From May 1- 5, 2012, the Kalgoorlie to Perth Walk for Wittenoom Children will take place in Western Australia to raise money for medical research into asbestos-related diseases, such as those which are taking the lives of so many of the youngsters who lived in the asbestos mining town of Wittenoom up until 1966.
This event, organized by the Asbestos Diseases Society of Australia, is a major undertaking which has attracted the attention of media partners as well as local supporting groups and individuals.
Wittenoom is situated adjacent to Karijini (formerly Hamersley Range) National Park in the Pilbara region of Western Australia. A site of stunning physical beauty, it is now notorious as a place which produced suffering, disease and death associated with the mining and milling of blue asbestos (crocidolite).