Riding for robotics

Paul Drain and Zanda at Lillydale Lake. 145322 Picture: ROB CAREW

By Jesse Graham

RIDING around Lillydale Lake can be exhausting for the best of us, but three-year-old Zanda Davidson is keen to take on the challenge this weekend.

Zanda will be riding 2.5 kilometres around the lake at 10.30am on Sunday, 25 October, as part of a fundraiser for Yarra Ranges man, Paul Drain.

The event will raise money for Mr Drain, who is living with cerebral palsy, to purchase REX bionic mobility devices, which work as robotic legs to assist those unable to walk.

Mr Drain is currently confined to a wheelchair.Zanda’s mother, Mileah Davidson, said the event will begin near the second car-park at the lake on Sunday morning, and that food and beverages will also be on sale to raise money.

For more information about the bionic devices, visit www.rexbionics.com.