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Worldadventure:

Aaron LiscofromHawaii is riding aroundthe world onhispushbike.

Aaron and bike

take on theworldRuth Clayton

Echuca is the last black dot at theend of a line of hundreds that zig-zagthrough Aaron Lisco’s map of Australia.

Aaron hasn’t been home toHawaii for 18 months, which iswhen he set off on his worldwide,five-year, 60-country and five-continent bike journey.

After arriving in Broome in Juneand riding through the heart of Australia, including Halls Creek,Kalgoorlie and the Nullabor, Aaronended up in Echuca.

‘‘I’ve done a lot of the outback tracks. I’ve seen a lot that mostAustralians haven’t seen,’’ he said.

Aaron admits he knew nothingabout Echuca when he set out for thedestination.

‘‘I knew that it had steamboats,’’he said.

‘‘I met a couple of girls in theNullabor who told me about the

Murray River and said ‘You must goand see the Murray River’ becauseit’s up at peak I guess and it hasn’tbeen like this in 10 years or more.

‘‘So I changed my route a little bitand came down the Murray.’’

Aaron’s worldwide tour was bornof a desire to see the world and raisemoney and awareness for his charity— Wheels for Life.

He saved for two years and soldeverything he owned to fund the trip.

‘‘I’m a bike mechanic by trade,been doing that for 20 years. I’malso a medic, so I figured I had theskills to do such an adventure.’’

However, this is not the first long-term bicycle adventure Aaron hasbeen on — his previous routesmainly include Third World coun-tries.

As an ambassador for Wheels forLife, Aaron provides bicycles forpeople living in poverty in ThirdWorld countries.

‘‘I only give away bicylces inthird world countries, but we try toraise funds wherever we’re at, to

raise awareness and also to raisefunds,’’ he said.

‘ ‘W ha t w e d o i s w e g o a ndevaluate a person and we find outwhat their story is and then we talk to local organisations to find outwhat they know about them.

‘‘We don’t want to give the bikesto just anybody. And then we donatethe bike to him.

‘‘So what it does is it changestheir ability to get to and from work,or spend more time with the family.

‘‘For us it’s recreation, for themit’s life changing, really. It reallyis.’’

Is Aaron enjoying travelling theworld on his bicycle?

‘‘I love it.’’

‘‘You can’t go that long withoutloving it a bit. There’s days that arefrustrating. Sometimes I wonderwhat I’m doing . . . but for the mostpart, yeah.

‘‘Plus I don’t have to work,’’ he joked.

Coen is a people’s choice finalistA boy who visited Echucaduring a jet-ski trip lastDecember has beennominated forthe NationalPeople’s Choiceaward.

Coen Ashton, 14, who has

cysticfibrosis and a lung

capacity of 25 percent, jet-skied thelength of the

Murray River to raiseawareness of CF and

organ donation.

Coen recently won

Queensland’s Child of CourageMedaland

therefore, has a chancetowin the National People’s

ChoiceAward.

To vote for Coen, visithttp://peopleschoice.prideofaustralia.com.au/child-courage.php

Voting closes onSunday.