By Danielle Blewett There’s no doubt about the horrific nature of Sam Cawthorn’s injuries. His mechanical right arm and pulverised right leg held together with 15 bolts, one metal plate and 11 screws, make him a somewhat macabre sight. A stunning mental attitude and his beautiful wife and daughters immediately overwhelm the macabre. The 26-year-old South Launceston father was […]
The Examiner Newspaper, October 21st, 2008 Sam Cawthorn describes his survival and subsequent recovery from a car accident that should have claimed his life as a miracle. The 26-year-old Launceston father was critically injured when the right-hand side of his car was sheared off in a collision with a truck on the Bass Highway earlier this month. “You just […]
By Fran Voss, Helen Kempton and Loretta Johnston Some of these faces were smiling in 2007. Others had to overcome tragedy or needed to fight personal or political battles during the year. But all 50 told a story during what was a big 12 months on the news front. Reporters Fran Voss, Helen Kempton and Loretta Johnston compiled these […]
Hip hop course teacher Sam Cawthorn, has been dancing since he was a “little kid” and has been professionally taught in hip hop and free styling. Hip hop, salsa, sushi and sea kayaking are on offer in the State’s first summer Adult Education programme aimed at 16 to 25-year-olds. Adult Education regional manager and Get Out! Programme coordinator Lynn Jarvis […]
Kevin Rudd had a very unnerving start his Australia Day weekend at The Lodge in Canberra yesterday when Young Australian of the Year finalist Sam Cawthorn decided to play a practical joke on the unsuspecting Prime Minister. The Tasmanian motivational speaker, whose right arm was amputated above the elbow after a car accident, accepted a dare from his young daughter […]
A YOUNG Australian of the Year finalist stunned Kevin Rudd by detaching his prosthetic arm, leaving it dangling from the Prime Minster as the two shook hands. Sam Cawthorn decided to play a practical joke on the unsuspecting Prime Minister at an official function at The Lodge today. The Tasmanian motivational speaker, whose right arm was amputated above the elbow […]
A principle that I live by, each and every day, is the 10/10/10 Principle. Everything I focus on and spend time doing each day I think to myself, ‘how much of a difference is this going to make in my life – and the lives of others – in the next 10 minutes, 10 months and 10 years?’. EVERYTHING! That’s […]
For a little Christmas cheer I thought I’d be creative. Have fun reading this: Top 25 reasons WHY I lost my arm: I went bowling with my friends. As I threw a heavy ball, my arm got ripped off. I was saving a school of orphaned children from a shark. I killed the shark, but the Piranha next […]
It’s been a magical 2 months travelling the world with my family on a work/charity/holiday trip. We’ve experienced the greenest school in the world, seen 2013 New Years Eve at the #1 Wonder of the world, Taj Mahal. Met people that have never met a foreigner or a white person & helped the poorest people in the world in providing […]
Waiting for good times to return is irresponsible, & focussing on ‘the good old days’ to come back is ignorant. Recently I was talking with a manager of a large retail chain, he said that, “retail is very poor at the moment, but we are weathering the storm as it will return to how it was”. He thought he […]