☑️I've danced in a 10 kg duck suit at Bondi Beach for work.
☑️I've driven a food relief van into outback Australia for work.
And come November 2023...
✅ I'll be airdropped into Papua New Guinean jungle to trek the 150 km Kokoda Track for work?!
Yep.
From 9th November, I'll be trekking Kokoda in solidarity with a passionate crew of Black Dog Institute supporters - all with a personal connection to the cause and a shared commitment to better mental health for all Australians.
Please support me in raising vital funds for Black Dog Institute's life-saving mental health programs 🐶🧡
Every dollar of your donation will help Black Dog Institute to research the causes of mental ill health, and transform this research into real-world solutions for those in need. We're talking innovative treatments for depression and anxiety, suicide prevention initiatives that save lives, and free mental health resources for anyone who needs them.
I've only been given 2 months to transform myself from couch potato to bush-bashing dynamo. So any donation (or survival tactics!) you can spare would be so gratefully received as encouragement! 🤩🤩🤩
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Thank you to my Sponsors
$100
Alison Lam
$50
Iris @ Bdi
I'm donating again post-trek with gratitude for all my friends, family and colleagues who have supported me 🤩💖
$50
Evan Jackson
$52.75
Fran Poisson
Very proud of you Iris!
$50
Laura Glendinning
You’re amazing Iris, congratulations!
$20
Juliet Shoebridge
Congratulations Iris!
$52.75
Steve Salgo
$100
Ben Lai
From mum and Dad in Mauritius, good luck!
$21.50
Andrew Turner
Yo go Iris!
$31.65
Samit Pradhan
Best wishes Iris!
$200
Ashley
Godson and God daughter are rootin’ for ya!! Go K-Marrrrr!!!
$105.50
Maria Twigg
Wow! This is amazing! Wishing you good lunch and dry feet.
$20
Gladys Chee
What an adventure! For such a good cause! Good on you Iris!
$10.55
Anonymous
$26.38
Upeka
You are so brave!! Be safe BDI buddy xx
$100
Li Quan
Hello
$52.75
Caroline Wong
$20
Julia
You've got this Iris 💪
$47
Akt
Don’t forget to pack your clarinet!
$52.75
Timothy Brighton
good luck Iris
$30
Muriel Mallet Grygo
Be fit, be brave, be safe!!! We will all be thinking of you in the next tracking days :)
$105.50
Michael Goorevich
Good on you Iris, what a remarkable event and for such a good cause. Thank you.
$52.75
Genevieve
Good luck.
$52.75
Nerida Gill
Go IRIS. You are a Superstar so this tough walk will not faze you. Go well go safely! Nerida
$52.75
Kate Barnard
Oh Iris, you are a beautiful ray of sunshine on this earth and you make it such a better place, in so many ways. All the very best on this amazing adventure ahead X x
$10.55
Jenny Armas
🎶 Did you ever knooow that you're my heeerrroooo 🎶
$50
Sarah Mayes
"Onward up many a frightening creek, though your arms may get sore and your sneakers may leak. Oh! The places you'll go!" Wishing you the best of luck my friend x
$105.50
Christine B
Good luck Iris be safe. You are so brave.
$52.75
Pascal Ah Lit
Excellent work Iris! Enjoy yr trek in PNG!
$31.65
Samantha Rosenfels
Best of luck Iris!
$50
Jessiepoo
Good luck with the training, wanna see some 6 packs when I get back :)
$100
Lenny She
Gad speede churm. May Paddi Pallin n all his friends come thru 4 u~ I BELIEVE I CAN FLY/SOAR/RUN THRU OPEN DOOAR. Ur hi konscientiousnezz will transl8 2 gr8 suggsess & you’ll prove dem all ur NOT WEAKE. Remember J H and K R did it & no1 gots 2 kall Greenepeece on you. I noe you’ll giv it ur all & you’ll come back wit one amazeballs storee dat will linga 2 olde age~~ Meanwhile I w8 4 u wit mai kalendar notif 4 my brave adventuring neofrend 2 return.
$50
Whit And Jeff
Best of luck on your travels, stay safe and come back with lots of stories!
$105.50
Stella Sun
Good luck chum!
$40
Arnaud
Go Iris!!! 🎊
$50
Pingwen
Go Ivan! ❤️
$500
Winster
Great to see you having a crack at such a challenging trek. Best of luck in your preparations ahead of the trip. Hope to see you alive and well on the other side for MSG Christmas dinner.
$21.10
Phoebe Gu
$100
Anya & Henry
All the best Ivan! Go go go!
$21.10
Col
Iris – you've always practiced what you've preached. Many a time I've witnessed you checking in on friends and colleagues, myself included, and our mental health and emotional wealth has prospered for it. Walk well friend!
$40
Michelle Murray
$52.75
Smanning
In PNG did Iris Lam a noble trek decree; where on ardent paths she ran, that dark caverns of the mind, measureless to man, might be met with the sunlit sea.
$52
Ben
Walk walk walk!
$300
Douglas & Cathy Lam
$100
Bianca Andreacchio
Good luck!
$50
Alan
Great cause, Iris! Go get 'em!
$26
Gabba
Maybe stop working for such wild work places ;) CHAMPION IRIS!! You can absolutely do this.
$200
Douglas Lam
Go, go, go
$10.55
Michaela Windsor
You're a superstar, Iris!
$21.10
Belinda Barnier
I am so proud of you 👏
$100
Alison Lam
I wonder what Pokemon you're going to catch?
$52.75
Guy Cuthbertson
Iris you are a true hero.
$100
Kim Vanden Hengel
Iris, the fabulous desk buddy and all round talent! Go you good thing 🥾🥾🥾
$100
Christa Bayer
You are a legend Iris, good luck.
$52.75
Henrietta Ardlie
You are an absolute LEGEND Iris!!! 👏🤩
$50
Iris @ Bdi
Doing it for mental health!
$10
Greg Eccleston
Congratulations on joining the trek Alexis. You are going to smash it.
Welcome back to civilization