A cancer survivor who is walking the entire perimeter of Australia dressed as a bogan superhero is headed for Geraldton this week as part of a journey to improve outcomes for kids with the disease. Captain Australia, otherwise known as Simon, is looking to raise $1 million dollars for the Kids’ Cancer Project by walking a lap around Australia. Monday morning was day 227 of his walk, where he was on his way to Eneabba, about 150km south of Geraldton.
Captain Australia told his 66,000 Facebook followers he planned on stopping at some Mid West and Gascoyne areas on his way through. “Eneabba is the next town, I probably won’t get to Eneabba today but I’ll camp not too far out of it,” he said on Monday. “We are inching our way closer to Geraldton.
“After Geraldton you’ve got Carnarvon, Port Hedland, Broome, then Darwin before we loop back to Brisbane.” Captain Australia was affected by cancer, having stage 4 invasive squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck. His journey to raise money was because he believed no child should have to endure what he went through.
Captain Australia previously completed an 84 day walk from Brisbane to Melbourne, a distance more than 2200km, raising $165,000 for The Kids’ Cancer Project. While accomplishing the fete gave himself hope, he realised it created hope for others too, and so he set out on the extraordinary quest around the country. “I think kindness is a massive part of that recipe, because whether you give, receive, .