Fifty-three year old Goodna battler Julius Fazekas received the Christmas gift of a lifetime with the surprise presentation of a motorised scooter by Ipswich Councillor Paul Tully, Goodna Rotary represented by John Nugent the former Mayor of Ipswich and Bruce Saville and Yvonne Saville from Ipswich-based "Walk on Wheels".Mr Fazekas came from Hungary to Australia in 1982 to embark on a new life.
He was a fit and healthy 27 year old who planned a new life in Australia far away from the rigours of Communist Hungary.
From left, Bruce Saville, John Nugent, Julius Fazekas, Yvonne
Saville and Cr Paul Tully
But tragedy struck four years later after he suffered a major stroke following a serious car accident.
Mr Fazekas was paralysed in one arm and his mobility severely affected.
Cr Paul Tully said Julius was well-known around Goodna and the motorised scooter would help him enormously.
“He has no relatives in Australia and this will give him a major boost as he gets around the suburb for his shopping and personal needs.
“Julius had saved $1300 from a recent Gold Lotto win to buy a scooter but he will get to keep that, as well as his new motorised scooter.”
When the scooter arrived at his Smiths Road home, Julius' face lit up like a Christmas tree.
"Tremendous - I was only dreaming about it," Julius exclaimed as he jumped on board his new scooter and regained the freedom he lost 21 years ago.
CLICK HERE TO READ ALL ITEMS ON THIS WEBSITE.
WHAT'S HAPPENING AROUND YOUR LOCAL AREA.
Stay in touch with all the local news in your suburb.
Register for Google Alerts for your area by selecting key
words such as your suburb name or "Division 2 News".
You will then receive immediate email notification of all
relevant updates to this site as well as any online news
service in the world which mentions your selected suburb(s).
When signing in, under "Type" select "Comprehensive".
If you want to know what's happening around Division 2,
email your local Councillor Paul Tully today.
