My name is Simon, and on the 26th of December 2021, I walked from Brisbane to Melbourne (2200km+) dressed as the boofhead superhero Captain Australia.
I did this as a pilgrimage to overcome the devastating impact of a fight with stage 4 head and neck cancer (6 months to live), and in support of a charity called The Kids’ Cancer Project, because no child should have to endure what I did.
The BIG WALK was about hope, and healing. When I arrived in Federation Square on the 18th of March 2022, we had shared some important themes:
A broken life can be fixed (but hope is the essential fuel)
Kindness is the antidote to sorrow (and comes back at you like a boomerang)
Save but one life, and you save the world entire
Important enough that I feel it is necessary to undertake a bigger and more significant challenge: walking all around Australia in service of a charity called The Kids’ Cancer Project. (“Captain Australia’s BIG LAP”)
Media Coverage during Captain Australia’s BIG WALK (For The Kids’ Cancer Project)
Links Archive (incomplete)
Donations:
https://captain-australias-big-walk.raisely.com/
The Project
https://mobile.twitter.com/the…/status/1489514486448930817
The Today Show
https://mobile.twitter.com/The…/status/1474923358169059330
9 News
https://m.facebook.com/…/captain…/1001024343780566/…
ABC National News
WIN News
Videos by me before the walk
Additional Articles
https://www.google.com.au/…/captain-australia-walks…
https://spectator.com.au/…/the-amazing-return-of…/
https://berwicknews.starcommunity.com.au/…/captain…/
https://latrobevalleyexpress.com.au/…/captain…/
https://www.begadistrictnews.com.au/…/captain…/
https://tarragindinews.com.au/spotted-in-tarragindi…/
https://www.batemansbaypost.com.au/…/captain-australia…/
https://www.snowyrivermail.com.au/…/473-orbost-welcomes…
Captain Australia Online (and THE BIG WALK) 