The latest corporate sponsort to join the Long Ride 2013 is one of Australia's leading companies yet one that not too many people would ever have heard of, yet they are one who do a hell of a lot for charity, and proudly.

 

Established in 1987, Compu-Stor prides itself on being one of the largest and longest serving Document Storage companies in Australia. The core services they provide for their customers include Records Management; Document Storage; Document Scanning and Imaging of Records; Secure Confidential Destruction; Records Management Services via Web-Based Systems; Offsite Backup Solutions; Sentencing; and, Project Support.

 

Compu-Stor is proud to be ISO 9001:2008 compliant. This provides their customers with the comfort and knowledge that their processes and procedures are to best practice and standard. Compu-Stor believe in working with their customers to find the best solution to fit to their needs.

 

Compu-Stor provides services to a diverse range of customers, from Legal Firms, Accountants, Insurance Companies, Government Departments, Healthcare Sectors, and many more industries. This allows them to ensure they have an extensive range of skills to accommodate all customers and their requirements - no matter what the size. Compu-Stor prides itself in providing solutions across all aspects private and public sectors.

 

Compu-Stor prides themselves on giving back to the community where they can and by coming onboard for the Long Ride they allow me to join a very special group of charities that they support including: The Returned Services League of Australia; St Vincent de Paul; Sids and Kids Western Australia; Australian Council on Smoking and Health; and Bright Spark Foundation. 

 

I'm sure that Compu-Stor are proud to be a part of the Long Ride, just as I am proud to be associated with such a great company and join the group that they already support.

 

 

Goodbye Grandad

For many of us, the Long Ride is not only about challenging ourserlves, it's about taking on the challenge for someone else.

Many riders have been touched by prostate cancer in one way or another, for me it was my father who had it a few years ago and is now thankfully in remission.  Since taken on my first Long Ride in 2011 I have met many other people who have been touched by the disease, many are people who have come along and supported me.

While my Long Ride's will always be dedicate to my father the 2013 event will take on the a special significance as it will now also be dedicated to my Grandfather, Len, who passed away earlier this week.

Funnily enough Grandad never was into motorbikes, in fact he never held either a bike or car licence for his entire 90 years, but he always supported me in riding and always took an interest.  I remember my first little Yamaha MX80 when I was a kid, it sat in his backyard under the porch for the best part of a few years as I 'tried' to rebuild it and not once did he complain, he just held the torch as I worked on it.

Aftert completing the last Long Ride, Grandad took some interest but coming from England and never really travelling in Australia, I don't think he grasped quite how far the distances were.  Never mind he would still ask about the 'bike'.

Thankfully Grandad only had a short illness and I was able to say goodbye to him before he passed. 

Goodbye Grandad, I know you'll be riding with me in 2013, and you'll finally see some of Australia.

Casual Dress Raises A Casual 800

As part of the ongoing fund raising activities fellow Manager within TSG at Computershare, Patrick Drew suggested that we have 2 weeks of casual dress with the premise being that staff donate $5 each.

It was a great idea that saw almost everyone donate and achieve an amazing total of $827.60 taking the overall total donated to now well above $4000.

I can't thank the TSG staff who have supported the Long Ride so far enough, and especially Pat for driving this initiative.

While this has been going on there has been some great corporate support as well as many local councils and associated businesses showing an interest.  Much of this support will actually dictate my journey home as I stop in every town that has helped me to make sure a I say thank you.