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There are over 1900 species in danger of extinction in Australia. Tristan is walking from Adelaide to Melbourne and around Tasmania to raise money and awareness for conservation activities to protect these species.

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BioR will use funds raised by 1900 Footprints to restore and maintain a species-rich conservation block near Monarto, South Australia

Funds for Wollangarra will sponsor

disadvantaged young people to attend life-changing outdoor courses in the Victorian mountains.

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Days 34 & 35: Docking in Melbourne

Tuesday 31/10 My friend and namesake Dan O’Brien met me at Fraser’s house in the morning. Dan has previously worked at Mittagundi, the sister organisation to Wollangarra, and was the one who had organised my massage the night before. Today he would be walking with me the majority of the day! We left and mostly followed the Nepean highway for the morning, at one point finding ourselves on the actual shoulder-less highway for a kilometre or two. Luckily it was not too busy and

Day 14: The Wet, Windy, Unexpectedly Warm Road

Twenty-seven kilometres was the target for today, which I would have reached, except as I got closer to the town of Port Fairy I realised that there weren't any good camping spots. Before I knew it I realised I was in the centre of town, which is where I am currently writing this post from! The morning was uneventful really. A warm and strong northerly was incessant all day until I reached Yambuk, where I had a bite to eat, wrote some postcards, made some phone calls and gene

Day 12: Wollangarra Open Day and Hitting the Road (again)

To finish up my recovery period I headed over to Wollangarra's Open Day in Victoria with my mum Dora and our friend Jane. Wollangarra is a pretty special place. It's a non-profit outdoor education centre that provides an opportunity for young people to develop a connection with the mountains and nature in the Victorian high country whilst hiking and contributing to hands-on conservation projects. It's also a working property complete with sheep, chickens, vegetable garden and

Interview with Coast FM

On Wednesday September 13 Tristan was interviewed by Tommy Kaye from Coast FM 88.7 Adelaide. They talked all things 1900 Footprints. You can see (and listen to) the interview below! #interview #radio #tommy #kaye #coastfm #1900footprints #publicity #media #community