Kayla J

Kayla

I’m walking in solidarity this October for Australians affected by mental illness and suicide. You are not alone.

Total Raised

$378

Total Distance

90km

Distance Goal

60km

Support My Walk for Mental Health Research

Did you know that 1 in 5 Australians experience a mental illness each year?

This October, I’m taking part in One Foot Forward to help Australians impacted by mental illness and suicide.

I'm walking to raise funds for Black Dog Institute to put ground-breaking new mental health treatment, education, and digital services into the hands of the people who need them most.

It would mean so much to me if you donated to support my walk.

Together, we canΒ create better mental health for all Australians.

My Updates

Day twenty-six 🧑

OMG! Can you believe it?! I reached $378 donated! πŸ₯³πŸŽ‰ All I set out to do was $200 and here we are... High five! πŸ‘πŸ» Thanks a million to all who donated so far, you guys are legends!! 🧑

Day 21 🧑

10 days to go! 😊 Donations are well over my $200 goal. πŸŽ‰ Thank you to everyone who has donated so far, I appreciate it all. 🧑 Had a pretty slow week but we're getting there to our second goal of 100km. πŸ‘πŸ» Will I make it?

Day fourteen 🧑

Reached my 60km goal πŸ₯³ Going to keep going to see if I can now reach 100km. πŸšΆπŸ»β€β™€οΈ Let's do this! πŸ’ͺ🏻

Day ten 🧑

Not only am I raising funds for a worthy cause, this walking has really started to help my health. 🧑 I've been more motivated to get up and walk daily and it's impacting my mental health so positively. 😊 Today I reached a 14 day streak of walking 10,000+ steps a day. πŸ‘£πŸšΆπŸ»β€β™€οΈ

Motivational rock 🧑

Decorated this rock the other day. I will be "hiding" it along my walking route today. 😊

Halfway ✌🏻

Reached halfway through my km goal already! πŸ’ͺ🏻 I wonder if I could keep it up and reach 100km?

Day 6 - progress so far.

Pretty proud of my progress so far. Current total 27km. πŸ™‚ I'm gunna smash my goal! πŸ’ͺ🏻

Day four

My walk game is strong πŸ’ͺ🏻

My biggest supporter 🧑

One of my biggest supporters - my son. 🧑🧑🧑🧑
He's been on every single walk with me so far.
Today he wore orange - 'One Foot Forward' colours. 😊

Day one 😊

First walk of October... Let's do this! πŸšΆπŸ»β€β™€οΈπŸ‘£

23/09/2026

I just went over my km goal during this "practice" month. Pretty proud of myself. I will definitely be smashing that 60km goal next month. πŸ’ͺ🏻 I'm looking forward to it. Bring it on! 😁

Walking practice πŸ˜‰

I've been walking daily in practice for next month. Been feeling pretty good πŸ‘πŸ» My children have been joining me when they can too, making it a new family tradition. ❀️

All official now

These arrived in the mail this morning... Feels so official now. Hehe. Looking forward to this next month.πŸšΆβ€β™€οΈπŸ‘£ 60 km goal πŸ’ͺ🏻

My Achievements

Thank you to my Sponsors

$106.75

Brittany Laycock

Great work sis xx

$66.73

Luke Oliver

$34.40

Matthew Howard

$28.81

Stefanie Cupac

Awesome work Kayla! Thanks for contributing to such an important cause πŸ‘πŸ’ž

$23.81

Kayla Johnson

$23.81

Anonymous

$20

Anonymous

$20

Safety Mate Matched Contribution

$17

Anonymous

Do lots of Practice and take ALL of the kids along, especially the oldest one.

$16.65

Sarah N

Your doing a great job Kayla! Im proud of you πŸ’œ

$10

Jenneen Heilbronn

$9.63

Emma Gooley

Thank you to my supporters

$28.81

Stefanie Cupac

Awesome work Kayla! Thanks for contributing to such an important cause πŸ‘πŸ’ž

$23.81

Kayla Johnson

$23.81

Anonymous

$20

Anonymous

$20

Safety Mate Matched Contribution

$17

Anonymous

Do lots of Practice and take ALL of the kids along, especially the oldest one.

$16.65

Sarah N

Your doing a great job Kayla! Im proud of you πŸ’œ

$10

Jenneen Heilbronn

$9.63

Emma Gooley