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Greg, Ben, Felix and Emma went to Lysterfield lake and had awesome time sailing!...

Best Parks for Wheelchair users in Melbourne

Ben Chew loves to roll in his wheelchair; unfortunately not all parks are well designed for wheelchair users. Here is our list of the ones we've visited that we give our stamp of approval!Fawkner Park - South Yarra...

Delta Goodrem Concert Compilation

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Greg's Birthday!

We went  out  for Greg's birthday  to  have some dinner. We went to Dumpling King to have some dumplings. We also had a party at Greg's house and had some cake and food. It was lots of fun!...

We Finally Saw Delta Goodrem!

After two cancellations due to COVID, we finally got to go to Delta Goodrem's concert! I went with my friend Bri last Saturday to Rod Laver arena. We had pizza for dinner and a frozen coke, then my dad drove us to the concert. The supporting act was Sheppard, they were really good. After a small break, the main star came on stage - Delta Goodrem! She has a very good voice and it was a lot of fun. She sang for 2.5 hours which is a long time for someone to sing! I filmed some videos whic...

Upcoming Events

Now that we are out of lockdown, I am able to start planning events with the help of my parents and support workers. So far, we have arranged a cooking Zoom meet up and a Christmas baking Zoom meet up. I am now planning to organise a dance party! I am thinking about about being the DJ there but I haven't decided yet. It might be at a hall but we need to figure it out and we plan to have some disco lights too. At the event, we are going dance and have fun. If you have any suggestio...

Bris' Birthday

On Halloween, it was Bri's birthday. I went to her house for a real party with Victoria, Gary, Suzie and Katie. We had a special dinner of dumplings, fried rice and beans. Chinese food is our favourite cuisine! For dessert, we had cupcakes, a halloween smash cake and lollies. We took some polaroid photos and did a lot of catching up! The Thursday prior to Bri's birthday, Emma and I organised a surprise Zoom party. We played Kahoot which was a quiz about Halloween and Disney. We also showed ...

First Day Out Of Lockdown

On Friday, I had a busy day! Since we are out of lockdown now, I was able to see my sister and her family. I was also able to see Eliza in person as well! Eliza and I went to Anderson Park for a walk and got a drink. I had a chocolate milkshake and a gingerbread man. Afterwards, Mum, Dad and I went to my sister's house for lunch. We had sushi and I was able to play with my nephews. In the afternoon, I met up with Warren over Zoom and we went through some exerci...

DJ Ben Chew In The House!

This is me on the  front  cover  of  the Boroondara bulletin in 2017. Some of you may know that I was a DJ. I DJ'ed at parties and events such as 21st birthdays. I had lots of favourite songs to play and also played lots of requests. My mum said that Boroondara Council asked if I wanted to have an interview and be on the front cover the Bulletin. The photo shoot was fun and I thought it was so cool to see myself on the front cover when the Bulletin was printed. I do...

Explore Ability Pre-launch

On Thursday, Bri and I launched our website. We had a zoom meet-up with our friends to celebrate  and teach them how to use our website. We also played a video about the website and organised a Kahoot quiz. Emma made Bri and me some Explore Ability t-shirts which are tie-dyed yellow and orange, with our logo on it. We are very excited for our friends to use the website to meet up with each other, do fun activities and make new friends....

Our Bendigo Trip

Last year, Emma took Bri and me to Bendigo for an overnight trip. This photo is of Bri and me at Borchelli's restaurant in Bendigo, where we shared some pizza. During the day, we went to a pottery class and I made a bowl. We also had a look around and went swimming too! In the evening, we went to our nice hotel and for dessert we got to have room service! We had delicious crepes with banana and ice-cream. We had a really fun time. Thank you very much for taking us on a wonderful trip, ...

Ben's Birthday

Despite being in lockdown, my birthday was very fun because I got to see my friends when they dropped off presents for me. Some of the presents I got were Mr. Strong pyjamas and cakes. On my birthday I did my training for Steptember, had a special dinner and shared my birthday cakes with my family. My sister got me a Mr. Happy cake which you could smash. When I smashed it, there was a little figurine of me inside! Bri gave  me  a yummy cake  with  lots  of  cho...

Steptember

Lockdown again but we are not going to talk about that! I am planning to do Steptember!  I am still to work out all the details but will post as soon as I have.  I am training with Eliza and it makes me so happy to have a goal.  Eliza pushes me to go further and further and further!Along with my Steptember goal, I am improving my fitness with pilates at Spring Osteo. I like the reformer, it makes me feel strong!  I would recommend pilates to everyone....

Plan B

There is always going to be a next time but this time has been cancelled. The Valid, Having a Say, conference has been cancelled! We planned since February 2020 and worked very hard to get everything together!  We made artwork for the competition, t-shirts to advertise this website, flyers and made this website live in preparation! Oh well we will go in February 2022! Meanwhile, Bri - "I am hating lockdown as I love to get out and about and socialise! " Ben - "It is crap, and I ke...

Lockdown again!......

We are in lockdown again!  Doing the website again via zoom.  I am feeling angry and want to get out!  We might get out on Thursday, I have a lot of plans in June.  One of them is to go to the Valid Having a Say Conference.  We have been planning for almost a year and wanted to advertise our website and we made t-shirts.  It is all up in the air.  We have to stay safe and indoors.  Stay connected by zoom and call your friends.  Try to add in some...

ISO Birthday

I had a birthday in isolation.  I had lots of friends on Zoom.  We had dinner together and later a party.  It was fun, but real life ones are better.  It is much nicer to have cake when everyone can have some....

New post

We are planning a holiday to go to Echuca and Nagambie for two nights each place.  We will explore the towns and eat!  Going to a restaurant that Bri recommends at Moama Waters Caravan Park. The Moama has great views of the mighty Murray River.  Ben recommends the Brewery at Nagambie.  The Brewery has lovely views of the lake and Ben loves the food.  We hope to go at the end of November and the start of December.  If COVID allows!  ...

Future things to do

During COVID-19 I have been at home bored!  I have been talking on the phone, zoom, email and facetime to pass the time.  We will be putting up things that we will be doing, so keep looking at it for updates. We are in the planning stages to go away with Bri to Echuca and Nagambie.  We are planning to go there to try going away with friends rather than my family.  I have visited Geelong with Bri before and enjoyed it.  This is the beginning of our big plan to visit Sydne...