[bikeqld] A good news bicycle story

[Anthony Lee]

Gee, a 15 year old could do it, what's wrong with me :-).

May be he should sell his story to get some money to do a real trip around Australia :-).

From the ABC's new site:

Missing Brisbane boy rides bike to Sydney
A 15-year-old Brisbane boy with Asperger's syndrome
who went missing for two weeks has been found in Sydney, after riding
his bike more than 950 kilometres down the Pacific Highway.
Ethan Johnson of Kingston, south of Brisbane, was discovered at a
train station at Merrylands in western Sydney by police on Good Friday.
Ethan slept at truck stops, under bridges and ate at fast food restaurants during his six-day, dawn-to-dusk ride to Sydney.
His mother Tammy Johnson said Ethan decided to make the trek because
he did not get to see enough of the city during a school excursion when
he was 12, Ms Johnson said.
He was last captured on closed circuit television about 9.20am AEST
on March 30, leaving the Robina train station on the Gold Coast.
"Because we had the CCTV footage, we knew he was safe and the fact
that he kept using his keycard as he went along we knew where to find
him when he hit Sydney," Ms Johnson said.
"We kept putting a little bit [of money] in his account each day so
he could buy food but not too much so he couldn't get too far.
"We got him on the morning he took the last bit of money from his account."
Ms Johnson said when she was finally reunited with her son, she gave him a big cuddle and he started crying.
"However he's quite happy. He just didn't think to tell anyone he was going for a bike ride to Sydney," she said.
"He got a bit disappointed because he was found a bit quicker than he thought he would be. He didn't get to explore too far.
"He had ventured into the heart of the city but there were too many
people so he left the city area - he doesn't like crowded areas."
Ethan told his mum it was good to be back home and he would not make the trip again.
Asperger's syndrome is a autism-related disorder which inhibits a person's ability to socially interact.

 Anthony Lee
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