Today's the day! Tony set off for his much anticipated 50-day, 1440km solo ultra-distance walk across Victoria to raise awareness of ESF and our work. Tony's volunteer role as ESF Chair is deeply personal as he has been in the sector for almost forty years; during this time, he's seen many colleagues suffer trauma due to their roles in emergency services/management. This trauma can often result in mental health injury and have lasting impacts throughout his peers' careers and retirement. #TonysTrek has been inspired to help support ESF's work in improving mental health outcomes for Victoria's 139,000 emergency workers, both paid and volunteer, in frontline and support roles and raise awareness of our work in protecting those who protect us. Join us on our journey with Tony as he sets off from the State Control Centre in Melbourne, covering a route specifically chosen to cover much of the area where the Victorian Black Summer Bushfires occurred. Tony hopes his trek will acknowledge the horrible mental health impacts those fires had and continue to have on emergency workers and the community members of these areas. For Tony, it will be one step at a time to achieve this goal, and a personal physical feat, much like recovery from mental health injury can be.