Brett Whiteley (Braddon, Liberal Party) Share this | Hansard source

I would just like to take this brief moment to congratulate the committee, volunteers and Burnie City Council for the running of the 30th Burnie Ten footrace, Australia's premier 10-kilometre out-of-stadium footrace, that first commenced in the region of the north-west coast of Tasmania in 1985, with infamous win by Steve Moneghetti, who went on to much greater things.

This is the footrace that stops a city. It is something that the people of the north-west coast—particularly the people of the city of Burnie—are extremely proud of. I had the pleasure of serving as one of the directors of the board of the Burnie Ten for a number of years until other matters took over. I can say that the commitment of the committee, the Burnie City Council, the hundreds of volunteers and the local regional newspaper The Advocate have made this the success that it is. I want to pay tribute to Mike Boss-Walker, to instigated this event way back in 1984 and who has great pride in the fact that we celebrated the 30th race just yesterday.

It is appropriate for me to recognise those committed board members and volunteers that have gone before us—Stephen Hite, Jeremy White, Martin Jordan, Nick Walker and John Woods. They have passed on, but they have made a great race that brings great economic and health benefits to the region and to the City of Burnie, and I pay tribute to them all.

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