#ActiveApril ready to take off for 2020!

February 12, 2020

I’m delighted to be supporting Active April again this year. it’s my 4th year as an ambassador & I’m as passionate as ever about encouraging Victorians to get moving!

This year, in honour of the Paralympic & Olympic Games the theme is to ‘discover your gold’ & by that we mean set yourself a goal this Active April to move 30 minutes each day in the month of April! It could be simply walking the dog or challenging yourself to take part in a fun run.

Victoria has SO many incredible places to get active in so head on over to the website (link is below) or download the app from your favourite app store to register with your friends right now, any age or ability let’s do this together! Thanks to the young & old kids who helped @pbol800 & I move yesterday for the launch!

Register today! https://www.activeapril.vic.gov.au/

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Chucking laps with my mates the swans & ducks. Som

Chucking laps with my mates the swans & ducks. Sometimes they scare me because they move out of the way too slowly but almost every time I pass one I giggle to myself & think of Billy Maddison's famous line 'stop looking at me swannnn' 🦢🦆🦢🦆
PS. Melbourne you're so damn pretty 👌

In my 10th year as @visionaustralia ambassador whe

In my 10th year as @visionaustralia ambassador whether watching from home or sitting in the crowd at the Sidney Myer music bowl Vision Australias Carol's By Candlelight is by far my favourite event of the year. It's our biggest fund-raiser to help support VA's children services. The bonus of watching from home- you can sing as loudly as you want! 🎶 Merry Christmas everyone & enjoy the show! This pic is a throwback to 2018 Carols backstage with Alfie & William. 🎄🎁❤
If you wish to contribute you can donate at www.givetocarols.com

Yeah, that was fun. 👌🚣‍♀️

Yeah, that was fun. 👌🚣‍♀️

When you see someone with (a visible) disability w

When you see someone with (a visible) disability what do you think? Do you see the ability in disability?
(Rembmer there are lots of disabilities that are invidible too)
Love this campaign from the Australian Government (DSS) & delighted to be a part of it. See if you can spot me! 🎿
Happy International Day of People with a Disability. #IDPWD #disablesterostypes

I’m really proud to have been re-elected to the

I’m really proud to have been re-elected to the @vision2020aus Board for my third term. Thank you to our member organisations who continue to trust in me and my passion for the eye health and vision care sector. I truly value the opportunity I have to help shape our sector for the benefit to those of us who live it. A special mention and thanks must go to our outgoing Chair, the Hon Amanda Vanstone AO. It’s been a privilege working with and learning from her these past 6 years. She has the most wonderful stories that I’m really going to miss listening to! We are very fortunate to be welcoming our newly elected Chair, the Hon Christopher Pyne (@pynechristopher) to Vision 2020 alongside Directors Associate Professor Heather Mack, Jane Schuller and Shaun Tatipata. I’m very excited to have these incredible people join the Board. We’ve achieved a significant amount in the organisations 20 years but there is plenty left to do!

Instead of posting a boring Board photo 😂 here’s some images from when I travelled to Vietnam in 2012 to see firsthand the impact of the work of Vision 2020 Australia and its members. It was a life changing trip. These are the moments I got to witness a young girl, with avoidable low vision see clearly for the first time as she was given a pair of glasses that her single Father could not afford. They cost AUD$10. I’ll never forget the moment she put the glasses on, stepped outside to look at a tree and realise that she could see it. I was bawling my eyes out watching it and then I turned around and saw her Father’s face and his smile. His little girl could see. 😭💕 That smile will never leave my heart. The gratitude. The love. Everyone in the room's life changed that day. Everyone has the right to sight. ❤
📸 The legend that is @deansaffron

@13cabs have been a long time sponsor of mine & I

@13cabs have been a long time sponsor of mine & I wanted to share this little graph I saw because even as a frequent customer of taxis I was completely unaware of the differences between providers when it comes to food delivery. I was super impressed to learn that they don't charge 30% commission to restaurants & cafes like others do meaning that money stays in the pockets of local business. Brilliant! ❤ #13things

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