The Wall to Wall Ride for Remembrance (W2W) is now in its 16th year, involving police riding from their home states to Canberra to pay their respects to
fallen mates, and the Lakes Entrance community plays a special part in the Victorian ride.
The ride leaves the Victoria Police Memorial in Melbourne after a breakfast and ceremony this Saturday with the 380 riders/pillions led by retired Detective Sergeant Wellington CIU Ian Marr. They will stop at the Lakes Entrance Youth and Recreation Hall for a barbecue lunch and refreshments provided by the Lakes Entrance Lions Club, the Lions Club of Gippsland Lakes Lionesses, and the Lakes Entrance Men’s Shed. They will also be fuelling up within the town.
“We understand that the Lions Club has been struggling with numbers recently, but thank them for their support and wish them well,” Mr Marr said.
Lions Club member Brigid Baldwin said said, with the incident at Porepunkah on everybody’s minds minds, there will be a memorial board in place where the local community and school children can leave messages of condolence to the police.
The riders will be at the hall from noon to 1.30pm and will then travel to Cann River, where a memorial service for the 50th anniversary of the death of Sgt Mick Baum will take place.
Each state carries a baton hollowed out with the names of those have died in the line of duty duty, and these will be presented to the Chief Commissioner at the National Police Memorial in Canberra.
The W2W ride marks the commemoration of service and sacrifice, but is also a fantastic social event for enthusiastic motorcyclists across Australia, celebrating and supporting the police family. It is also an important fundraising event that directly supports the identified policing legacy organisations and charities.
Donations along the way and at the Lakes Entrance stopover will be gratefully accepted.
