16/11/2000Community Building ProjectRead about our community building project Environmental Camps for Conservation Awareness (ECCA). | ||||||
26/10/2000Acute Mountain SicknessOne of our doctors, Matthew Keys, has pointed out an excellent site to read about AMS (or Acute Mountain Sickness). It gives a good overview of how to avoid AMS, and how to treat it. All this will be in the manual provided, but if you want to do some pre-reading, head over to http://www.nepalonline.net/hra/ and check it out. | ||||||
25/10/2000Specialised TrainingWe have organised a day of specialised Nepal First Aid training for any interested participants and staff at The Duke of Edinburgh's Award, Ground Floor 232 Victoria Parade, East Melbourne, VIC 3002 on Saturday the 4th of November from 11:00 am to 5:00 pm. Come along if you are able.Also, right after that at 5:30pm there will be a get together in the Fitzroy Gardens in the NW corner (Cnr. Albert St and Landsdowne St.) behind the DOE office. BYO Food, Drinks and blanket to sit on. If you are coming to either of these events, please RSVP to Kristen or Graeme on (03) 9412 6685. | ||||||
25/10/2000Newsletter No. 3Newsletter 3 contains a bundle of updates and should be in the mail to you now. For those online here it is. Please note that there is a tiny little bit more content in the hardcopy one which we don't have included in this file. | ||||||
21/10/2000Projects Coordinator on locationOur Projects Coordinator, Greg Andrews is over in Nepal right now checking out base camp and a lot of the final details for the trip. We look forward to reports from Greg as he progresses over there or when he gets back. | ||||||
8/9/2000Newsletter No. 2The second newsletter is available to download here. A medical form will also be sent to every expeditioner confirmed and all staff. | ||||||
7/9/2000CSL as Expedition SponsorWe are pleased to welcome aboard CSL Vaccines as an expedition sponsor. Not only have CSL volunteered to supply the first 110 participants with a range of necessary vaccines, but they have today also agreed to provide us with an expedition T-shirt! We are adding T-shirt size to the medical form so that we can get the right sizes for you all :-)
If you click on Links, you will see some information about some of our sponsors, including CSL. | ||||||
25/8/2000Newsletter No. 1The first newsletter for the Millennium Expedition has been sent to selected participants. Ongoing arrangements for the expedition will be communicated through these newsletters. It can be downloaded here. | ||||||
22/8/2000Change in Climbing LeadersTim Macartney-Snape is now unable to accompany us on the expedition due to unforeseen circumstances within Australia. Tim expressed his regret at the Information Forum last week, but assures us that he will arrange an excellent set of Nepalese climbing leaders to take his place. Tim will be staying on as a consultant to the expedition and will be helping us plan and prepare for the climbing and trekking on the trip. | ||||||
21/8/2000Applications Closing at the end of AugustWe have asked Austereo to stop all advertising for the expedition, and applications will close at the end of August. The expedition has taken some 2000 calls to express interest and has many more applicants than positions. All applications received before the end of August will be considered for selection, and successful applicants informed in Mid-September. | ||||||
21/8/2000Expedition Oversubscribed!The staff of the expedition had a great time meeting some of you last Friday night at the Information Forum in Melbourne. We were gratified that about 200 people turned up to get more information (although the room was designed for 120!) and we enjoyed answering the myriad of questions from the floor.We have now received more applications to participate in the expedition than we can possibly take. Planning work is being done to see if we can take some additional applicants as expeditioners. | ||||||
25/7/2000Upcoming Information Forum in Melbourne
This event will provide additional information about the expedition to both expeditioners and potential expeditioners. Topics covered will include:
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3/7/2000One of our Science Project Leaders is currently investigating the merits of doing some survey work in the South of Nepal involving Elephant and Water Buffalo. We are excited about the possibilities and working with local authorities in the hope that a reasonable project can be put together in time.
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30/5/2000In our first week of accepting expeditioners we have been overwhelmed by the positive response. We are being flooded with applications and deposit monies. Join us quickly if you want to be part of the fun. | ||||||
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