It's Time!!

Well Everyone,

I'm off to tackle the Kokoda Track in the morning and I would like to thank everyone for their support!! All that is left now is to get some good work done for the Sir David Martin Foundation.

** Don't forget you can still donate **

Keep an eye out on the Blog for updates on where we're at - I've hopefully set the GPS tracking to post automatically to the Blog.

Keep track of where I am on the track - http://www.trekkokoda.com.au/kokoda-trektraka?tripid=KOK01-14-003

Donate to a great cause - http://sdmfkokoda2014.gofundraise.com.au/page/WiggyKokoda2014

Thanks,

Wiggy

These feet were made for thongs and sneakers..

.. But these boots were made for trekking.. Who would have thought that walking would be sooooo difficult?.. Well not necessarily walking, but trekking!.. I guess this is what happens when you come from spending as much time as possible in thongs or sneakers :)

I got out for the first time today to look at boots for the trek (yep running late on breaking them in time) and I must say I'm a bit brain fried.. I understand in looking for a boot you need good support (especially in the ankle), good soles (thickness and grip), strong durable material (preferably waterproof and breathable).. But come on! How long is a piece of string and having no experience, where do you compromise on price and quality and features?

I'm going to spend some time doing some research and talking to a few people that know more than me.. Hopefully I will be enlightened! In the meantime, here's a few of the boots that I have come across that I think will do the job for me.. It will be interesting to see what I end up with.. (To be decided soon!)

Sponsors and Sponsorship Jersey Finalised

I have now been able to finalise my Sponsors and Sponsorship jersey design. The final design differs from the original design in logo placements and sizes, but the impact is so much better. The line that goes through the jersey looks much like a track so rather than cover it with logos I have placed the logos of each of my sponsors along the track. This symbolises how each of my sponsors have helped me along in my journey.

Here's the final design submitted to the jersey manufacturer. I still have to wait on this to be confirmed. It looks good to me, but I will leave it up to the professionals if they have constructive ideas and input to make the design look better (along the same theme)

 

 

In regards to sponsorship, I'm really excited to announce that I have been doing a lot of ground work around sponsorships and am pleased to say that I got a majority of the sponsors that I was looking for.

 

Facebook:

They include: RESIMAC, It's Time To Go Dance Sydney, Navwealth Group, Rapid Personal Training, State Custodians Mortgage Company, Paul Denny Conveyancing, Australian Institute of Latin Dance, Paywise and Wyseware.

Thank you so much to each of these sponsors for helping to make this journey possible for me. It's a once in a lifetime opportunity that I can't wait for and on top of that to be able to once again help out The Sir David Martin Foundation is just icing on the cake of such an amazing experience!
 

Sponsorship Drive - Kick Started

Wow!! - that's a lot of work and a lot of stress off my shoulders.. I have been work shopping ideas for sponsors and have finally sent off emails to a few of my target sponsors informing them of my challenge and asking them if they would like to help support me!

Fingers crossed!

All signed up - Eeeeeeep

Well no looking back now, I have completed the last of my booking information and sent it off!

This confirms the Trek!... A warm fuzzy feeling slowly taking over the body :)

Kokoda Track - Wiggy will be seeing you in a few month time!!!!

Definitely, have to start putting some of my plans into action :)

Facebook - Check

Finally, got some details up on Facebook. Still a lot to be done to promote and fundraise, but it's up and out there so people will start to see it :)

http://www.facebook.com/andrew.wigg

Happy with a few of my little changes to the SDMF - Kokoda Track Challenge Header, that I have updated my Facebook cover page with:

As well as with my Facebook profile picture. I even managed to reuse the picture of my head that I used for the Abseil for youth last year (October 18th 2013)

Starting to think about sponsors

I'm not sure what I'm going to do yet, but I've been given a few ideas by Inspired Adventures on how to work on my sponsorships and donations. I'm hoping that I'll be able to get my donations matched through works Charity Matching program so I need to focus on sponsorships.

I like the idea of creating a sponsorship jersey that I can wear in training and whilst over on the trek. It's something different and would be an amazing and unique piece of memorabilia.

I have been checking a few websites where I can get the jerseys created and I have sent off a few enquiries so we'll see what comes back.

In the meantime, here's a draft design I have come up with and some ideas on what I could do with logos :)

Go Fundraise - Check

Go Fundraising page has been created! :)

 

 Still a lot of work to be done, but it's good to have it up so that it's one less thing to worry about!