ground cover that is hardy surviving droughts, heat, coastal wind and salty sprays from the ocean.
What do you think?

Starting a new practice month and (team) donation

Tuesday 1st Sep
Firstly thanks for some more generous donations.
A new practice months started today. 
How often have you thought, you needed to be highly motivated to see results? 
But the truth is, motivation comes and goes. I feel like on a roller coaster with my motivation as well. Perseverance helps me moving forward even on those days when I feel less motivated. 
Thanks to all the encouragements, I get from so many people, I keep walking day after day as every kilometre counts.
Receiving encouragement by reacting with a thump up or kind words raises awareness for the RFDS. 
If you can spare some money to donate for this cause -  maybe instead of buying a coffee - it will add up, the more people can do it. Thanks everyone! 

Kind words with a donation

Thursday 27th Aug
There is such a wonderful, caring community out there. Thank you for another awesome donation and encouraging words. 
I will continue to challenge myself and try to prepare smart to get back into the groove for October. 
Out early today - and back for some more in the afternoon.

Donation Boost

Tuesday 25th Aug
Just when I found myself struggling with getting into a proper practice routine, another wonderful person shows me that I matter by donating to my RFDS Ocean to Outback challenge. Thank you so much for this energy boost. I made it out early in the raining morning for a few kilometres.

Some more practice walks

Sunday 23rd Aug
Getting back in to a steady walk practice is harder than expected. After a wonderful parkrun weekend meeting caring people, I found the energy to venture out in nature on a late sunny Sunday morning. 
No river crossing today - have to wait for the water level to go down to do some calming gorge walks.
Hopefully someone will join me by then. 

First donation

Tuesday 18th Aug
How exciting! I already received my first donation for RFDS. Thanks a lot your generosity not only in donating, but also in offering to walk parts of the challenge with me, is greatly appreciated and gives me an extra boost to go further.

First practice walks

Monday 17th Aug
Over the last week I started a few practice walks. Today I did a longer one together with my team member. The fog lifted half way to a glorious day,
I think, I need to get fitter and back into the groove to keep the doctors flying.