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Dominic Miller - 2009 Henley Hero |
Dominic (Dom) Miller arrived in Alice Springs just over 25 years ago and joined Rotaract. Dom was involved with Henley- on –Todd (HoT) through Rotaract and was one of the crew on the Rotaract battleship Biteyabum.
When he was too old for Rotaract Dom became the then youngest member of the Rotary Club of Alice Springs. He continued his enthusiasm for HoT. In 1990 Dom was Ringmaster and at the pre-HoT barbecue the night before, he met his wife-to-be, Anke.
Ever since, Dom has either been Ringmaster or has worked in the river. The only exceptions were in 1998 when he attended Steve Shearer’s wedding, and in 1993 when the HoT was cancelled because of water raging in the Todd. On this latter occasion he was present at 5am clearing equipment from the river.
Dom has been on the HoT Board three times. One of these years he would love to help other than in the river, to have an easy job for a change, such as working behind the bar. He would love to see the HoT from the perspective of being outside the river, rather than always in it. He would love to be on the Viking crew. The closest Dom got to this was delegating his father-in-law, Artur, to Viking duties in 2008.
Dom has also appointed the long-suffering Artur to barbecue duties and infamously appointed his then fiancée, Anke, to the HoT Board.
As a real estate agent par excellente, Dom conducts open inspections on the morning of the Henley-on-Todd and then races to river duty for the rest of the day.
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