Brunei Australia Alumni Association

News from Melbourne – Mothers Day Classic Run

10 May 2009, Melbourne, Victoria. – A mother day run for a worthy cause. The mother’s day run is more than just a walk, it’s a nationwide community event, bringing together those who have lost someone to breast cancer and those who want to get fit and donate to a worthy cause.

An expected turnout of 80,000 Australians were present for the event coming with friends and family to help raise money for the breast cancer research and the Brunei student society Melbourne sent a Brunei team to help raise money for the worthy cause.

The event itself is divided into 4 categories. Representing Brunei in the walk areNadzri Harif and Rady Roslan in the 8km run. Kamaliah Saiful-Rijal in the 4km run. Firdaus Maeraj, Suryati Serbini and Naasirah Mahdi were in the 4km walk. All of which completed the rest in good spirits and smiles.

With warmest regards from down under:

Safarul Izwan bin Hj Razali.

Add comment May 16, 2009

Lest We Forget

The Brunei-Australia Memorial was unveiled this morning at Muara Beach in a moving ceremony by The Hon. Alan Griffin, MP, Minister for Veterans’ Affairs, and veterans of the campaign – Bill Corey and Steve Gooch. The ceremony was attended by several members of the Bruneian and Australian Armed Forces, the diplomatic corp, and several individuals with links to Australia including members of the Brunei-Australia Alumni Association.

The black Australian granite especially honours the 114 Australians who were killed and 221 who were wounded during Operation OBOE 6. The inscription on the plaque reads “1945 in memory”, surrounded by the words “Brunei-Australia Memorial” in English, Malay and Jawi.