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Duncan Manuel - Australian Desert Race
Page creator: Duncan Manuel
Event: Gunbarrel Desert Bike Race
Event Date: 2nd Oct 2006
Team Members: Duncan Manuel
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Comfortably Numb: Gunbarrel Finish Line
About our charity : WaterAid WaterAid
WaterAid is an international charity. Our mission is to overcome poverty by enabling the world’s poorest people to gain access to safe water, sanitation and hygiene education. For a gift of just £15 WaterAid can provide one person in Africa or Asia with a lasting supply of safe, clean water, sanitation and hygiene education.
Charity Registration No 288701 (England and Wales) and SC039479 (Scotland)
Fundraising target:  £3,000.00
Donations so far:  £ 3,412.57
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Who's idea was a 1,200 kilometre, 11 day bike race along the main desert highway right through the centre of Oz? 

While without doubt the hardest ride I have ever completed, Team Comfortably Numb (David Harris and myself) rolled across the finish line on Friday 13th October having peddled, push and carried our bikes across some of the most unforgiving roads either of us have ever seen.

Of the 40 starters only 15 finshed.  David and I not only secured Top 10 placings, but also won the Team Category.  Not bad for a pair of poms fast approaching 40!

2 October

Laverton

Cosmo Newberry

100

Race

  3 October

Cosmo Newberry

Bash Bay

105

Race

  4 October

Bash Bay

Tjukarilya

110

Race

  5 October

Tjukarilya

Breakaways

120

Race

  6 October

Breakaways

Warburton

130

Race

  7 October

Warburton

Warburton

0

Rest Day

  8 October

Warburton

Hill Cutaway

100

Race

  9 October

Hill Cutaway

Old Road Stop

60

Race

  10 October

Old Road Stop

Warakurna

85

Race

  11 October

Warakurna

Docker River

100

Race

  12 October

Docker River

Armstrong Creek

135

Race

  13 October

Armstrong Creek

Uluru - Kata Tjuta

40+55

Race

The race might be over, but the fund-raising continues, so please dig deep!  Every penny goes to WaterAid and helps support the fantastic work that this organisation does.

Donating through this site is simple, fast and totally secure. It is also the most efficient way to sponsor me: WaterAid will receive your money faster and, if you are a taxpayer, an extra 28% in tax will be added to your gift at no cost to you.

So please sponsor me now!

Many thanks for your support.

 For more information about the Gunbarrel: http://www.gunbarrel.com.au/

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Phil Bevan 31/10/2006 £10.00 £2.82 Congratulations - amazing feat! 
Brian & Charu 27/10/2006 £20.00 £5.64 Before you've recovered, let's go for a training ride! 
Tony Tarquini 20/10/2006 £20.00 £5.64 Well Done! 
Bill Hogg 18/10/2006 £50.00 £14.10 Well Done - hope to catch up with you soon 
malcolm glyn 18/10/2006 £30.00 £8.46 Well done. A great achievement. 
Matt 18/10/2006 £50.00 n/a Well done guys! 
Adam 18/10/2006 £20.00 £5.64 Well done mate!!  
Kristina 18/10/2006 £20.00 £5.64 Amazing! Fantastically well done for finishing! 
Anon 07/10/2006 £5.00 £1.41 Another B3tan dropping in 
Macavity 05/10/2006 £10.00 £2.82 I'm called the hidden paw 
NthSimulacrum 04/10/2006 £5.00 £1.41 Eat my charity. 
Irishb3tardgirly 03/10/2006 £10.00 n/a Best of luck with the trip - great charity. Oh, and fucking believe, would ya? :-) 
Neph 02/10/2006 £10.00 £2.82 furtive would be proud of you ... 
lurker 02/10/2006 £5.00 £1.41 Out of the b3tan shadows (briefly)...good luck! 
Humpty Dumpty 02/10/2006 £10.00 n/a B3TA from sunny Sweden. I think you owe Rob a pint or two ;o) 
weefolk 02/10/2006 £10.00 £2.82 Another B3tan wishing you the very best - you're GRATE! 
Haggis 02/10/2006 £10.00 n/a water? Yummy! 
cro 01/10/2006 £20.00 £5.64 b3ta? no, not me... 
Fred 30/09/2006 £10.00 £2.82 Another B3tan wishing you well. 
A possible b3tan 30/09/2006 £10.00 £2.82 Hope you don't suffer from too much chafing 
Trev 30/09/2006 £50.00 £14.10 If you still deny we exist, we'll have to do a 3bta desert rain dance! 
Felis Concolor 30/09/2006 £50.00 n/a Another b3tan from the heartland: we call it that because the brain's not here. 
Knobby 30/09/2006 £13.81 n/a Does peeing in the desert count as water aid? 
Simon Ghent 29/09/2006 £10.00 £2.82 Another sheep from b3ta 
Definitely not B3ta 29/09/2006 £10.00 £2.82 Not from B£ta no way 
Dogsbody 29/09/2006 £10.00 £2.82 For all the free entertainment that B3ta has given me this is cheap at half the price :-) 
Milesw 29/09/2006 £20.00 £5.64 Good luck 
account88888 29/09/2006 £6.66 n/a the ginger führer told me to do this.  
I'm Spartacus 29/09/2006 £10.00 £2.82 good luck from B3ta 
Norbertsmum 29/09/2006 £5.00 £1.41 b3ta is jsut a figbox of your imagination 
Rupert 29/09/2006 £11.11 £3.13 b3taaaaaaaaaaaaa 
lizbianajones 29/09/2006 £2.00 n/a Good luck and have fun! (from an american b3tan) 
b3tan 29/09/2006 £2.00 £0.56 Good luck mate 
Apeman 29/09/2006 £10.00 £2.82 From a B3tard - I thought riding 150 miles raising cash for Leukaemia Research was hard - good luck! 
Not a b3tan 29/09/2006 £5.00 £1.41 No such thing as b3ta 
Spaceswitch 29/09/2006 £2.00 £0.56 Mooooo 
sex, drugs and sausage rolls 29/09/2006 £10.00 £2.82  
luvitruff 29/09/2006 £5.00 £1.41 Good luck, from a Welsh b3tard 
Dessie 29/09/2006 £20.00 £5.64 Stay out of Wolf Creek! 
Uri B 29/09/2006 £20.00 £5.64 b3ta does NOT exist, b3tards do. 
ICEBERGSLIM 29/09/2006 £4.99 £1.41 GOOD ON YA, COBBA. 
Ivor Peksa 29/09/2006 £10.00 £2.82 I like cheese. And goats.  
Peter Clarkson 29/09/2006 £5.00 £1.41 Another b3ta reader. Yes, b3ta does exist! Good luck! 
Weetobix 29/09/2006 £5.00 £1.41 Good luck Dunc, love from b3ta =D 
stuj 29/09/2006 £50.00 £14.10 All the best from a b3ta / talker. 
Hankster 28/09/2006 £5.00 £1.41  
Neil Gooding 28/09/2006 £50.00 £14.10 Best of luck. Feel free to buy a tub of vaseline from my donation! 
Mike Trinder 28/09/2006 £20.00 £5.64 You are starting on my birthday! Good luck. 
Rob Manuel 28/09/2006 £50.00 £14.10 Fifty bloody quid! If only Kate had given a fiver, I could have matched that instead. 
Don Mills 27/09/2006 £40.00 £11.28  
Neil Meldrum 27/09/2006 £30.00 £8.46 Duncan - I applaud both your personal challenge and what your doing for this worthy charity 
Linda 27/09/2006 £50.00 £14.10 Good Luck 
Barry Samria 26/09/2006 £50.00 n/a The things that people do to get away from their wives! 
Robert&Maureen 25/09/2006 £50.00 £14.10 good luck...don't stop 
Darryl Coulter 25/09/2006 £25.00 n/a Don't forget a very loud horn - those Roadtrain drivers keep their in-cab telly volume very high. 
Jason Howard 25/09/2006 £20.00 n/a  
Nic 24/09/2006 £20.00 £5.64  
Paul Crutcher 21/09/2006 £10.00 £2.82 Give those Mantas a wide berth 
anonymous 21/09/2006 £10.00 £2.82  
C Jones 21/09/2006 £20.00 £5.64 keep the sand out of your shorts 
Margarete Mc Grath 20/09/2006 £50.00 n/a Good Luck Duncan 
Sarah Brooks 20/09/2006 £10.00 £2.82 Good Luck. You'll be wishing for a bit of the water that your money will provide for other people! 
Paul D 19/09/2006 £20.00 £5.64 Heroic - well done ! 
Marco 18/09/2006 £10.00 £2.82 Good Luck!  
Jane Gray 18/09/2006 £50.00 £14.10 Good Luck!! 
Rachael 17/09/2006 £20.00 £5.64 Think you're slightly extreme but best of luck ;) 
Nyaika Kamurasi 17/09/2006 £20.00 £5.64 Best of luck . . .  
wayne wheeler 17/09/2006 £80.00 £22.56 I think I'm getting a suntan........ 
Gina C 15/09/2006 £20.00 £5.64 Duncan you are a crazy man 
Tim Durston 14/09/2006 £20.00 n/a Good luck! 
Marc Bussell 14/09/2006 £20.00 n/a Good luck! 
Tom McGovern 14/09/2006 £25.00 £7.05 Good luck Duncan. It's a great cause and will be worth all the effort! 
Kate (your sister) 13/09/2006 £50.00 £14.10 Good luck, next year is for Tara x 
Anonymous 13/09/2006 £10.00 £2.82 Good luck!!! 
Sarah 12/09/2006 £30.00 £8.46  
Cathy Johnson 12/09/2006 £20.00 £5.64 Good luck and hope bum is not too sore afterwards 
Alex Krause 12/09/2006 £20.00 £5.64 Great cause, great effort 
owen 12/09/2006 £10.00 £2.82 Good luck mate ! 
Mark 12/09/2006 £50.00 £14.10  
Keri 12/09/2006 £20.00 £5.64 Best of British! 
Stefan Falckenberg 12/09/2006 £20.00 n/a Good Luck 
malcolm glyn 11/09/2006 £50.00 £14.10 Good luck. A great effort for a very good cause. 
Niclas During 11/09/2006 £20.00 £5.64 Good luck Duncan!  
Tim Janisch 11/09/2006 £50.00 £14.10 This whole thing is a strange form of denial 
Cathy 08/09/2006 £50.00 n/a Thanks to all of you! 
Keith Wellington 08/09/2006 £50.00 £14.10 I'll think about you when I'm having a Fosters extra cold mate 
Paul Taylor 06/09/2006 £25.00 £7.05 Good luck, have a lager at the end you mad f******rs 
Mike Thornton 06/09/2006 £20.00 £5.64 Good luck on your fundraising adventure, rather you than me. Mike 
nick wallhead 06/09/2006 £20.00 £5.64 good luck - watch out for the snakes when you have a comfort break! 
Simon Duke 06/09/2006 £20.00 £5.64 Crazy 
David Stenbeck 05/09/2006 £75.00 £21.15 Come back alive  
Ursula 04/09/2006 £50.00 £14.10 Good Luck! Lasy year crazy, this year madness, next year insanity? 
Franck Sauvagnac 01/09/2006 £50.00 n/a Duncan, after this one, you have give a try to the Tour de France. Best of luck 
Rebecca 31/08/2006 £20.00 £5.64 Good Luck! 
Stuart Mills 30/08/2006 £20.00 £5.64 Go guys... you're crazy... but fantastic adventure & cause! 
Owen 30/08/2006 £100.00 £28.21  
Ian Clarkson 28/08/2006 £250.00 £70.51  
James Albert 23/08/2006 £100.00 £28.21 Yes, it certainly is madness. Very impressive madness. Good luck! 
Tamsin Lloyd-Tyrrell 22/08/2006 £20.00 £5.64 Good luck you mad boy 
vivek 22/08/2006 £50.00 n/a Good luck with your endeavour - hope you make it! 
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