Sharing the love...

Got myself set up in the centre of town on Saturday morning; table, flyers, a photo book of our Dorrigo Freefall ride, colourful fact sheets outlining all our rides a bike and helmet and our colourful A Frame depicting the Dorrigo Freefall ride and of course balloons in our company colours of blue & green.  I was getting right into it, tying a business card to each balloon when I thought mmmmm that's strange I had just the right number of business cards for each balloon....mmm what happened to my lovely helium filled balloons.  Flying away high in the sky watched by my mate Pete who was having a coffee across the road with his lovely wife.  They said it was the funniest sight. 

Not to worry, sun was shining and I was looking forward to sharing the love, love of getting out & about and on yer bike.

Was nice to hear people walk past and say, "That's the Dorrigo Freefall, they ride down the Waterfall Way you know."  Felt sort of proud of our little baby, we thought of it; it is our idea.  It is unique, felt awesome.

Sun was shining, so nice to be out.  Even managed to get a coffee delivered; bonus.

Got some great interest in our ride and loads of people checked us out as they cruised down the mall.  Cool.  Awesome to be able to have such a nice space in Coffs to promote your business. 

Phone enquiries picking up now...getting excited of what lies ahead.

Oh yes I forgot. Was invited by Coffs Coast Tourism to present our business to their lovely volunteer staff on Thursday last week.  I was given two minutes but could have gone on for ages.  Took Asha along and she loved eating the crackers, cheese and fruit!  Was great to bump into Frank from the Hoey Moey; he is such a great operator and has such enthusiasm.  He is doing so much for the Hoey but also for Coffs it's brilliant having someone who is so open and into what he is doing. 

Got just two days to finish off the NSW Tourism submission....it is like pulling teeth.  So hard!

Silver

It was amazing getting silver award at the Mid North Coast Tourism Awards last Saturday and really inspired me to work on my submission for the NSW Tourism Awards.  Got some good feedback so I will sit myself down next week for two days and give it my all.  Would be amazing to do well in this as it is such incredible exposure PLUS get to do some nice partying if we get to go to the awards.  Now that I have sensational shoes I have to get some wear out of them.
Weather is amazing and I am looking forward to getting our Father's Day promo off to a great start. We're going to take our trailer with the great signage on the side to the city mall on the Friday before Fathers Day and sell our special price for the Dorrigo Freefall and also promote our White Sands Ride.  Will be good to get to chat to people and let them know all about us.  Also take our bikes & laptop with our Sydney Weekender feature to show people.  Got our new tshirts ready and even got one printed for Asha which will be nice. She will look so cute.

Inspired

Today listened to Tony Mowbray deliver an inspiring talk.  I got so much out of what he had to say.  His words of determination and his story of survival resonated at a very deep level. The missing piece of the puzzle fell into place. Starting up our new business has been amazing and we've achieved so much in such a short space of time...... we have committed such a lot of time and energy and money to get this up and running (even my dream kitchen being put on hold!) Now was the time to hear about staying true to the dream, staying connected, working at the business and importantly believing that I have courage to succeed.  In the end though it is about knowing what is truly important and that is family and friends. I had Asha with me and I knew sitting on my lap was the best thing that had ever happened in my life. 
I walked up Mutton Bird Hill on such a high and started thinking about people in my life who have had the kind of bravery and commitment that Tony Mowbray talked about. I thought of Colleen, PT extraordinaire!  I had to text her & tell her how amazing I think she is.  She has had the courage to change her life and importantly take risks with the ultimate goal being that she is  true to herself. Sometimes this pays off in traditional ways i.e. brings in the dollars and other times it doesn't but ALWAYS it is a step in the right direction.  We learn and learn by having a go and in the end it feels amazing to be a doer.  When Tony Mowbray said he looked at that wave and in an instant he thought, "This is how I'm going to die then by drowning."  All he could think of in that moment were his kids and that is the ultimate thing to lose those that you love the most the rest is surmountable, the rest is the journey. I felt more sure of what I am about listening to Tony Mowbray and feel excited about what lies ahead.