Two farmers trek 235km over nine days for mental health

Tony Hopper and Wayne Hueske are trekking from Walla Walla to Tallimba to raise funds for Mongrel Mens Mental Health and Wellbeing.

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00:19Our name, our friend, our whole family, our whole community committed suicide.

00:23If you don't want this to happen again, try and get the word out there

00:26and let people know that it's around and it happens.

00:29So we said, how about we do a walk?

00:31Well, I come from Walla, why don't we go from Walla to Kalimba?

00:33We did a course here three weeks ago just studying mental health

00:37and getting accredited as a mental health aide.

00:39Learn how to talk to someone, how to approach someone.

00:42Let them know that there's help available.

00:44Music

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