HERVEY BAY, Queensland, Australia -- Organised by the Fraser Coast Regional Council's Seniors in Focus group, the mobility scooters parade took place on the Hervey Bay Esplanade during Disability Action Week and 126 mobility scooter users participated - setting the new world record for the Largest parade of electric mobility scooters.
Photo: Hervey Bay mobility scooter owners sets the world record for the World's Largest Parade of Mobility Scooters.Photo by The Courier-Mail
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Julie de Waard, Seniors in Focus project officer, was very pleased with the recognition: "We are over the moon ... We have all worked very hard for three years for this world record and it's a great achievement and everyone involved should feel extremely proud," she said.
The announcement of the new world record for theLargest parade of electric mobility scooters came after three attempts and many years of hard work, according to the Fraser Coast Regional Council.
Ms de Waard said 65 scooters turned up for the first attempt in 2007 - 20 short of the number needed. Then in 2008 a total of 97 scooters crossed the line but they missed out because they had not travelled far enough.
Council's community and recreation portfolio chairman, Les Muckan, said the new world record for the Largest parade of electric mobility scooters would help promote the Fraser Coast as an innovative and caring community with a great sense of fun and he expected it to become an annual event.
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