On his 50th birthday, Patrick Thompson plans to begin a solo journey of cycling across the desert of Western Australia to raise money for children's cancer research. His fundraiser was inspired by the loss of three friends to cancer. Thompson estimates it will take 80 days to finish the journey from Margaret River in WA to the Manning River at Taree in NSW. He hopes to raise more than $50,000 for the Children's Leukemia and Cancer Research Foundation. While it is a solo journey, he won't be alone. National Nine News reports Thompson is bringing his over-sized blow-up penguin with him. Man and penguin peddling through the vast open desert helping to fight childhood cancer. Not often does this happen, but I have nothing more to add. The story stands alone -- delightfully complete.
