Australia 23 March: Mount Gambier - Portland
Our gratitude to Joy Boyd for so kindly hosting us at the Central Caravan Park in Mount Gambier last night.
Preetidutta Thorpe and Anubha Baird had an EARLY morning interview at the ABC with Stan Thomson.
First school visit... the delightful Tantanoola Primary School!
Next school visit... Mulga Street Primary School. What a rousing reception!
And they loved the actions to the World Harmony Run Song.
The Deputy Mayor of Mount Gambier Council Mr Byron Harfield and Mulga Street Primary Principal Janine Millsop offer their support for the World Harmony Run.
We made some awesome new friends.
The students had all made friendship bracelets for Harmony Day and offered each of us one of their school wristbands with the virtues "respect, trust and safety" embedded in them.
An interview with WIN TV at the end of the school ceremony for tonight's news.
Next stop... Tenison Woods College SPORTS DAY! The wet weather didn't dampen the kid's enthusiasm.
A little sing-a-long cleared the clouds.
Finally we made it to Victoria. Plenty of wind and rain to greet us!
Meanwhile, some of our runners, 50 kms behind us, were enjoying some finer weather.
All Saints Parish School was our first school visit after we crossed the South Australian border into Victoria. One small problem – we forgot they were in a different time zone and we were half-an-hour late to the ceremony. They graciously accommodated our little oversight.
Their choir performed the song "We Are One".
Tonight we thanked team members Rathin Boulton and Abhinandan Willis for their great contributions to this year's Australian World Harmony Run with an icecream cake after dinner. Both team members will be leaving the team tomorrow for events in Sydney on Sunday.
Video Message from Davidson Hepburn, President (2009 - 2011) of the General Conference of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) for 25th Anniversary of the World Harmony Run and a vision for the decade: "Toward a Oneness-World".
Full Text of the 25th annversary message and link to 25 language informal Translations: http://www.worldharmonyrun.org/25
or Click on language button for separate youtube videos wth sub titles in varous languages See also:- Youtube video on African experience which illustrates IYY slogan "Our Year Our Voice" International Year of Youth - Zambia World Harmony. They surprisingly mention Presidents and UN Secretary-General in a unique way!
- Listen to the World-Harmony-Run song: 2 min version // 6 min
Distance: 108 km
Team Members:
Ashadeep Volkhardt (Canberra, Australia), Hastakamala Diaz (Perth, Australia), Anubha Baird (Adelaide, Australia), Preetidutta Thorpe (Auckland, New Zealand), Rathin Boulton (Canberra, Australia), Abhinandan Willis (Sydney, Australia), Adhiratha Keefe (New York, USA), Prabuddha Nicol (Perth, Australia), Prabhata Schrader (Heidelberg, Germany)
Harmonemail:
You can send a message to the runners or read the messages.
Gallery: See more images!
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