Our BIG Challenge to help children in need!
We're taking on The Smith Family Challenge 2021. We'll run, ride, paddle and navigate our way through the bush, over mountains and up rivers to complete the course.
Over 2 days we'll cover more than 100km!!
Its going to be tough but the effort will all be worth it so that kids in need can break the poverty cycle.
In Australia, 1 in 6 children are growing up in disadvantaged homes, where even the basics in life are hard to come by.
But supporting their education is the key to breaking the cycle of disadvantage.
Your donation will give children in need essentials like school books, bags, uniforms, shoes and the help they need to keep up at school.
Plus your support will also help to keep us going until we reach that finish line!
Thanks for your support (and wish us luck!)
So far this year I helped provide
329
School Essentials Packs
80
Reading Buddies
96
Children Sponsored
Thank you to our Sponsors
$5.02k
Ckn Productions
$4.75k
Morgan Stanley Matching
$4k
Cisco Matching
$3.14k
Sergey Vashketov
Just do it
$2.02k
Paradice Family Foundation
$2.02k
Neil Carter
$2k
Nicholas Carlton
$2k
Tom Punch
$2k
Andrew Stevens
$1.52k
Tom Punch
Crush it TP
$1.22k
Petra Capital
On behalf of the team at Petra Capital
$1.02k
Peter Salisbury
$1.02k
Harvey Lewis
Good Luck Tom!
$1.02k
Anonymous
Well done for fronting up again - good luck
$1.02k
Peter Hutchinson
well done Neil - catch up next time you are in Perth - whenever that may be!! Hutch
$1.02k
Tom Punch
$1.02k
Peter Huljich
Go well! Best, Pete
$1.02k
Grainger Wallis
Andrew, Great achievement. I'm sorry I missed the original email however I was hugely inspired by what you and the team accomplished. It was great reading the email and seeing the photos and anyone going through that for a good cause - well I can certainly contribute!! Hope you are well mate - would be great to catch up again one of these days. All the very best to you
$1.02k
Keith Chapman
Hi Tom. Good to see you're keeping fit! Well done you mate, a tough challenge for a great cause. Best, Keith C
$1.02k
Regal Funds Management
Donation made on behalf of Brendan O'Connor, Philip King & the Regal Team.
$1,000
Tom Fennell
Good luck Neil and Goofy
$1,000
Anonymous
Well done
$1,000
Rob Cropper
Great work
$639
Wassim Gazal
Great cause! best of luck on the walk..
$639
Axel Arnott
Good on you & good luck mate!
$639
Davis Halliday
Oh it’s a deep burn Tom. Good teammates to get you through. Good luck.
$639
Tracey Frost And Family
Well Done Tom!!!!
$639
Tracey Frost And Family!!!
Well Done Nick!!!
$639
David Rickards
Best wishes and keep up the good work
$639
Frank Wolff
Good Luck Neil.. glad its you not me..Frank
$639
David John Southon
Great cause Nick and pleased to see you putting your body on the line - GO HARD!!
$639
Jake Haines
Great cause Nick! Best of luck!
$639
David Abouhaidar
Well done mate. Amazing cause
$639
Charlie Tannous
Good Work Andrew!
$624
Dane Totham
Good on you Tom, this is a very worthy cause and you are a good person for doing this
$515
Rob Webb
$515
Uri Ferster
Good on you Tom. Great charity and great event. Well done mate.
$515
Justin & Patty
Hopefully not too much pain and distress!
$515
Winton Partners Bellbird Pty Ltd
$515
Doug Flynn
Better late than never.
$515
Allan Moss
Congratulations, Nick, on such a great effort for a good cause. Allan
$515
Canaccord Genuity
From Alex & Team Canaccord
$515
Vlado Bosanac
Good on you Neil, happy to support.
$515
David Bennett
Well done Nick.
$515
Stephen Batten
$500
Morgan Parker
Hope it goes better than your mountain biking in Thredbo...
$500
Ferg
$500
Bruce Hogan
$500
Robyn Stevens
Fantastic cause - come back in one piece!
$500
Vincent Pisani
Go Neil. Well done on accepting an amazing challenge for a very credible organisation
$500
Rob Nichols
Good on you Nick!
$500
Francis Tan
Well done Tom, fantastic effort!
$364
Jackie Au Yeung
Good work Neil!
$350
Lachlan Parker & Leanne Livingstone
enjoy the stroll
$275
Julian Wills
Best of luck mate - great effort!
$275
Shane Gavegan
Sorry was late to party but well done ... gets your the goal
$275
Matthew Smythe
Matey, I’d sponsor you to go to the pub, so how can I not sponsor you to go hiking for a great cause
$260
Charles Stodart
Good luck, Tom. Ready, aye, ready!
$260
Christina Stevens
$260
Sesame Street Circus Spectacular
All the best mate
$260
Stuart Gregor
Go get em Thomas Norman
$260
Paul Solomon
go get em Tom! great Cause.
$260
Ari Droga
Tom, good luck, stay safe, excellent cause.
$260
Mosese Tea
Good luck tomorrow mate
$260
Warwick Bryan
$260
Andrew Rochester
good job
$260
Anonymous
apart from the good cause, the incurred pain is definitely to be supported!
$260
Giles Borten
$260
Rell Aspery
You can do it, my godson!
$260
Matthew Roberts
All the best. Sam & Matt
$260
Christopher Manning
A beautiful thing you are doing Neil!
$260
Darien Jagger
Good luck!
$260
Susanna Press
$260
Patrick Holt
Well done mate. Huge achievement. Many congrats.
$260
Joseph Arcuri
Mate good luck - hope you've increased the training.
$260
Chad Quinn
$260
John
Well done Neil , great cause
$260
Damo Roche
$260
Cpe Capital
$260
Anthea Kane
Lots of luck Neil
$260
Stephanie Lai
Good luck Nick. Well done for supporting such a great cause.
$260
Athol & Pia White
$260
Maureen Mclaughlin
Good luck Neil in your courageous adventure for such a good cause.
$260
Max Yaffa
I reckon you can lap all competitors, that's my challenge to you
$260
Nic Hyde
Go well Neil.
$260
Angus Logan
Paddle hard Nic!
$260
Cameron Sinclair
Good luck Slips!!
$260
Michael Hanna
Good to see you are staying active. Good luck with this Neil.
$260
Ed Gilmartin
$260
Vanessa Hicks
Better you than me taking on this challenge, go well!
$260
Matt Dimattina
Best of luck Nick, great to see you back at it again!
$260
Nicole Szujda
Great job Tom Good luck !
$260
Sam Gerner
Go hard mate!
$260
Pat Nicholas
Go Carlto, don't forget when navigating to just "feel the vibe of the land"mate
$260
John Sinclair
Good for you Tom...and good luck!!
$260
Sue & Petergrice
Great effort for an excellent cause Tom! SS & PP
$260
Andrew Purcell
Respect, brother. Good luck!
$260
Ben Scott
good luck mate
$260
Jim Copland
You're a better man than me Mr Neil, good luck!
$260
Richard Attrill
great cause Neil - good luck - all the best
$260
Paul Brunker
Good on you Nick!
$260
Patrick Winter
Great work Nick !
$260
Michelle & Marshall Baillieu
Well done Tom!!
$260
Samantha Atkinson
Good Luck Tom, great cause
$260
Andrew Sinclair
$260
Andrew Sinclair
$260
Robert Wallhausen
Good luck , great Challenge
$260
Kevin Roche
Good luck Nick - great cause - go well!
$260
Rowan Gilmore
Great effort Neil
$260
Patrick Regan
Love your work
$250
Louisa Ingram
$250
Dee-ann And Phil Prather
Well done Nick - good luck this weekend.
$250
Paul Crouch
Way to go Andrew! A Areat Cause.
$250
Timothy Clarkson
Well done Andrew, for supporting a worthy cause.
$250
Bruce Apted
Good luck buddy
$250
Kinetic Six Ltd
Great Charity! Good on you Neil!
$250
Secure Logic
$250
David Johnson
Good on you, Neil. Enjoy the trek
$250
Glenn Bunney
Thanks Neil for your hard work and participation on behalf of those in need. All the very best.
$250
Chris Barton
This sounds amazing Neil! I wish I was there to join you for the event. Hope you and family are well! - Chris
$250
Angus Burns
Better late than never, or so they say - anyway, that's my way!
$250
Anonymous
$250
Rob Conroy
$250
Matthew Playfair
Good luck Tom. Inspired by pain and distress!
$250
Gordon Charles Biscoe
$250
Anonymous
Well done Neil, a great cause and look like a bit of fun (albeit gruelling)
$209
Christopher Crawford
Well done Nick. Thanks for doing the hard yards.
$208
Andy And Kirsty Kovacs
Great cause. Awesome event. Enjoy!
$208
Ernie Hug
Been a tough Quarter but my average over the period is pretty good, good luck Old man :)
$208
Jack Cowin
Great cause, good on you Nick.
$208
John Mcauley
Good luck!!
$208
Miles Mclennan
Great work Nick - great cause!
$208
Mel Shummen
Good luck Nick, hope the mozzies and leeches stay away!
$208
Will Deane
Good luck buddy!!
$208
Chris Donohoe
Great cause Nick, here's to crossing the finish line.
$200
Justin Taylor
Watch the Scrot Rot - Nasty stuff that
$200
David Smith
Go well Neil!
$200
John Rigos
Run Neil Run!!!
$200
Greg Carrigan
No slacking off mate, I plan on donating for your efforts for many years yet!
$200
Andrew Watts
$200
Ash Chandra
Great cause, Neil! Wishing you all the best with the challenge!
$200
Mark Bradley
Go well, go hard.
$200
Anonymous
$156
Ian Simpson
Good work Tom. Cheers, Simmo
$156
Oliver Blain
Will double it, if done nude
$156
Vk
$150
Louise Mylott
"Challenge" doesn't really do this justice - good luck!
$146
James Maclellan
$146
Allyson Corcoran
Way to go Andrew!
$146
Andrew Bernath
Good luck mate. A big effort for a great cause
$146
Shailendra Singh
Good Course mate.. All the best!
$146
Anouk Darling
Good luck TomTom! If anyone can finish smiling you can!
$146
Mrw
$146
Gareth Collins
Good on you Andrew, great effort!
$146
The Weber Family
Good luck Andrew
$146
Chad Brendish
Well done Nick, Great Job mate.
$146
Jeremy Fernando
Great cause and and best wishes mates!
$146
Peter Self
$146
Andrew R Dale
Good man
$146
James Smart
Great cause and good luck.
$146
James Comer
Good luck !!
$146
Karl Hardman
Unlike the Cats I know you will go all the way!
$146
Derek Paterson
$146
Anthony Stone
Great work Neil - all the best!
$146
Chris Meehan
Go, go, go...
$146
Angela Sissons
Good luck
$146
Anonymous
Go mate! Crush it!
$146
Philip Hawley
$146
Richard Kerr
Nice work Neil!
$146
John Kent
Go hard you legend! Please wear the wig....
$146
Maura Regan
Proud of you my friend !
$146
Myron
Your my hero - go well Goof !
$146
Harsha Hewapathirane
All the best Goofy - a great effort for a great cause!
$146
Jdf
Good Luck Neilos and bring some platers for those blisters. Cheers from Lockdown London, J&J&Z&L&T
$146
James Winchester
Outstanding effort mate. Good luck with the event.
$146
Glenn Morgan
Great cause Neil - best of luck
$146
George Woods
Good luck Neil.
$146
Tanya Irvine
Excellent cause, close to my heart Neil. Enjoy the course! Sounds epic.
$146
Oliver
Well done Nick
$146
Robin Levison
Great cause Neil, good luck and stay safe. Best RL
$146
Adam Tyrer
Well done Neilo - I’m assuming from the photo that barbers aren’t open in Oz at the moment?
$146
Andrew Watson
Nice work Carlto.
$146
Janelle Manchee
Never in doubt Neil...great effort.
$146
Kirk M
If you don't make it back can I have the hair piece? Go hard and enjoy the quiet time in the bush! All the best mate.
$146
Rod Beard
Great effort on the weekend. Loved the photo's!
$146
Nicky Solomon
Well done Tom.
$146
Craig Campbell
Go the Goof !!
$146
Simon M King
$146
Margot Toll
Congratulations UT! Super achievement and a great cause.
$146
Tim Fawcett
Congratulations on doing this remarkable thing, Andrew, you are a very generous man who is absolutely making a positive impact on so many children and their families.
$146
Tom Gellibrand
PLUS, I'll pour you a nice Pinot upon completion of the event!
$146
Sarah Parker
$146
Michael Mcandrew
Proud of you Neil....
$146
Tony Hupfau
Go you goood thing.
$146
Mark Kingston
Congrats Tom - amazing achievement!!
$140
Diab
$140
Sophie Baker
Go get 'em Nick! Very worthy cause and love that you continue to be involved in this fundraiser.
$140
Richard Zann
Good luck buddy
$140
Luke Healey
Good work mate!!! Enjoy
$140
Anonymous
$140
Matthew Beach
Good Andrew - a great cause
$140
David Shafer
Nice effort Neil - keep it up.
$140
Breellio
Will be the best 2 days ever! Good luck & stay safe
$140
Atchu M
Good Luck Neil.
$140
Anonymous
Well done!
$140
Pete Drew
Really well done mate.
$140
Jo Grant & Edward Dawson-damer
GO HARD TOM!!!!!!
$140
Ben Fursman
Great cause Andrew, have fun!
$125
Neil Carter
$125
Nicholas Carlton
$120
Alex Ventelon
Trying to help you catch up on your teammates! Go Nick
$105
Rodney Hamill
Good luck mate! What a great cause.
$104
Deb West
Great Cause! And great effort!
$104
Adrian Tucker
I hope it hurts.
$104
Mike Kearney
Good luck with it mate!
$104
Nicholas Vasudeva
Great work son, awesome effort as always !
$104
Nicholas Vasudeva
Solid son, solid. Any chaffing ?!
$104
Doc Cromme
Good luck with the race cheers Doc
$104
Richard Enthoven
Good luck Tom! Such a great cause.
$104
Joe Mcintyre
Good luck Andrew!
$104
Glen
$104
Georgi Logan
Go for gold Nick!
$104
Georgina Logan
Go Tom Go!
$104
Marleese Attilakos
Great initiative Andrew, thanks for sharing and best of luck with the challenge
$104
Allison Haworth West
Go Tom! xx
$104
Glenn Roberts
$104
Mark Mcsherry
Best of luck with the challenge Andrew!
$104
James Thompson
Go hard mate, a great initiative.
$104
John Purtell
Great work Carlto
$104
Angus Dixon
Great effort Tom. Tough race - beautiful location - enjoy!!!!
$104
Anonymous
Well done Nick and Team Cisco - Great job and worthy cause!!
$104
Paul Petherbridge
Good luck Goof - a great effort once again.
$104
Ferg
Nice work Goof!
$104
Mike Van Zoggel
Great initiative, Andrew.
$104
Sanjeev Israni
Good Luck Andrew!
$104
Cameron Brownjohn
$104
João Reis
Nice job, Neil. Boa sorte!
$104
Robert Zimmermann
Good luck Nielo!
$104
Richard Enthoven
A great cause and good luck Nick!
$104
Mark Patterson
All the very best Andrew, the pain will be well worth it, and the celebration of the accomplishment (for a great cause) will no doubt be eventful. Enjoy the challenge!
$104
Rob Burnett
Better late than never! Good luck Goof!!
$104
Clinton Wong
Great cause. Good luck.
$104
Jeremy Norton
Congratulations Nick!!
$104
Martin Hersov
Go hard and enjoy the pain!!
$104
Rob Partington
Nice one geezer
$104
Matt Griffin
Good luck Mr Neil!!
$104
Anu Kaarla
$104
Jd
Well Done Champ
$104
Tim North Ash
Nick, well done, great initiative. All the best, regards Tim NA
$104
Susie Moore
$104
Martin Brown
$100
James
$100
Jeremy Horwood
$100
Glen Selikowitz
$100
Sporky
$100
Jono Abraham
Good luck buddy
$100
Joshua And Caroline Rex
Good luck Nick!
$100
David Urquhart
$92
Anonymous
$63
Anna Kirkby
$63
Antoine Letard
Great initiative Andrew. Run/Ride/Paddle like the wind.
$63
Peter Harper
Great Stuff Nick! Go well mate!
$63
Matt Banks
Great work mate
$63
Nick Mawer
Good luck mate!
$63
Anonymous
$63
Adam Wilkinson
Best of luck Tom . Great initiative. Regards Adam ( Crumpler / Tigerlily )
$63
Luce
Wonderful to support such a worthy cause and an excellent person! Good on you for doing this, Tomba. xx
$63
Samuel Chandra
$63
Susie Reinhardt (cannings)
Good luck, Neil!
$63
Brent Snow
Good luck Andrew! Great cause
$63
Emma L Ryan
GO ANDREW GO
$63
Mike Henshaw
$63
Allison Haworth
Good luck!!
$63
John Colquhoun
$63
Andrew Ratcliff
$63
Derek Paterson
$63
Jaimee Honter
Good luck NIck!
$63
Craig & Edwina
Good luck Tom!
$63
Gerry Bullon
Good on you Neil for making the huge effort
$63
Jock Grant
$63
Angus Calder
$63
Camilla Cropper
Well done and for a great cause!
$63
David Hoban
Good luck buddy.
$63
Verity Barritt
$63
Peter Mckay
Enjoy this challenging event. I tlooks like great fun!
$63
Peter Rodaro
Good luck mate
$63
Victor Guerrero
Awesome effort mate, well done!
$63
Brendan Mowry
$63
Gary Wong
Well done Neil !
$63
Clive Ringler
Well done Nic. This is a great cause.
$63
Joergen Broers
Good luck Slippers!
$63
Cassandra Crothers
$63
Andi Sweeny
Way to go Neil! Sending a personal donation. I'm very passionate about helping children with their educational needs. One of my first jobs was actually as an AmeriCorps Volunteer mentoring and tutoring children to read to fight the illiteracy issue with our young people. You'll have to send me some race training pointers too! I want to get back into my distance running.
$63
Craig K Matthew
good luck Nick! Craig and Edwina
$63
Michael Pegum
Well done
$63
Lee Hopperton
$63
Mark Veal
Photos please Goofy!! Goodluck
$63
Nick Drummond
Best of luck champ
$63
Michael Green
$63
Cesar Farfan
Well done Nick, great cause!
$63
Delon Wainer
$63
Antony Flutey
$63
Tristan
Worthy cause. Good luck Neil
$63
Amy Sachtleben
Congratulations! Glad you survived. ;)
$63
James Greenrod
$63
Catherine Bastock
Well done Tom!
$63
Rommel Harding
$63
Josh Mullane
$63
Rob Jahrling
$63
Rob Jahrling
$63
Fi Stevens
Don’t pull a hammy, old man. Good luck!
$63
James Mackie
Great cause Andrew, good luck!
$63
Paul Havard
Good effort Andrew. Look forward to hearing how it goes for you
$63
Belinda Kerr
Go Goof!!!! Excellent cause. Kerr
$61
Mark Wilson
You are well versed in lunacy Mr Stevens. Have a cracking and chaff-free time!
$61
Karpo
go slow and don't hurt yoruself
$61
Soph Klaas (harris)
$61
Glenn Powell
A good challenge for a great cause. Best of luck.
$61
Cam Duncan
Nice work Carlto - the bike training obviously paid off!
$61
Christie Scandura
Go Tom! What a great initiative, well done!
$52
Louis Biscoe
Good luck Nick!
$52
Mary Armstrong
$52
Michael Bickerstaff
Good luck Neil - great cause
$52
Sarah Thompson
Nice one!
$52
Lexa Graham
Good luck and have fun!
$52
Tracy Chen
Go go Tom!
$52
Iflyflat Team
You are amazing, have a successful cycle.
$52
Kylie Nassar
Awesome effort Neil!
$52
Andrew Easton
$52
Susan Chau
Well done Neil! Tough challenge!
$52
Cluny Mcpherson
Go get em!
$50
Adam Garfi
Always happy to support a great cause. Good Luck!
$50
Marc Braun
Good luck Tom.
$50
Mark Silcocks
Sucker for punishment!
$50
Cindy Uh
Good luck Nick!
$40
Tim Cotton
Good on yer, Neil! Good luck with it all. Lots of love Dot, Jan and Family
$36
Warrick King
$31
Brian M Kelly
Go Andrew. Great cause.
$31
Charlotte Smith
Wishing you luck!!
$21
Dave Bewley-taylor
Nice one Tom. Not bad for an old bloke....
$15
Nicholas Carlton
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