Zach and Caleb’s Great Northern Run

By Zachariah Cuffe

Raising funds for veteran families in crisis.

Mental health plays a vital role in all of our lives, but for those in high-pressure roles, paramedics, firefighters, police, and defence the burden can be overwhelming. Too many of our veterans and first responders carry scars both seen and unseen, long after their service ends.


This December, my best mate Caleb and I are running the Great Northern Walk, a 250km trek from Newcastle to Sydney. It’s a brutal physical and mental challenge with rugged bush tracks, steep climbs, and river crossings pushing us to our limits. But we’re doing it to raise funds for Wounded Heroes, a charity that provides urgent mental health care, crisis housing, and support to veterans and their families when they need it most.


We’re choosing to put ourselves through something tough, to honour those who are already fighting battles far greater than ours. Every donation will go directly to supporting them. Together, we can stand beside those who’ve always stood for us


My Achievements

Fundraising page

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Received 5 Donations

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Thank you to my Sponsors

$2.5k

Mitchell King

Awesome work man! Very good cause!

$1.02k

Anonymous

$515

Mum

Strong hearts running for heroes, what a great cause! Sent with love and pride!

$211

Geoff Cordner

Inspiring stuff from a great young bloke. Excellent work mate.

$211

Carrie Hills

Good luck Zach. I will be on the Great Northern walk at Berowra cheering you on.

$211

Toni & Otto

A truly wonderful cause and challenge met by two exceptional lads. So very proud of you both. We'll be with you every step of the way (literally, as counting on that GPS tracker!) xx

$158.25

Quinn Bosson

Get those burpees going. Goodluck with the run

$158.25

Harrison

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Garion Ysenbruk-martz

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Moyni

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Angus

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Alex Whitwam

Good on ya mate

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Aaron Callan

No Cuffe too tough

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Bonner Salter

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Sean

Awesome Brother

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Harrison

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Volts

Future Plantie 😍

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Charlotte Ovenden

You’re a bloody legend Cuffey, proud of ya mate xx

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Christine Hughes

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Ben Campey

Don’t stop mate

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Kevin Lamb

Handsome, Fit and Benevolent? These blokes have got it all!

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Anonymous

100 burpees🤣

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Garion Ysenbruk-martz

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Angus

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Jordan Le Lay

Inspirational work fellas

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Mcgrechan

Good work mate!

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Amelia Rounds

Good luck with the burpees mate

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Tom

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Jake Abbott

Go Zacheyyyyyy Booooiiii Proud of you mate, what an achievement already.

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Darcy

Good luck mate!

$88.61

Andrew Crowe

Yeah buddy got you to $10000, your a legend mate, enjoy those burpees.

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Tommy Tomkins

Just do better.

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Anonymous

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Anonymous

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Marcus Gagliardi

Well done boys!

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Stayable Accommodation

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Max Cornick

Best of luck!!

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Emma Jones

This is gnarly dude- good on ya

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Conner Mcarthur

Nice Photo

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Jack

love you !!

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Robert Johnstone

Good work mate

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Simon Mcdermott

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Thomas Holdcroft

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Tyla

Let’s go big fella 💪

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Nicholas Anthony

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Aaron Arcega

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Caitlin Dick

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Callum Slater

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Anonymous

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Fabian H

Good onya Cuffey!

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Reiske

Foot on pavement

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Selwyn Anderson

Give me my burpees !

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Jimmy

Good luck, RIP

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Kira Tisdell

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Conner Mcarthur

50 burpees maaate

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Connor Shreeve

❤️❤️❤️❤️

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Bonner Salter

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Jesse Hall

Exceptional drive & determination, well done mate!

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Chicoutimi Done

Get after it!

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Aaron

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Alexander Whitwam

Good on ya mate

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Koey Tung

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Tom Dare

I hope you get to 15000 burpees

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Reece Brant

Get it done

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Jean Marc

Good luck and have fun on the Great Northern Run

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Youngy

Good luck on these burpees you gonna need it.

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Erika Foote

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Grace Carlon

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Noah Wright

Well done mate!

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Matt Mani

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Dylan Hansen

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Drew Hawes

Good luck mate!!! 🎱

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Aaron Munt

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Ryan Heckenberg

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Nathaniel Bevis

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Paul Toole

Legend effort.

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Johnny Vlasic

Good job cob

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Lewis Carter

Good job mate

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Anonymous

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Michael Ashton-ekiert

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Tom Meadows

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Michael Gardener

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Emily Mitchell

You are my hero

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Christopher Konza

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Nick Maurice

Burp it up

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Curtis Quirk

Burpees and bintangs don’t stand a chance

$54.12

Samuel Mowatt

$52.92

Mitch K

Cant wait to see all these burpees! You and Caleb got this run!

$52.92

Cameron

$50

Marcin Poloczek

You’re incredible Zachy, go smash it!

$50

Dante Bianchi

$50

Alex Sandwith

Great work mate!

$50

Zion De Groot

Enjoy the burpees

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Kyle Urban

$50

Jason Wallace

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Jack Duffey

You’re doing a good thing mate. Enjoy the burpees

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Dwight Coombes

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Benjamin Aston

$42.64

Daisy Milner

Make sure you take a shower before you go hugging our Livvy loodles

$40

Olivia Colacicco

Big love for taking on this journey 💕 Such a wonderful cause — you’ve got this every step of the way! 🥾✨

$40

Imogen Haydon

Love to see it Zach, good luck!!!!

$33.15

Aunty Tina

Proud of you two, good luck

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Dexter

Good luck mate and well done

$33.15

Lachlan Muir

That’s my king lid

$33.15

Tait Brown

Fuck yeah, love your work !

$33.15

Monty Weller

Mate you must have completed all the runs by now I wanna know who is manning the barracks in your absence. All seriousness, good stuff, and an awesome cause.

$27.81

Matt Mani

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Ally R

$23.50

James Millward

$22.58

Christina Cassidy

$22.58

Ducef Bingle

Then make the climb. Without rope.

$22.58

Maxy

Great job cuffee

$20

Dgiggins

Uppa

$6.13

Mitch Yeo

good to go. love your work