Camel trek ends in Melbourne
Nineteen months after leaving Darwin, former Empire Bay resident Ms Ros Consoli and her partner Mr Russ Osborne have completed their 6000 km camel trek across Australia.
The couple, along with their eight camels, arrived in Melbourne late last month to a large crowd of family, friends and supporters.
In their efforts, the pair raised around $40,000 for the Children First Foundation to help support children from across the world in need of medical care.
Most recently, the foundation brought conjoined twins Krishna and Trishna to Australia for life-changing surgery.
Ms Consoli's parents Jan and Santo, of Empire Bay, were in Melbourne to greet their daughter and said they were extremely proud of what she had achieved.
Less than a week after the successful surgery to separate the twins, Ros and Russ walked through the streets of Melbourne in their final effort to highlight the work done by Moira Kelly and her Children First Foundation," Ms Jan Consoli said.
"It was the wettest day in Melbourne for several months, but this did not deter Ros and Russ, and their supporters as they walked Swanston St."
She said it was also wonderful to see Russ propose to Ros to celebrate the end of their 19-month adventure.
Letter, 8 Dec 2009
Jan and Santo Consoli, Empire Bay