Billycart Gets Vice Regal Nod Of Approval

His Excellency The Honourable Peter Underwood AC, Governor of Tasmania and Mrs Underwood have been presented with a fully operational billycart and matching helmets by participants of the renowned youth restorative program, Chance on Main.

His Excellency and Mrs Underwood were invited to Chance on Main’s workshop facilities to unveil a newly constructed billycart that was built especially for them by Chance on Main participants Cody Faltusz, Dylan Phillips and Stuart White.

PHOTO: His Excellency The Honourable Peter Underwood AC, Governor of Tasmania and Mrs Underwood unveil the new billycart.

An immediate friendship was formed between the Vice Regal party and CHoM participants during an earlier visit to the program in February this year. It was from this initial meeting that Cody, Stuart and Dylan decided to build a billycart especially for Governor Peter Underwood.

The three young men used metalwork, woodwork and mathematical skills learnt whilst attending Chance on Main, to completely modify existing plans in order to construct a large, safe billycart. The billycart was recently trialled at Baskerville Raceway where it performed extremely well.

PHOTO: His Excellency The Honourable Peter Underwood AC, Governor of Tasmania (seated), ready to try out the new billycart, with the assistance of Mrs Underwood (right), and program participants Cody Faltusz (centre) and Dylan Phillips (left).

PHOTO: His Excellency The Honourable Peter Underwood AC, Governor of Tasmania (seated), sizes up the benefits of the new billycart against his official vehicle.

The newly-constructed billycart is equipped with a full racing harness; racing seat; a roll bar, special wheels and quality brakes and steering components. The cart also features signage referring to the Vice Regal driver – ‘G-01’. The safety helmets are also personalised with the signage ‘Guvna’, and ‘Mrs Guvna’.

PHOTO: His Excellency The Honourable Peter Underwood AC, Governor of Tasmania (seated), tries out the new billycart aided by Mrs Underwood (right), and Cody Faltusz.

Following the unveiling of the billycart, His Excellency The Honourable Peter Underwood AC, Governor of Tasmania tried out the billycart for size, and with the assistance of Mrs Underwood and Cody Faltusz enjoyed a quick lap around Chance on Mains’ car park. Suitably impressed with the efforts of the young men, His Excellency presented Cody and Dylan with official Certificates of Achievement – understood to be the first time certificates of this nature have been presented by the Governor of Tasmania.

PHOTO: His Excellency The Honourable Peter Underwood AC, Governor of Tasmania (centre), presents Certificates of Achievement to Cody Faltusz (left), and Dylan Phillips (right).