PledgeTrek began as a five year program of annual endurance walking treks to promote the positive contribution of Aboriginal culture to our broader Australian community, as imagined by our husband, father, son and brother – Brian Pledger, while a Biodiversity Officer working for the City of Salisbury, South Australia in 2012.
Brian envisaged PledgeTrek as aiming to raise awareness of the rich Aboriginal culture and history of the outback, mallee and coastal regions of southern Australia. He planned to focus each trek on a different area and ecosystem, and the people associated with them, and to raise funds to implement practical projects that are of lasting benefit to the Australian people and our natural environment.
Sadly, Brian died in an accident within a fortnight after returning from his first Pledge Trek, Hands Across the Mallee. As a tribute to Brian and a commemoration of his memory and vision, Brian’s family decided to form the PledgeTrek Inc. association and continue his work.
PledgeTrek 2013, Hands Across the Ranges was completed from 27 September to 4 October 2013. From 30 April to 3 May 2015 we undertook our final trek in Brian’s honour, Hands Across the Yorke Peninsula, in conjunction with Walk the Yorke.
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