0:13

From Vision Australia. This is talking

0:15

vision. And

0:18

now here's your host, Sam

0:20

Colley.

0:23

Hello everyone. It's great to be here

0:25

with you. And for the next half

0:27

hour we talk matters of blindness

0:29

and low vision.

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The biggest thing, I think, for

0:32

the blind, low vision climate is having

0:35

a site guide that can read

0:37

the wall for them and guide them up that wall,

0:39

the best and most efficient way possible. And

0:41

that's where Ben comes in, not just as my coach,

0:43

but also as my guide. Who can.

0:46

We basically develop a strong

0:48

communication bond to help me get the supply

0:50

off that wall as possible.

0:51

Welcome to the program. This

0:53

week we feature the second of

0:55

our para climbers heading to the

0:58

AFC Para Climbing World

1:00

Cups later this year, starting

1:02

in the USA and moving over

1:04

to Austria and then France

1:07

later in the year. His

1:09

name is Jason Water. You may

1:11

have heard him on the show before. He's

1:13

joining me today with his coach and

1:15

sighted guide, Ben Dalby.

1:17

You'll hear from them very shortly,

1:19

so make sure to stick around and

1:22

then after you hear from Jason and Ben

1:24

Leon from the libraries on the show,

1:26

to tell us a little bit about some

1:29

events coming up in the Vision

1:31

Australia library. And

1:33

to finish off today, we hear

1:35

from Jason Gibbs. He's

1:38

telling us all about 100 K

1:40

your way, a way to get fit and active

1:42

over the month of April, while also

1:44

raising vital funds for

1:46

Vision Australia. I

1:48

hope you enjoy this week's episode

1:51

of Talking Vision. Last

1:57

week we heard from Sarah Larkham,

1:59

who was heading along to the FSA

2:01

World Cups later this

2:04

year in Salt Lake City as part

2:06

of the Australian para climbing

2:08

team. Well, today we've

2:10

got a second member of

2:12

the team. His name is Jason

2:15

Water. He's a name you may be familiar

2:17

with if you're a long term listen

2:19

to the show. He's been on the show a few times.

2:22

He joins me today alongside

2:24

his sighted guide and coach

2:26

Ben Dalby, to chat about

2:28

power climbing and how to get involved.

2:31

Jason. Ben, welcome to Talking

2:33

Vision. Thanks so much for your time.

2:35

Thanks for having us.

2:36

Yeah, thanks. Good to chat.

2:38

Tell us a little bit more about yourselves

2:40

and involvement in para climbing.

2:42

Jason will come to you first.

2:44

Okay, well, I've only I'm

2:47

new to the scene of climbing. I

2:49

started training with Ben

2:52

less than a year ago, and

2:54

I fell into it because

2:56

I took one of my personal training clients

2:59

to a climbing gym where Ben worked.

3:01

And when I

3:03

saw my client go up the wall, I thought, I'll have a try

3:06

too. So I did, and

3:08

from there I haven't looked down

3:10

since. Um, but

3:13

yeah, it's, um, been quite an experience.

3:15

And then after I've done that, I thought, I'm going

3:17

to look into this to see what sporting avenues

3:20

there were. And so happens that

3:22

there was a para climbing division to

3:24

it. And there is also a blind

3:27

category for it. So I decided straight away

3:29

then that I have to compete and

3:31

so reach out to Ben. He jumped on board.

3:34

So yeah, jumped on board to help. And

3:36

here we are now, ready to compete in

3:39

the New South Wales and Act state

3:41

titles and going hopefully

3:43

on to Innsbruck in Austria.

3:45

Fantastic. And, um, Ben

3:47

will come to you now.

3:48

So my history

3:50

with climbing goes back about 11

3:52

years. I started climbing when I was a teenager,

3:55

started coaching maybe

3:57

4 or 5 years ago. I

3:59

started setting climbs 2 or

4:01

3 years ago. I've started

4:03

building climbing walls, building climbing

4:06

holds. So I'm very much

4:08

enmeshed in the climbing community.

4:10

And now I'm also

4:13

coaching. And Jason, a vision impaired climber

4:15

and planning and coaching, oversees site

4:18

guidance for him. So sort of

4:20

very much involved in almost all aspects

4:22

of climbing at the moment. And it's very exciting

4:24

to be able to go overseas and

4:26

sort of do what I love.

4:28

Now we've heard a little bit about

4:30

para climbing itself, but Jason,

4:32

could you tell us a little bit about some

4:34

specifics to para climbing

4:36

for people who are blind

4:38

or have low vision in particular,

4:40

people may be wondering if there

4:42

are sort of any differences, what

4:44

sort of adaptations and aspects

4:47

there are to that.

4:48

Sure.

4:48

Well, as I said, I'm pretty new to the sport,

4:51

so I don't know all that much. But what I

4:53

do know for the blind and low vision, we have

4:55

three categories that we do. Most of the

4:57

sports. So we except for the exception of B4.

4:59

So there's the B1 category, which

5:01

is those who have the least sight

5:04

and they would generally wear a blindfold

5:07

whilst climbing. Then the B2

5:09

division, which is my category and that

5:11

is those with some vision. For

5:14

me there's no vision, my left eye and very,

5:16

very central vision in my right eye. And then

5:18

you have B3 again. For my

5:20

understanding, they set the climb

5:22

accordingly to the vision impairment.

5:24

So for B1 the climb might

5:27

be a lot easier than it is for

5:29

a base rate climber. Again, that's my understanding.

5:31

That could potentially all use the same climb. But the

5:33

biggest thing I think for the

5:35

blind low vision climbers is having

5:37

a site guide that can read

5:39

the wall for them and guide them up. That will

5:42

be the best and most efficient way possible.

5:44

And that's where Ben comes in, not just as

5:46

my coach, but also as my site guide.

5:48

Who can. We basically develop a

5:50

strong communication bond to help me

5:52

get that wall as possible. Also

5:55

for my understanding is the ropes they use is

5:57

quite different. So mainstream climbers will do

5:59

what they call lean climbing, where you've got to clip yourself in

6:01

at intervals up the wall, whereas the

6:03

para climbing community or para climbing

6:05

teams, they will use a top rope. So you're secured

6:08

from the top so there's no clipping in.

6:10

And Ben, had you done any work

6:12

with blind or low vision athletes

6:15

before you met Jason?

6:16

No, not really. I had seen

6:19

a couple low vision climbers in

6:21

the gym before, but never really

6:23

anything with them. I had seen

6:25

a few other things coming through

6:27

the gym as well. One is

6:30

got an amputated leg, another one who was

6:32

wheelchair bound but never actively

6:34

coached them, never actively coached anyone with

6:36

any sort of disability. And to Jason,

6:38

what's.

6:39

The learning curve been like as a sighted

6:41

guide? What sort of been really

6:43

you've taken like a duck to water or

6:45

what else has been kind of a challenge

6:47

or, you know, what sort of that experience been

6:50

like for you?

6:51

Yeah, it's been good that I've been climbing for so long,

6:53

and I've been coaching for so long because a lot of

6:55

the skill. Giving good

6:57

advice on how to climb up through the roof, but

7:00

it has been much harder than

7:02

a normal coach client, because I have

7:04

to sort of adapt to Jason's

7:06

current knowledge and ability about climbing.

7:08

So if Jason was like a

7:11

climber before having gone blind,

7:13

I think it would have been a whole lot easier because

7:15

he had already had quite a good intuition for climbing.

7:18

But because Jason's come to it after

7:20

already lost a lot of his vision, we

7:22

have to sort of start from

7:24

absolute basics and

7:26

really build up our communication style

7:29

and his knowledge around climbing

7:31

and sort of add complexities

7:33

to our own language as we're going.

7:35

So we're both sort of learning from each other

7:37

as we go and both adapting our communication

7:40

style as we go, which is

7:42

quite interesting, but it's quite challenging as well.

7:44

Oh for sure. And Jason,

7:46

what sort of been the process for

7:48

you that you and Ben have settled

7:51

upon? What sort of the way that

7:53

you've decided that seems to work for

7:55

you both really? Well?

7:56

Well, I think it's something we're constantly trialling and

7:58

error and basically adapting and adjusting

8:01

here and there. But I think really

8:03

what was working for us is more of the playful

8:05

side of it where you get we can get pretty

8:07

jocular about things, but I think

8:09

for us, the best way

8:11

of communication, we've tried to

8:13

use these less as best. So

8:15

Ben's trying to teach me more to climb intuitively

8:18

and then call when I need it, or

8:20

when he sees me struggling. Um, my

8:22

biggest issues are with my feet because, again,

8:24

not just with the blindness, but with the diabetic neuropathy.

8:27

I don't have great sensation in my

8:29

feet and arms and legs and hands

8:31

and stuff, so I don't have that proprioception.

8:34

And if I'm not feeling secure, then

8:36

Ben will remind me that my foothold is secure

8:38

or the grip is secure. Again,

8:40

just bringing on that reassurance. But

8:42

yeah, again, I think like it's always changing

8:44

the way we are communicating.

8:46

Yeah, I think it's a bit early days to say

8:48

that we have any sort of communication style that's

8:51

set in stone. Um fair enough.

8:53

Yeah. Constantly sort of revising it

8:55

and adapting it as we go.

8:57

And Jason, how can people get

8:59

involved in para climbing if they're

9:01

interested in getting active and

9:03

having a climb?

9:05

Yeah, that's a great question, because I

9:07

really don't want to be the only one in the blind category in

9:09

my division competing against myself the whole time.

9:11

So there are a number of ways you could probably

9:13

get involved. Um, I found out

9:15

through my local gym who put me on to adaptive

9:17

climbing. Victoria, I do know

9:19

there's also adaptive climbing in New South Wales,

9:22

and I potentially think there's also one out based

9:24

out in Queensland. But my best recommendations

9:26

for that would be Google search adaptive climbing.

9:29

Also look at para climbing and then

9:31

talking to your local climbing gym.

9:33

There's bound to be someone there that's going to help

9:35

you out and point you in the right direction. And

9:37

if you look at the Australian Sports

9:40

Climbing website and contact them, they will

9:42

definitely be able to help you out.

9:43

I'm not sure if Jason had any idea

9:45

when he went to Gravity Works, that he'd be able to

9:48

find a coach, and eventually a site

9:50

guide to help them compete overseas,

9:52

but you'd be surprised by how helpful gym

9:54

staff can be like. The climbing community is amazing.

9:57

They always surprised me with how

9:59

generous they are going to be with their time and

10:01

their skills. They can just be so vast,

10:03

so it's always worth asking someone.

10:05

Now, Jason, I understand there's

10:08

a way for people out there to

10:10

support the para climbing team.

10:12

So tell us a little bit about that.

10:15

I'd like to say that you can support the

10:17

Australian team. There is a Sports

10:19

Foundation in Australia page

10:21

that you can go and provide

10:23

a small donation and contribute to

10:25

getting the team over to these World Cups

10:28

and any small donation small. I just always

10:31

encouraged and grateful for.

10:33

And of course, the um, ifSc

10:35

World Cups are coming up shortly

10:37

and the first one in Salt Lake City.

10:40

So, Jason, what are you looking forward

10:42

to there, and how do you think the team will go?

10:44

Well, I feel that some of our team

10:46

members are going to crush it there.

10:48

I definitely think, um, Sarah Larkin

10:50

is going to do extremely well. I'm also

10:53

hoping for the others going over there to do pretty

10:55

good. They are pretty adept climbers and they look good on the

10:57

wall. Far better than me, that's for sure.

10:59

I won't be attending Salt Lake City. We

11:02

had a few hurdles when it

11:04

comes to insurance and all my medical conditions,

11:06

but we will be looking at taking part

11:08

in Innsbruck, which is in Austria, and

11:10

that will be at the end of June, July. So

11:13

I've got a bit of time, and I've also got a chance

11:15

to see how the rest of the Aussie team fare

11:17

in the World Cup in Salt Lake City

11:20

beforehand, and I will be definitely cheering them on

11:22

from home. Yeah, it's very exciting.

11:24

And Ben, what are you looking forward to

11:26

over the next? You know, a few months

11:28

with the mates there?

11:30

I am very keen to see the Germans. Brook

11:32

I mean it's it's a massive gym,

11:34

um, with like the best resources around the world.

11:37

And the competition wall outdoors

11:40

is, like, quite spectacular. So,

11:42

like, I, I can imagine that it's going

11:44

to look way cooler in

11:47

person. And then you can ever imagine on the screen

11:49

or online. So I'm very much looking forward

11:51

to.

11:51

That in this book is a fantastic

11:54

town as well to visit and.

11:56

Obviously super alpine and super

11:58

mountain oriented. So that's absolutely

12:01

I could be climbing heaven. So that's really

12:03

exciting to head along there and check

12:05

that out. Now Jason,

12:07

what is the best way for

12:09

people to follow along with

12:11

the Australian para climbing team as they

12:13

head along to the World Cups? How

12:15

can people keep in touch with and

12:17

keep tabs on what Tom, you and Ben

12:19

are up to?

12:21

Well, Ben and I are constantly posting on social

12:23

media about our little shenanigans, about what

12:25

we're doing to lead up to it. Best

12:28

way to follow it, I would say, is through social

12:30

media outlets. So looking up sports

12:33

climbing Australia and sports

12:35

climbing Victoria also adaptive

12:37

climbing Victoria will have some. And

12:39

looking at the ifSc website,

12:43

social media pages and YouTube

12:45

channels, I believe Ben would

12:48

be more in it to look.

12:49

I think probably probably Jason as well.

12:51

Jason weiter 99

12:53

zero and myself at Druid

12:55

holds on Instagram. There's

12:58

yeah.

12:59

Yeah. Now we always like a

13:01

good Instagram.

13:02

Yeah well we're trying to make it, uh, engaging.

13:04

Um, I'm sure we may offend a few people along the

13:06

way and we do apologize in advance, but

13:09

anyone who knows me knows what to expect.

13:12

Yeah, that's certainly true. Oh,

13:15

thank you so much to you both. I've been

13:17

speaking today with Jason Water

13:19

and Ben Dalby, chatting to me

13:21

all about the upcoming

13:23

para climbing World Cups and

13:26

para climbing in general, and building

13:28

that partnership between climber

13:30

and sighted guide. That's obviously so

13:32

important for climbers around

13:34

Australia and the world who are blind or

13:36

have low vision. And of course, we encourage

13:38

everyone out there to get involved

13:41

in para climbing. So definitely

13:43

keep in touch with them and follow

13:45

along with their journey. I'm

13:54

Sam Culley and you're listening to Talking

13:56

Vision on Vision Australia Radio,

13:59

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14:01

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14:04

I hope you enjoyed that conversation

14:06

there with Jason and Ben,

14:09

talking all about para climbing

14:11

and the upcoming World Cups.

14:14

If you missed any part of that

14:16

conversation with Jason and Ben,

14:18

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14:20

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14:27

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14:30

You can also find the program

14:32

on the podcast app of your choice

14:34

or through the Vision Australia library.

14:37

And now speaking of the

14:39

Vision Australia Library, here's Leanne.

14:42

Leanne, welcome back to Talking

14:44

Vision. Thanks so much for your time as

14:46

always.

14:47

Great to be with you, Sam.

14:49

Now let's hear a bit about

14:51

some upcoming exciting events

14:53

that are happening in the library

14:55

for the month of March and

14:58

April and beyond. So what sort

15:00

of things can people look forward to?

15:02

Yeah, so we're really looking

15:04

forward to kicking off our In Conversation

15:07

author series for the year on

15:09

the 25th of March. We are

15:11

welcoming the brilliant Alexis

15:14

writes and will be in conversation

15:16

with Astrid Edwards. Alexis,

15:19

right, is one of Australia's really

15:21

most celebrated authors. So

15:23

she's a First Nations author.

15:25

She is a Myles Franklin winner

15:28

and a stellar prize winner,

15:30

and she'll be discussing her most

15:32

recent work, a novel titled

15:35

praiseworthy, which is in production

15:37

and will hopefully be in the library very

15:39

soon. But praiseworthy has just been

15:41

longlisted for the 2024

15:44

Stella Prize and has been

15:46

really described as quite a groundbreaking

15:48

novel. So yeah, she's a

15:50

brilliant Australian

15:52

writer, very important Australian

15:55

writer, telling important stories

15:57

from a First Nations perspective.

15:59

And what else can people

16:02

look forward to checking out over

16:04

the next little while?

16:05

Sure. So we are continuing

16:08

with our regular Treat Yourself book

16:10

chat, which is always a lot of fun.

16:12

So this is a group of

16:14

library members who get together with our

16:16

librarians to discuss different

16:18

genres of writing.

16:21

Last month in February, we met

16:23

on Valentine's Day and we spoke about romance

16:26

writing, which was a delight.

16:28

But next month in April will

16:30

be getting together on the 15th of

16:32

April to look at science fiction,

16:35

which can be a bit of a polarising genre,

16:37

probably not the most popular genre

16:40

among our readers generally, but

16:42

I do know we have a few

16:44

very dedicated sci fi fantasy

16:46

fiction readers in our library,

16:49

so this one's especially for them, but

16:51

also for any of our members who

16:53

might be interested in expanding

16:55

their reading lists.

16:57

Okay, and speaking of reading

16:59

lists, I'm sure there are quite

17:01

a few popular reads over the

17:03

past year, so it's a bit

17:05

early to kind of have a look back over

17:07

2024. But of course 2023

17:10

has been and gone. And what were the most

17:12

popular things from the Vision Australia

17:15

library over that time?

17:16

Yeah, yeah. So of course we,

17:18

you know, love to put together our stats and

17:21

see what was popular over the years.

17:23

I can share with you the ten most

17:25

popular downloads from our Daisy

17:27

audio collection amongst our library

17:29

members, in no particular

17:32

order, but look in the list was

17:34

probably one of the most borrowed books across

17:36

all Australian public libraries in 2023,

17:39

and that is Prince Harry's memoir,

17:42

spare. So that was a

17:44

massive force in publishing last

17:46

year. So that was one of our most downloaded

17:48

in our top ten. We're pretty

17:51

heavy on kind of crime writing

17:53

in fiction Australia library. So

17:56

we've got a few James Patterson titles.

17:58

So Mary, Mary and the

18:00

Big Bad Wolf, also a,

18:03

uh, Sidney Sheldon title

18:05

morning, Noon and Night. Alice Peters

18:07

is another really popular kind of mystery writer.

18:09

His novel Saint Peter's

18:11

Fair is in the list. And Lee

18:14

child, who's always kind of a perennial favorite.

18:16

A couple of her novels are in that list as

18:18

well. So we have Persuader and

18:20

The Midnight Line. I'm

18:22

also nice to see a couple of fantasy

18:25

novels in there from Samantha

18:27

Shannon. Um, so A Day

18:29

of Fallen at night and also

18:31

the song rising.

18:33

Okay. Yeah. The, um, the

18:35

crime and mystery genres are

18:37

always a hit with Virgin Australia

18:39

library readers. Yeah. So

18:42

it's not surprising in the slightest

18:44

to hear that they've, um, featured

18:46

right up the top. And I'm sure

18:48

there'll be a lot of huge releases

18:51

coming. Over the next

18:53

few months. So next time we catch

18:55

up, we might have to hear a little bit more

18:58

about them. But in the meantime,

19:00

if people are interested in joining

19:02

the Vision Australia library, what's

19:05

the best way for them to do that?

19:07

So, so you can join online if

19:09

you head over to our website Vision

19:13

Australia. Org forward slash

19:15

library and follow the links

19:17

to join the library. We have an online

19:20

form. If you don't have an email

19:22

address or just prefer to talk to someone

19:24

over the phone, you can also give

19:26

our team a call so you can call them

19:28

on 1300 654 656.

19:33

There are a really helpful team and we'll be able

19:35

to assist you not just in joining

19:37

up the library, but also chatting to you about

19:39

your different options for how you might like

19:41

to start reading from our collection.

19:44

That number again 1300 654 656

19:48

to give the library a call. And

19:51

Leanne with those events, what

19:53

sort of format are they running

19:55

over and what's the best way to register?

19:58

Sure. So those programs that I mentioned

20:00

are in Conversation and Treat Your Shelf

20:03

are all running via zoom. So

20:05

you can join us wherever you are across

20:07

the country. If you're interested in

20:09

registering, head on over to our

20:11

website. So Vision Australia. Org

20:13

forward slash library. Navigate

20:16

to the What's On section and you'll

20:18

find the direct event links

20:20

there where you can register.

20:23

I've been speaking today with Leanne

20:25

from the library, all about the

20:27

latest events and taking a look

20:29

back over the most popular

20:31

raids from 2023,

20:33

in the Vision Australia Library.

20:36

Leanne, thank you so much for your time.

20:38

It was a pleasure to catch up once again

20:40

and chat all about the Vision

20:43

Australia library.

20:45

Always great to be with you Sam.

20:50

Over the whole month of April. That's

20:52

April 1st to April 30th.

20:54

People around Australia are encouraged

20:57

to go 100 K their way

20:59

in support of Virgin Australia

21:02

and the vital services they provide,

21:04

such as Virgin Australia right

21:06

here. And that's where our next

21:08

guest, Jason Gipps, comes into the

21:10

picture. He's one of the key figures

21:13

in Virgin Australia Radio, putting

21:15

his hand up to go 100 K

21:17

his way, and it's my great

21:19

pleasure to be chatting with him right

21:21

now. Jason, welcome back to

21:23

Talking Vision. Thanks so much for being on

21:25

the show. Thanks, Sam. I appreciate the red carpet.

21:27

That was really nice. Good touch. No worries. Now,

21:30

um, Jason, let's get right to the heart of

21:32

things. What is 100 K your way?

21:35

Yeah, it's a great new fundraiser for Vision Australia.

21:37

First year last year, actually. Sam. So,

21:39

um, Vision Australia launched the 100

21:41

K Your Way challenge, uh, which

21:43

is effectively giving, uh, individuals

21:46

that take part in the opportunity to

21:48

do 100 KS their way. So

21:50

that could be doing 100km across

21:52

the month, uh, walking or running?

21:55

Rolling, swimming, however

21:57

you want to do it and you can do a mix of it. So

21:59

we thought, you know what, we're going to get behind this,

22:02

uh, a little bit more this year, and we're going to come up with

22:04

our own Vision Australia radio teams.

22:06

So your listeners have the opportunity

22:08

to join one of our teams. Okay.

22:11

And how do the listeners join

22:13

up in question, Jason. Yeah, it's

22:15

really simple.

22:16

Sam. You can go to our website,

22:18

RVA radio.org, and there's

22:20

a nice big banner there for 100 K your

22:22

way. You can click on that banner and all

22:25

the details are there and effectively

22:27

are asking if you want to get involved,

22:29

get fit across the month of April,

22:31

uh, do your 100 K your way.

22:33

You can join one of our Vision Australia radio

22:35

teams. So we will have a

22:38

VA Radio Perth team and Adelaide

22:40

team, a Melbourne team and a regional radio

22:43

team. And you can join whichever one you want. I'm

22:45

actually based in Melbourne, but I've decided to be

22:47

the team captain for my peeps in Perth.

22:49

Let's have a little bit of a chat about

22:51

the importance of the funds

22:53

that will be raised. 300

22:55

K your way. What sort of services

22:57

does this money go towards?

22:59

Yeah, so great question Sam. The 100

23:01

K your way effectively supports people

23:04

who are living with blindness or low vision to live the

23:06

life they choose. In the case of our

23:08

Vision Australia radio teams, all

23:10

funds raised will go to support the ongoing

23:13

daily works of our national radio

23:15

network. So what we're doing right now

23:17

cost a bit of money. Traditionally, we've had a radiothon

23:19

each year to encourage our listeners

23:21

to support what we do by making a tax deductible

23:24

donation. And this year, we're kind of starting

23:26

with this and giving people the opportunity to

23:28

do a little bit of peer to peer fundraising. So

23:31

any money that you raise by carrying

23:33

out your 100 K challenge in the month of

23:35

April, we'll go to the general works of Vision

23:37

Australia Radio. So it costs us a little

23:39

over $2.2 million annually to

23:41

keep what you're hearing on air, right across our 17

23:44

radio services nationwide.

23:46

We already know. You already know, because

23:48

people like Sam do a great job of telling you weekly

23:50

on talking vision of the importance

23:53

of the service. So it's a really great

23:55

opportunity to get fit and get

23:57

behind a fundraising cause that will support

23:59

what we do here at VA radio.

24:00

In regards to the specifics

24:02

around the websites that people

24:05

can head to. Just to wrap up, Jason,

24:07

what are the specific locations

24:09

that people should head to?

24:10

Yeah, so just remember our website because we bang

24:13

on about it all day. VA radio org.

24:15

It's a nice one to remember. You click on the track

24:17

banner, choose which team you'd like to join,

24:19

and then what you do is you set up your own little personal

24:22

page and it's easy as pie.

24:24

You just follow the prompts. It takes us about

24:26

a minute and a half to set it up, and it'll

24:28

guide you for the rest of the way, so you can then

24:31

ask friends and family to support you in your cause,

24:33

and you'll get little emails along that

24:35

journey thanking you for the money you've raised

24:37

so far. There'll be a chance

24:40

to win some prizes along the way, and

24:42

you can also encourage others to

24:44

join the team that you've joined as well.

24:46

So you can go your own way and,

24:49

you know, walk each day or, you know, have

24:51

a few big walks across the month

24:53

and only do it on a few occasions.

24:55

Totally up to you. And if you don't want to join

24:58

a team, but you would like to support

25:00

the cause with a donation, you can do that too.

25:02

Very easy. Oh, wonderful. Okay,

25:04

so that's 100 K your way.

25:06

Taking place over the month of

25:09

April, the whole month of April, from April

25:11

1st to April 30th, raising

25:13

vital funds for Vision

25:16

Australia Radio and the vital

25:18

services they provide.

25:19

That's right Sam, and you can sign up at any time

25:22

and you can donate at any time as well. So even

25:24

if you're, you know, leave it a little bit late and it's

25:26

the 5th of April, 10th of April, you can sign up.

25:28

Perfect. And every little bit helps.

25:31

And we look forward to hearing all the stories

25:33

of people out there going 100 K

25:35

their way and getting fit and active

25:37

for a great cause.

25:38

Are you gonna do 100 KS? There are.

25:40

Possibly, you know, we'll see how we

25:42

go. I've been speaking today

25:44

with Jason Gibbs from Virgin

25:46

Australia Radio, one of the

25:48

key rings. Ladies in going

25:51

$100 his way over

25:53

the month of April from April

25:55

1st to April 30th. Jason,

25:58

thanks so much for your time today and telling us

26:00

all about 100 Koa. Really

26:02

look forward to hearing all the stories.

26:04

Thanks, Sam. Appreciate your time.

26:12

And that's all the time we have for today.

26:15

You've been listening to Talking Vision.

26:17

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26:20

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26:22

all involved with putting the show together

26:24

every week. And remember, we

26:27

love hearing from you. So please get

26:29

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26:37

Vision australia.org.

26:39

But until next week it's Sam Cowley

26:42

saying bye for now.

26:47

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26:49

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27:00

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27:03

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