Participants in the 100km Oxfam Trailwalker Brisbane event are all set to take off at 7am this morning (Friday 16 June) from Mount Glorious in the fundraising endurance challenge of a lifetime. Teams of four will walk or run 100km in 48 hours or less to raise funds for Oxfam’s lifesaving work tackling poverty in […]
OXJAM – the music lover’s month long party against poverty – is back for its third year and is set to be bigger and better than ever. Comedian, actor, rapper and former co-host of triple J Breakfast, Matt Okine, is on board as OXJAM’s 2017 ambassador. OXJAM takes place during the month of August, when […]
Oxfam Trailwalker Melbourne finished just after 8am today with more than 570 teams completing the tough 100km endurance challenge. The last team, GCM3 Geogirls, crossed the finish line at a time of 44 hours and 40 minutes and the fastest team, Dog Day Afternoon, came in on Friday night in 11 hours and 25 minutes. […]
The first team to cross the Oxfam Trailwalker Melbourne 100km finish line at Wesburn Park made it in an impressive 11 hours and 24 minutes on Friday night. The four members of Team 456, Dog Day Afternoon, finished just before 6pm, after a 6.30am start at Jells Park, Wheelers Hill. The four men, David Overend, […]
Oxfam Trailwalker kicks off bright and early at 6.30am this morning, with teams poised to take on the endurance challenge of a lifetime. Teams of four will walk or run 100km in 48 hours or less while raising funds for Oxfam’s work tackling poverty in communities around the world. This year will see a stellar […]
Oxfam is throwing its support behind calls for the Australian Government to commit to starting a new relationship with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples and agreeing to fund the National Congress of Australia’s First Peoples. The calls were among those made at a breakfast event today at Parliament House, which saw Aboriginal and Torres […]
Registrations are open for all four Oxfam Trailwalker 2017 events, with more than 6,000 Aussies expected to take part in the endurance challenges in Melbourne, Brisbane, Sydney and Perth with an aim to raise over $6 million to help fight poverty and injustice at home and around the world. Teams of four will tackle 100km […]
Inspiring and passionate Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women from all walks of life and all over the country are heading to Canberra in two weeks for some Straight Talking with female politicians. More than 80 Indigenous women – from remote islands in the Torres Strait, to far-flung communities in the Northern Territory and Broome […]
Oxfam Trailwalker Perth teams have conquered their weekend endurance challenge in a record-breaking finish while raising nearly $650,000 to help people in the global fight against poverty and inequality. The annual event came to a close this morning when Team South Perth Rotaract Trailblazers crossed the finish line in Forrestfield after just over 17 hours […]
The first team powered across the finish line in record-breaking time at Oxfam Trailwalker Perth last night, with hundreds of walkers following in their footsteps through the scenic foothills today. Team “4x4x24” took 12 hours and 56 minutes to complete the 100km trail, running through the finishing post in Forrestfield at 7.56pm. The team – […]