An old fella's motorbike ride for mental health.

I've had too many breakdowns and I'm lucky to be alive after a suicide attempt in my mid twenties. Unfortunately, I've learned that my life experience is all to common in NZ. I don't think this is the way it should be for us all living here in paradise.

Please support me and my motorbike ride and help the Mental Health Foundation to help improve the mental health of current and future generations of NZers.

I've decided to travel from my home in Tauranga to Invercargill for my Mum's 70th Birthday on the the 29th November. I bought a one-way ticket with AirNZ thinking I would find a way back home while I'm down south. Well, a 1982 Yamaha XJ550 came up for sale in Invercargill the next day so I thought, right I'll buy it and ride home. So from 29 November to 9 December I'll make my way slowly home from Invercargill to Tauranga in time for my son's 16th Birthday on the 10th December.

I've decided to spend pretty much all of the time in the South Island sleeping in free camping areas beside my motorbike. I plan to just use a hammock and blanket and tarp and try and keep the costs low. I'll try and learn how to post pictures and video clips.

It's been difficult for our family after losing my job after my last mental breakdown in 2014. Then things got tougher again this year with Covid-19 and I got also sick with some rheumatoid thing. But we are still alive and trying and life is probably so much harder for so many more NZers. So many people are breaking mentally and giving up their lives. This isn't the way it should be. I don't know what to do about it to help, so I'll try this.

Please help to try and change our situation in NZ by giving a little.