Australian and world record holder will inspire at AUSTimber Welcome Function charity auction

AUSTimber 2012 organisers are excited to announce that Michael Milton – world and Australian record holder, Australia’s fastest skier ever, cyclist, trekker, triathlete, Paralympian, Olympian – will be the speaker for the AUSTimber Welcome Function charity auction on 29 March.
Michael is widely known as Australia’s fastest skier. He holds the Australian record for the fastest on-snow run ever – regardless of limb count.
Michael has won so many awards there is a separate list downloadable from his website but a quick summary is his four gold medals at the Salt Lake Winter Paralympic Games that earned him the title of Laureus World Sportsperson of the Year with a Disability. At that event he became the first Australian to win Gold at the Winter Olympics. He then became a speed skier and smashed a 16 year old record becoming the world’s fastest skier with a disability.
Michael then turned his attention to cycling and proceeded to break another Australian record.
That’s his sporting achievements – he’s also overcome cancer, twice. He’s climbed Mount Kilimanjaro and walked Kokoda … twice.
“We are very excited to have Michael as part of the AUSTimber Welcome Function charity auction. He’s inspirational and for an industry’s that been going through some tough times he’ll be able to inspire because of the life he’s led and his testing of his limits. Michael is generously donating an auction item – four people to come skiing with him for half a day – and I suspect there will be keen bidding for that. It will be a great night to welcome all to AUSTimber and to raise funds to help local children.” said David Quill, AUSTimber 2012 general manager.
The official AUSTimber Welcome function will be held at the prestigious Barn Steak House in Mount Gambier. The Barn has been selected as the venue for the function because it is the only restaurant in Mount Gambier to have been continually recognised for its excellence. The Barn has won numerous awards, most recently the 2011 Restaurant & Catering Award of Excellence for Steak and Best Wine List.
AUSTimber organisers encourage early bookings because if it is like the 2008 Welcome function it will again be a sell out and already over fifty percent of tickets have been sold. To book please visit the AUSTimber 2012 website or contact [email protected]
The AUSTimber Welcome Function is sponsored by Caterpillar.