Yarra Valley Water 2026

Walk For Water 2026

Why we're walking, running & riding for water this October.

696 million people in the world – almost one in ten – do not have clean water close to home. Every day, women and children walk long distances to collect and carry water for their families. Girls and boys often begin collecting water as children and girls continue to collect and carry water throughout their lives. Many girls spend hours each day collecting water, which can cause them to miss time at school. And not only that, sometimes the water they are forced to collect is dirty, carrying water borne diseases and leading to sickness in their community.

This is why we need your help – we are asking you to walk for water, so that they don’t have to.

By walking, running or riding for five days, you can raise awareness and funds so people around the world can access clean water for the first time.

Please donate to my fundraising page to contribute to WaterAid's amazing work. For just $50, WaterAid could buy water system tools to provide a rural community with clean water.

The more people that know about WaterAid, the more we can achieve together.

Please spread the word by sharing my fundraising page with your friends and family. Thank you in advance for your generosity, it means a lot!

Yarra Valley Water 2026's wonderful sponsors

$1,000

Robert Fittock

$516

Anonymous

Good work Laura!

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Damian Ronan

$250

Anonymous

Well done, stay strong, keep going.

$240

Cam Smith

Go Team for the win! :)

$217

Philip Morison

good luck Benny and well done

$212

Paul Golsworthy

That's amore 👌🚣‍♀️👩‍🍳

$200

Paul F

Top job KK

$163

Michael Ridgway

Start your power walking now!

$150

Rob Fittock

Amazing work KK - love your effort, both physical and on the fundraising front.

$150

Jimmy Soesanto

Good luck for the walk, what a great cause !

$107

Anonymous

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Bri

So much better than getting around as a blow-up ballerina hippo!

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Bridie

You’re a well planned walking/swimming/rowing/caving lune KK and we love you for it. 👏💪💕

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Judith Ridgway

Great to hear B, a very worthy cause. J 👏😊

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Linnea

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Simon Willis

Epic effort Adventure Queen, well done!

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Hieu Dang

Keep going Champ !

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Anonymous

Great work Mark!

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Anonymous

Good work Ben.

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Binura Kulasinghe

Good on you Ben!

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Anonymous

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Tiffany White

Go Kristen, go!!!

$100

Rebecca Kennedy

You’re a legend!

$100

Renwick Chan

$100

Luke Dickson

Glad I didn’t have to ride with you this time. I couldn’t walk after the last one!

$69

Lara Eastwell

watch your back! at all times!

$56

Charley May

Well done on a stellar walking effort and a great fundraising campaign.

$56

Anonymous

Good on ya Chaz xx

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Carl Morton

Good on you mate (come on ex Wilmar team support Phil in a good cause)

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Deborah Cownley

$56

Che Turner

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Linda Dickinson

Congratulations for getting involved Charley. Hope it’s a great walk for you.

$56

Shreya Kanunjna

$56

Ian Deutscher

Go Deb. Great cause!

$56

Jemma Crawford

$56

Mark Edwardson

Keep on walking Legend!

$56

Helen Campbell

Good on you Charley May

$56

Jo Allan

Go Chazzle. You are a good human and I'm proud of you xx

$56

Ash Hamer

$56

Andrew Coldrey

Well done Charley!!

$56

Joe Finneran

best of luck Steph

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Jo Cooper

GO Kristen!!

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Michelle Langsdon

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Anonymous

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Georgiana Salinas

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Vix Penko

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Toby Prosser

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Neil Webb

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Emily Chim

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Winnie

Let's go, its walking time again!

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Joanna Middleton

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David Radford

Well done Charley and team. A wonderful cause.

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Ruth Mcdonnell

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Siwan Lovett

Happy walking Ruth, one step at a time and always making a difference xx

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Anonymous

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Carlina Doumtses

$50

Sally Crook

$50

Laura Barstow

$50

James Box

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Claire K

Nice work Bride xxx

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Hannah Clement

Great cause!

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Anonymous

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Louise Brough

Good one Charley.

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Chris Eede

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Suz

Get it girl!

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Marg Kyle

$45

Kate Rae

Go you good thing!

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Anonymous

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Julie

Well done Charley xx

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Virginia A

Such an impressive approach. Have fun!

$40

Anonymous

Thanks Sutejo for helping a good cause! Enjoy the walk with your colleagues :)

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Charley May

Looking forward to taking part and wishing fellow walkers all the best!

$34

Prabhat Samir

Well done! Great work, Prachi.

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Anita Coia

$34

Liz Baykey

Proud of you babe xxx

$34

Jarrad Legg

5x marathoner in ONE month!!

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Darcy

Wew go Prachi!

$30

Issa

What an amazing cause! 👏

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Piuli Samir

Well done Prachi! Walking for a great cause

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Sam Ackerly

Go Elma!!!

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Mike Sest

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Anonymous

Well done Elma. Xx

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Alberto Vela

Go Kristen, what a great way to do fundraising!!

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Pradeep

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Peter C Cameron

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Kate

$29

Amber Pyke

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Ben Morison

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Skye

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Brian Cole

Good luck Simone!

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Lucy Cole

Good on you for doing it Simone, It’s a worthy cause.

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Anonymous

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Chanel And Candace

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Kate Berg

Love your work Kristen

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Caitlyn Bassett

$28

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Elma

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Alison Miller

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Adram

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Brie Jowett

Go Kristen!

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Tanya

Well done Phil

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Tanya

Enjoy your walks 😊

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Jemma Isaac

Good luck Deb xx

$24

Anna Couvara

You are a special person Deb. Well done 👏

$24

Begum Rahena

Good work Prachi

$24

Urmi

lesgooooooo

$24

Leigh Cole

$24

Andrew Kay

$23

Ruvi

Well done Simone! What a great cause x

$20

Cynthia W

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Simone J

Amazing effort, Laura! Such a wonderful cause to be supporting.

$20

Casey Teasdale

Go Lau, thank you for doing this x

$20

Kamalesh

$18

Anonymous

$18

Farial

Great cause! You got this!

$12

Jamie Lee Burke

$12

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Go b dawg!

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$12

Jerzy

$12

Hailey Bassett

$10

Nishan Fernando

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Our Team Members

Simone Cole

Raised so far:

$159

Prachi Samir

Raised so far:

$216

Ben Beattie

Raised so far:

$25

Keerthana Muhunthan

Estelle Hickling

Raised so far:

$25

Mark Elvins

Raised so far:

$132

Mike Sest

Raised so far:

$54

Troy Sutton

Raised so far:

$25

Lubana Syed

Raised so far:

$25

Henry Stephens

Raised so far:

$25

Derek Tsao

Raised so far:

$25

Shovana Pradhan

Raised so far:

$25

James Pitts

Raised so far:

$25

Laura Winterbach

Raised so far:

$93

Thomas Yan

Raised so far:

$25

Renae Measom

Raised so far:

$80

Charley May

Raised so far:

$565

Anthony Mulligan

Raised so far:

$25

Justin Bernard Arce

Raised so far:

$25

Andrea Doyle

Raised so far:

$50

Danni Ramalingam

Raised so far:

$25

Hailey Bassett

Raised so far:

$66

Robyn Allen

Raised so far:

$70

Melissa Sartori

Raised so far:

$25

Angela Siderakis

Raised so far:

$25

Anthony Tannous

Raised so far:

$25

Mac Reyes

Raised so far:

$35

Elma Slaughter

Raised so far:

$109

Charlotte Weston

Raised so far:

$25

Deborah Cownley

Raised so far:

$235

Amal Amarsi

Raised so far:

$25

William Baker

Raised so far:

$25

Harry Zhan

Raised so far:

$25

Phil Doyle

Raised so far:

$135

erinq nancarrow

Raised so far:

$25

Keerthana Muhunthan

Raised so far:

$25

Candice Sargent

Raised so far:

$81

Sutejo Tan

Raised so far:

$65

Laura Barstow

Raised so far:

$698

Gillian Seery

Raised so far:

$25

Christina Kalathas

Raised so far:

$25

Mathew Ramunno

Raised so far:

$25

Naveen Arukgoda

Raised so far:

$25

Rebecca Rees

Raised so far:

$25

Eliza Negus

Raised so far:

$25

Amber Pyke

Raised so far:

$54

Nicole Kolze

Raised so far:

$25

chris farrow

Raised so far:

$25

Carlina Doumtses

Raised so far:

$104

Yunal Kumar

Raised so far:

$25

Leisa Brough

Raised so far:

$25

Orry Thomas

Raised so far:

$25

Neil Webb

Raised so far:

$81

Ada To

Raised so far:

$25

Skye Handley

Raised so far:

$54

Fergus McKittrick

Raised so far:

$25

Davi de Leon

Raised so far:

$25

Cait Doyle

Raised so far:

$25

Daniela Mazzini

Raised so far:

$25

Dean Gava

Raised so far:

$25

Kate van Lieshout

Raised so far:

$54

Emily Chim

Raised so far:

$25

Jen Sweatman

Raised so far:

$25

Kristen Knight

Raised so far:

$2,930

Jemma Crawford

Raised so far:

$81

Eliza Fazackerley

Raised so far:

$25

Penny Reid

Raised so far:

$75

cameron preston

Raised so far:

$25

Stephanie Salinas

Raised so far:

$329

Rosie O'Loughlin

Raised so far:

$25

JOANNA MIDDLETON

Raised so far:

$81

venkat kandregula

Raised so far:

$25

James Box

Raised so far:

$75

Sally Crook

Raised so far:

$75

Alice Yuen

Raised so far:

$25

Shilpi Jain

Raised so far:

$25

Robert Fittock

Raised so far:

$1,025

Charisse

Raised so far:

$25

Nicole Freiberg

Raised so far:

$25

Bridie Fennessy

Raised so far:

$483

Natalie Foeng

Raised so far:

$175

Georgia Brown

Raised so far:

$25

Ben Morison

Raised so far:

$484

Ruth McDonnell

Raised so far:

$136

Mary Ioannidis

Raised so far:

$25