Our BIG Challenge to help children in need!
This MARCH we are taking on The Smith Family Challenge 2025! We will run, mountain bike, kayak and navigate our way through the bush, over mountains and up rivers to complete the course.
Over 2 days we'll cover more than 100km!!
It's going to be tough but the effort will be worth it so that kids in need can break the poverty cycle.
In Australia, 1 in 6 children are growing up in disadvantaged homes, where even the basics in life are hard to come by.
But supporting their education is the key to breaking the cycle of disadvantage.
Your donation will give children in need essentials like school books, bags, uniforms, shoes and the help they need to keep up at school.
Thanks for your support! (and wish us luck!)
So far this year, our team has helped provide:

217
School Essentials Packs

53
reading buddies and books

60
children with their education
Our Achievements





Thank you to our Sponsors

$5.2k
Anonymous

$2k
David Horwitz

$2k
Nicholas Carlton

$2k
Jake Haines

$2k
Charlie Cropper

$1.5k
Anonymous

$1.29k
Todd Barlow

$1.02k
Dom Roche
Well done mate .. great achievement

$1.02k
Chris Criddle

$1.02k
Anonymous

$1.02k
Anonymous
Well done

$1.02k
Anonymous
Well done

$1.02k
Bill

$1.02k
Anonymous

$1.02k
Anonymous

$1.02k
James Kennedy
Best of luck! Regards, James

$1,000
Baly Douglass

$1,000
Anonymous

$1,000
Anonymous

$750
Cameron Blanks

$750
Anonymous

$750
Anonymous

$680
Hiroshi Narushima
Let’s go Jake!

$680
Paul Brunker
Good luck Nick, great effort!

$680
Anonymous
Charlie - all credit to you and great thing to be part of. Given not sure am up for the swim in 26 - surely the 100km is a step well beyond me in 2026 as well.

$680
Anonymous
All credit to you Nick - 8 years and counting. Strong of mind if not in body and best wishes for the 100km journey

$680
Robert Hazan

$680
Horwitz Family
Your family loves you! Go get em crockster.

$660
Trent P
Good luck team PEP

$516
Oliver Ansted
Well done Nick.!

$516
Bostock Family
Great work Jake!

$516
Jimmy Rich
Well done Jake - you dominated out there!

$516
Robin Bishop

$516
Sam Carberry
Well done team!

$516
David Bennett
Good to see you going again Nick.

$516
David Southon
Well done Nick on putting the body on the line again this year! Great cause and hope you hit your target!

$516
Christopher Marr
Jake, what a terrific cause and thanks for going the extra mile for those less fortunate!

$500
Sm Brands Pty Ltd

$500
Wai Kong

$500
Ben Webster
Go team! A great cause with an important mission that makes a real difference

$500
Rob Koczkar
Go fast Jake!

$500
Rob Cropper

$313
Tom S
Great work for a great cause Charlie!

$264
Edward Gilmartin

$264
Daniel Lewkowicz
You are a champion and a great cause.

$264
Cassi Banks
Fantastic cause!

$264
Nexus Advisory
Great cause to support Charlie! All the best for the day...

$264
Joe Kennedy

$264
Martin Reinke
Well done nick, from sunny london

$264
Matt Dimattina
Congrats, Nick, again. Fabulous endeavor, year after year

$264
Peter Kirch

$264
Patrick Winter
Nick. Great work and good luck with it !

$264
Tom Highnam
Best of luck Jake!

$264
Damian Roche
Well done

$264
Alexander Wheen

$264
David & Angelique Lazarus And Family
Fantastic work David

$264
Stewart R
Enjoy!

$264
Keith Cheng
Proud of you guys👍💪

$264
Adrian Miller

$264
Angus Larcombe
Great initiative - Go well team!!

$264
Graham Brooke
Well done Carlto. Am sure you will burnish your well earned reputation for consistent outperformance on the trails.

$264
Jock Grant

$264
Ion Alexander
Go Charlie!

$264
Bp
Best of luck to you and the team

$264
Gerry Cawson
Big walk Charlie! Go well.

$264
Zina Edwards
Good luck Jake and team!

$264
Andrew Purcell
Respect, brother

$264
Patrick Regan
Well done champion

$264
Grant Cameron
For when it gets hard

$264
Jennifer Schlosser
Good luck Jake and PEP team!

$264
David Brown
Great initiative. Good luck guys

$264
Peter Spiller

$264
Michael Lukin
Good luck Carlto

$258
Bradley Marr
Good luck buddy

$250
James De Flumeri
Good luck Jake!

$250
Aj
Great effort Nick!

$250
Causeway
Well done Charlie!

$250
Gwenyth Carlton
Congratulations on your achievement

$250
Peter Harper
Great work Nick! Best of luck mate!

$250
Jono Abraham

$250
Peter Mermelas

$250
David Thompson
Good luck mate. Take it easy, you're not getting any younger x

$211
Duncan Orr

$211
Tom Punch
Good luck Nicholas.... I'll be right there with you.... but on my couch cheering!

$211
Tim Mahony

$211
Paul Ryan
Best of luck!

$211
Krystal

$211
Ironbark
Go well mate.

$211
Peter Kingston
Love your work. Go well.

$211
Peter Van Beek
Good stuff Charlie!

$206
Jack Cowin

$200
Fred Porter
Get it done.

$200
Scott Mcknight
Awesome guys, good luck!

$200
Phill Evans
Just beat Donnelley’s group

$200
Emma Malone
Best of luck Jake!

$200
Raha N
Good luck Charlie!

$200
Martin Border
Dave well done - for a great cause

$200
Shannon Wolfers
Go hard guys!

$200
Stephen Allan
Good luck Jake and team!

$200
Warwick Bryan
Good luck Nick.

$158
Alison Cameron

$158
Andrew Rochester
good luck mate

$155
David Urquhart
Good luck

$155
Ben Forrester
Well done. Good luck Dave & team!

$150
Matt Robinson
Great cause, good luck!

$150
Michael B

$148
Tooks
Go get 'em Dave

$148
Christopher Crawford

$148
Coolamon
Good luck!

$148
Bruce Hogan
All the best, Nick.

$148
Jason W
Fantastic cause. Wishing you the best of luck on the course.

$148
Ben Clifford
Well done Carlto

$148
Cindy K

$148
Karthi Sepulohniam
Good luck Jake! Good on you

$148
Nick Breakspere

$148
Josephine Cropper

$148
Tony Duthie

$148
Nathan Boroughs
Great work Nick, go get them!!

$148
Nicki Ashton

$148
Andrew Dale
Good man!

$148
Ash Keegan

$148
Thomas W
Good Luck Jake - great challenge for a brilliant cause.

$148
Harry Whiting

$148
Nick Pope
Well done Crops! Big couple of months for you with the swim and this. You are an inspiration! Cheers

$148
Charlie C
Run faster

$148
Diana Smith
Good luck Team!

$148
Andrzej Masztak
Good luck Nick! It's a great cause.

$148
Peter Colwell

$144
Edward O'neill
Good luck boys, huge effort!

$140
Ashton Bilbie
For a great cause, great stuff Dave

$140
Jack Zhang
Good luck, go hard!

$140
Glenn Sepel

$106
Stephen Forman

$106
David Chambers
You will crush the paddle mate!!

$106
Tracy Jones
Good luck!

$106
Jonathan Donald
Hi Jake, great cause, all the best for the Challenge! Cheers JD

$106
Dee Malouf
Good luck Nick!

$106
Matthew Turner

$106
James Scott
Good luck team!

$106
William Chen
Run hard team!

$106
Rohan Wolfers

$106
Peter Van Beek

$106
Jaimee Honter
Well done Nick! Really inspiring stuff.

$106
Justine Gainsford
Good luck guys!

$106
James Randall
Great effort guys!!

$106
Lachlan Holder

$106
Daniel Walsh
Good luck Charlie! You're a machine

$106
Stephen O'shaughnessy

$106
Cyrus Church
Bananas and Anger. You'll knock off the 100km no worries. Great cause mate. Run well Jake

$106
Yonnie Chiu
This is awesome guys! Well done!

$106
Alison Morris
Great cause - well done Jake

$106
Daniel Walsh
Go Carlto!

$106
Brett Mikelsen

$106
Dina Zhelezkina
Good luck!

$106
Adam Simpson
Good luck team!

$106
Michael Hilton Leibowitz
Great stuff Dave!

$104
George W
Best of luck, Crops!

$104
Anonymous

$104
James Freeman
All the best Jake!!

$100
Anonymous
Awesome work Charlie, a great cause.

$100
Scott Thomas
Good luck Nick!

$100
Charlie Sayers
Great work mate.

$100
James Morrow
Good luck David!

$100
Lachlan Latham
Good luck mate

$100
Andrew Harding

$100
Edward Fitzgerald
Good luck Dave, keep up the great work mate!

$66
Imjin Consulting Pty Ltd
Good luck Jake! Go hard

$66
Angus Russell

$66
Philip Joseph
Good luck Nick - Hopefully another record fundraising year!

$66
Remy
Great stuff mate

$66
Richard Gardham

$66
Clive Ringler
Good on you Nic.

$66
David Mathews

$66
Joshua Perera
Good luck Jake and Dave!

$66
Sean Spiers
Best of Luck with the Challenge Charlie. Sean

$66
Andrew Robertson

$66
Louisa Welsh
Good luck!

$66
Steve Berman
Good luck Dave

$66
Brittney Brockhurst
Amazing work Dave!

$66
Jess Macmaster
Good luck guys!

$66
Gopi Giri
Awesome, good luck guys

$65
Cathie Wilson
Good luck guys!!

$65
Ed K
Good luck David, great cause x

$64
Billy Arkins
Great work dave and fantastic cause

$61
Byron Slessar
Go well mate!

$61
Sid Malhotra
Legend!

$61
Anonymous
Go team!

$61
Sudipta Ghosh
Such a great cause! Well done persevering through the trek!

$61
Jake Sweeney
Great work for a great cause.

$61
Charlton Shi
Great initiative :)

$61
Rich Coombes
Good luck mate!

$61
Mitch Hannigan
Go well Nick !

$54
Justin Zhu
Good luck Dave and Jake!!

$54
Hugo Goode
A bit late donating (sorry!). Hope the legs aren't too shakey today and the challenge went well.

$54
Justyna Rychlik
Good Luck!!

$54
Matthew Carlton
AMDG

$54
Mitch Hannigan
Go well mate!

$54
Ben Edmonds
Great cause - well done mate

$54
Alex Ovchar
Great cause - good luck guys!

$50
Will Middleton

$12