Keira Mckenzie

Oscar the motivator

Wednesday 25th Oct This dog I will give it to him. On the days I felt like I had no effort to leave house, wasn’t feeling it. He sure as hell held me accountable. His got used to his morning walk with Sarah and afternoon walks with me. 7/8am and 4pm hits and he is there to let you know to get off your bum and walk. His made achievements in this past 25 days too. His had good and bad days with his reactivity towards other dogs but he managed to play, sniff and walk and walk towards other dogs (not every day) with no worries! He managed to go to a busy dog park (stayed on leash) and walking track that has lots of distractions and dogs. He managed to go swimming in the beach with other dogs around. I’m proud of him as much as I’m proud of myself. Go Oscar x Share

Walking to vote use my democratic voice

Saturday 14th Oct Today I’m feeling slightly better and with that in mind I decided to take the long route to go and use my democratic voice and go and vote in todays important 2023 referendum to vote yes in supporting the recognition of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders a 65,000 year old culture and now unfortunately a fellow minority group. I vote yes in support of The Voice and The Uluru Statement From The Heart. As a women it is a privilege to have the right to vote, living in a democratic country it is a privilege not everyone has, as a bisexual woman I am privileged to have the option to marry another female if I do choose so based on historical referendums that have taken place. Lastly, I am privileged as a fellow minority from not just the lgbtqia+ community but from the disability community to be able to use my democratic rights and voice to hopefully help create change, justice, equality and hope for a better future for others and my country. As I walked to and from the voting I listened to a podcast about other historical woman that proved others wrong, showed their knowledge and power and were the start of some cool changes in how woman were viewed professionally. “Rocket Women: America’s First Female Astronauts”. Completely different subject matter but hyped me up for the possibility of change for the better. Whether you agree with my opinion and vote that’s okay. Just remember to vote today, use your voice and please educate yourself and vote correctly. We are privileged to vote and if you don’t know that is not an excuse not to vote use the resources around you, have meaningful conversations and use your voice. Knowledge is power and there is power in every vote today. Share

Hit my donation goal AGAIN!

Tuesday 10th Oct Not only have I hit my first goal of $250 but now I’ve hit $500! I’m so proud, grateful and happy that not only I’ve accomplished this but I’ve got such supportive people in my life to help me reach this. Thank you everyone! A number of you were anonymous donations and I can’t reach out personally to message you but I see your donation and support. You’re amazing all of you. Thank you to everyone who’s joined me on adventures lately and walks. Motivating me and checking in. I’ll keep going and asking for more support this month to help towards are team goal of $2000! Share

Oh the joys of Covid-19

Tuesday 10th Oct Day 9 and roadblock has been hit. COVID. Got myself straight onto an after hours GP for a script of antivirals and fingers crossed these help and it’s not like last time I had Covid where it effected my epilepsy. I’ll rest for now but I’ll be back and pushing to reach that 100km target. Share

Throwin axes… exercise or therapy?

Sunday 8th Oct May not be your normal “exercise” or therapy session but damn is it effective. Highly recommend kiss my axe to release some frustrations, break a little sweat, friendly competition or a different fun date. Share

Getting your dance and walk on

Sunday 8th Oct Counts towards steps walking to through from hotel to the clubs and restaurants and getting your dance on to celebrate your soul sisters birthday right? Share

Post walk selfie

Saturday 7th Oct Oscar loves his post walk selfie and snacks. Share

Friends supporting eachother

Monday 2nd Oct Day 2 started with a morning coffee walk with my awesome group of strong supportive gal pals. Each taking time out of their busy public holiday to catch up, get our walk on and our much needed dose of caffeine. The rest of my kilometres today which in total came to 12km was from preparing for a house inspection tomorrow. Gardening, scrubbing and errands. Grateful for the support I’ve received donation wise, well wishes and of the people that will be joining me on some of my walks to keep me motivated, accountable and show their support whilst having a catch up at the same time! Share

Individual Donation Target Met!

Saturday 2nd Sep Wow! I’m lost for words.  Share