The Ozzie Road Trip is raising funds for the Inspire Foundation and its flagship service, Reach Out!, which was launched in 1998 in response to Australia’s then escalating rates of youth suicide.
Reach Out! provides 16-25 year olds with information on issues ranging from depression, bullying, anxiety and body image. By being online means that young people can access the information anonymously and confidentially 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
I’m Joe Campbell - father, grandfather and motorbike enthusiast. I’m setting out from Sydney at 10am on June 14 on the longest and most meaningful motorbike ride of my life: a 13,000km solo journey around Australia to raise awareness of youth depression in rural and regional communities
The Ozzie Road Trip will see me riding clockwise around Australia on my BMW Cruiser, over 42 days. Check out my Itinerary at http://www.ozzieroadtrip.com/Trip_Maps.html
Aussie blokes don’t generally ask for help. We put up with tough stuff- sometimes until it’s too late. By the end of the ride I hope to have had 500 conversations with people in local communities about the issue of youth depression and the support services that are available. I hope that by starting conversations about a topic as taboo as depression, I’ll help other blokes, young and old, feel like they can open up a bit and get stuff out in the air.
Joe will be arriving in Perth on Thu 26th June and heading to Geraldton on Saturday 28th June.
Find out why he's doing this trip at http://www.ozzieroadtrip.com/ and see what you can do to support this cause.
pete