Raising funds for causes close to their hearts is just an added bonus for a team of military veterans who are part of a race that means a lot to the communities it visits.
Six years on from adopting a little dog in Tasmania, Andrew Darwood has travelled most of Australia with his mate, Tassie, sitting at his back on a motorcycle.
Impacted by the Stolen Generations, mother and daughter Jennifer and Evie Wood launched the Coolamon Community initiative after finding out Indigenous babies were 10 times more likely to be removed by child protection services.
Melissa Mills believes there's no stronger bond than that between a mother and child – and she wants to capture it visually, forever. She is photographing women and their children at "matriarchal" sites in Queensland's Carnarvon Gorge.
Kirsty Brooks felt she lacked the insight to be as supportive as possible when her daughter began navigating a queer life in Kalgoorlie, so she started educating herself. "And so many pennies dropped," she says, urging other parents to do the same.