Just a Few Days Before we Leave !

Well after almost a year since the crazy idea was put to me to walk the Simpson Desert to raise funds for Jenny's Place, here we are now just a few days out from taking on this 22 day crossing.

There are 9 inspiring people who have been training for a long time to get fit enough to take on this Challenge.   They have also worked so hard to get sponsorships and donations and as we speak we are currently at around $93,000.00 raised which is just fantastic.   We are really hoping to crack our target of $100,000.00 to help women and children escaping domestic violence so, if you can help us get there, it would be so appreciated.

The days will be reasonably warm - somewhere in the late 20s and the nights cold - we have all been told to bring a minus 12 sleeping bag !

The Trek is going to be tough physically and mentally - getting up every morning for 21 days and trekking for the day over lots of sand dunes (1,100 by the time we finish) with 440 kms walked.

The Trekkers are excited and anxious about what lies ahead but I know they will all work as a team to get everyone out the other end.   They are an amazing and inspiring group of individuals who have given up a lot of time to do this to raise funds for Jenny's Place and we couldn't be more grateful for their efforts.

I will be doing a blog every day from this Saturday when we leave to catch the plane however, once we start hiking through the Desert, there won't be any service so I will post all the blogs as soon as we get service and you can catch up.

Please feel free to leave the Trekkers a message of encouragement - it really lifts spirits and remember to sign your name so we know who it has come from as otherwise it will come through as anonymous.

Looking forward to sharing this mammoth journey in aid of Jenny's Place with all our supporters.

Until the next post,

Donna x