80yo Tasmanian invents carer-controlled electric wheelchair

Meg Powell
August 8 2020 - 12:00pm
INVENTIVE: Tony Earle doesn't need to push the chair at all, and can take longer walks with his wife. The moveable control allows either the user or the carer to drive. Picture: Simon Sturzaker
INVENTIVE: Tony Earle doesn't need to push the chair at all, and can take longer walks with his wife. The moveable control allows either the user or the carer to drive. Picture: Simon Sturzaker

Armed with just a $3 ironing board, an $800 wheelchair from Gumtree and plenty of creativity, an "eccentric Englishman" living at Ulverstone has managed to invent his own version of an electric wheelchair.

Meg Powell

Meg Powell

Journalist

Meg Powell has been a journalist for the Advocate Newspaper in North-West Tasmania since 2019. She has covered a range of areas and issues including crime, health, environmental issues, business, social affairs , the arts and education. Got a story to share? Email megan.powell@theadvocate.com.au or call 0448 302 029

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