Sunday,
5 October 2025
Vaughn’s desert dream realised

ON THE day of the 17-year anniversary of a motorbike accident that put Vaughn Hogan in a wheelchair, the 54-year-old Myrtleford resident crossed the finish line of one Australia’s most challenging off-road races: the Finke Desert Race.

In 2007 Mr Hogan broke the C5 vertebrae in his neck and was classified a C5 Incomplete Quadriplegic, but that didn’t stop him from participating in the sports ...

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