We’re a group of women who’ve dubbed ourselves The River Runners - because we’re embarking on a long held dream to tackle the length of Australia’s longest river, the mighty Murray!
As the first step towards fulfilling this goal, this November, we will be paddling the Massive Murray Marathon. It’s a 404 km marathon over 5 days. It will be by far the longest distance any of us have done to date, but it will also just be the beginning towards realizing our eventual dream of paddling the Murray, from absolute source to sea.
We're incredibly fortunate to have the opportunity - and ability - to work towards this goal, something that not everyone can enjoy. Which is why, as part of this goal, we want to help raise money for Make-a-Wish Australia. This charity grants the wishes of children aged 3-18 who are battling life-threatening diseases. If through our efforts we can light up some smiles of these ill children and their families, it would make our journey a much sweeter one.
Yours, The River Runners theriverrunners.com
Update May 25 2018: Thank you so much everyone for your support to date! We've smashed through our original $1000 target! As we move closer to the date, we'll keep on raising our goals incrementally. Right now, we're looking at raising a total of $2000, which will help more kids realize their wishes!
Make-A-Wish® Australia creates life-changing wishes for children with critical illnesses. From the simple to the seemingly impossible, our wishes complement medical treatment – working to calm, distract and empower sick kids at the time they need it most.
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Peishan Tan
North Sydney, NSW
Thu, 22 Nov 2018
John Luo
$ 10
Nice Job, Bridget!
Mon, 19 Nov 2018
Heather Savage
$ 10
What an amazing thing to do Vikki both in terms of raising money for a great cause and paddling 400km! I hope you have a fabulous experience.
Mon, 19 Nov 2018
Mel Baker
$ 20
Happy paddling Bridge! Good luck x
Mon, 19 Nov 2018
Fidi
$ 100
Good luck to all of you! Such a great cause and adventure!
Sun, 18 Nov 2018
Stuart Warren
$ 75
Sat, 17 Nov 2018
Merran Morton
$ 30
Good luck! You'll smash it x
Fri, 16 Nov 2018
Nifeli
$ 150
Vikki, you are awesome and an inspiration. you not only care deeply about others but you do something about it. good luck to you and your team and have fun. plus take plenty of photos.
Nifeli
Fri, 16 Nov 2018
Ivan Brekalo
$ 30
Wow, huge effort for a heart warming cause. Go Victoria! :)
Fri, 16 Nov 2018
Stephen Davies
$ 100
Go well team - and enjoy the scenery while supporting such a good cause.
Vikki.... I may have snuck a cheeky extra couple of songs in. Editing such musical wonderment is brutal! Hope they make paddling easier.
Make-A-Wish® Australia creates life-changing wishes for children with critical illnesses. From the simple to the seemingly impossible, our wishes complement medical treatment – working to calm, distract and empower sick kids at the time they need it most.
Nice Job, Bridget!