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a Photo of Hailey tactually exploring a hands on three d map of Fairfield railway station

TACTILE MAP

A 3D tactile map of Fairfield Railway Station
by Kim Pilic

a photo of Lisa standing in a bush setting holding her hiking pole and looking upwards

HIKING POLE

A hiking pole makes a difference
by Kim Pilic

a photo of a long white zebra crossing straight ahead traversing a carpark 2

SAFER PEDESTRIAN

Advocating for safer pedestrian access
by Kim Pilic

a photo of Peter holding a long white cane vertically in front of his body with grass and water behind

WHITE CANE DAY

Happy international White Cane Day - 15 October
by Kim Pilic

a photo of Mason attending to Braille Dot Leaning sheets with a pencil

DISCOVERING BANKNOTE

Mason discovering banknote dots
by Kim Pilic

photo of a Man crossing light controlled crossing with long cane

ADVOCATING SUCCESS

Success! Advocating for improved pedestrian access:
by Kim Pilic

photo of A pink kiddies long cane with raceball tip

POST TO CHILDREN

Dedicating an O&M post to children
by Kim Pilic

a photo of Elizabeth and Peter sitting side by side on the boat smiling at camera

CRUISING

Cruising on the Tweed river
by Kim Pilic

A terrific image of George immediately taken during his touch down and skimming across beach sand

SKYDIVERS LANDING

Our skydivers landing on the beach
by Kim Pilic

a photo of Two cup cakes sitting side by side inside a takeway cardboard box

ACT OF KINDNESS

A random act of kindness
by Kim Pilic

a photo of A close up image of a bus timetable announcer button, including accessible signage

BUS INTERCHANGE

Waiting at a bus interchange
by Kim Pilic

a photo of a Beachside sunset image over the ocean with long cane seen right of image

SUN SET

A beachside sunset on the Gold Coast
by Kim Pilic

A photo of a young girl who is blind standing with a tennis racket in hand and facing camera

BLIND TENNIS

Playing blind tennis
by Kim Pilic

a photo of Em eating a Cinnabon with dog guide Annie watching

SHOPPING

Shopping is not boring with Forward Steps Mobility
by Kim Pilic

a photo of an older lady and middle aged man standing with beach walkers at our expo booth

DISABILITY EXPO VISITORS

Some of our disability expo visitors
by Kim Pilic

a Lovely image of Elvis, a dog guide lying down out of harness on grass

FARM DOG

Not your average farm dog
by Kim Pilic

a photo of Kim and Tony standing side by side to left of Forward Steps Mobility booth with Tony showing his medal

2021 GOLD COAST DISABILITY EXPO

Exhibiting at the 2021 Gold Coast disability expo
by Kim Pilic

a photo of Kerri, Anna and Kim standing at BindiMaps expo stand

ANNA FROM BINDIMAPS

Meeting Anna from BindiMaps
by Kim Pilic

A group photograph of 12 people standing next to each other on grass, with a portion of the brick gaol wall seen in the background, including rusty spiralling barbed wire fencing extending beyond the brick fence above and behind our head height. Four dog guides and one Assistance Dog are also seen in close proximity to their handlers.

BOGGO ROAD GAOL

Exploring Boggo Road Gaol
by Kim Pilic

A close up image of a pair of male legs wearing beige coloured trousers, black runners and extending a white cane forward and to the right of the footpath against the edge of grass.

WHITE CANE TRAVELLERS

To all the white cane travellers – prose
by Kim Pilic

A picture of Dan standing on black tactile ground surface indicators near the top of some descending steps leading down onto the beach at Surfers Paradise. Dan is facing away from the beach with his long cane in vertical placement. The blue ocean, white sand and blue sky are seen in the background.

DAN TRAVELLING

Dan travelling with a white cane
by Kim Pilic

photo of a lady sitting in a motor scooter from behind and on a residential footpath

RIDING A MOTOR SCOOTER

Legally blind and riding a motor scooter
by Kim Pilic

Photo taken from behind and to the left side of a male who is seen walking along a set of TGSIs in King George Square, with white cane extended forward. The image also shows the tiles extending further forward and off into the distance ahead.

FOLLOWING TACTILE TILES

Following tactile tiles in King George square
by Kim Pilic

A terrific photograph of Steve sitting on a stool with microphone positioned in front of him on a stand, guitar in hand, and sunshine aptly beaming through a nearby window as though placing him in a naturally lit spotlight for his captive audience.

AN AWARD WINNING ENTERTAINER

AN AWARD WINNING ENTERTAINER [Steve Sparrow] AT OUR HIGH TEA
by Kim Pilic

WALKING TWENTY-FIVE KILOMETRES

Walking Twenty-Five Kilometres
by Kim Pilic

Photograph taken from behind and left of Hailey who is walking stridently with her Seeing Eye Dog on a suburban footpath.

PUBLIC MISPERCEPTIONS

Public misperceptions about blindness & low vision
by Kim Pilic

Photo shows a large round orange sign stuck to tiles on the ground stating, Please keep a social distance of 1.5 metres , and also includes a graphic of someone stretching their arms out bilaterally.

SOCIAL DISTANCING

Social distancing considerations in a pandemic world
by Kim Pilic

Two legs visible assuming a sighted guide technique with partial view of a long cane to the lef, this is also the link to read this blog

SOCIAL ISOLATION

Some people don’t understand the rationale for social isolation
by Kim Pilic

Image of a sand track leading onto the beach at Coolangatta with welcome ocean ahead of track in the near distance.

2020 YEAR IN REVIEW

Forward Steps Mobility – 2020 year in review
by Kim Pilic

Image shows Rachael left and Hailey right arms around each other and high tea food on three tiered plates in front of them.

HIGH TEA

Our high tea was poetry!
by Kim Pilic

image shows Kim guiding one of the radio hosts at radio studio, with two other staff behind applying sighted guide.

JUICE1073

Juice1073 radio q&a interview
by Kim Pilic

Image shows large guide dog Wesley centre of light rail platform with handler Kevin and surrounded by other people with tram in background.

TRIBUTE TO WESLEY

A tribute to Wesley - Kevin's Dog Guide
by Kim Pilic

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