Family is on a mission to ride around the world

Zealand then flew to Mel- bourne to visit friends at Gis- borne before setting off on a ride through Victoria via Day- lesford, Clunes, Avoca, Lands- borough ...
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Family is on a mission to ride around the world REGION· French couple Valerie and Fabian Maurice and their two children Lea and Yanis, are making a round the world journey. It is an 18month trip on their unusual bicycles. The parents each tow an enclosed buggy where the children, aged three and 18months, travel. They have toured New Zealand then flew to Melbourne to visit friends at Gisborne before setting off on a ride through Victoria via Day-

lesford, Clunes, Avoca, Landsborough, Stawell and Pomonal, where they visited the children at Pomonal Primary School. Students enjoyed the opportunity to speak with the couple and hear about th~ir amazing journey. They have enjoyed the Australianlandscape and the light traffic on the country roads. Wildlife is abundant compared with Europe and they

found the blue sky and night sky amazing. The family has also appreciated the great hospitality of the Australians when travélling or stopping to ask questions. After leaving Pomonal they headed for Warrnambool and the Great Ocean Road before returning to Melbourne. The second leg of their journey will be through North Central America and possibly South America, before returning to Paris.

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French couple Valerie and Fabian Maurice bid farewell to Pomonal Primary School students as they prepare to continue on their journey.