As Jay Allen and Andrew Rust walked into Yass on Tuesday they received word that they had raised $100,000 for Melanoma research.
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The two men have both been affected by Melanoma and are presently walking from Sydney to Melbourne to raise awareness and funds to fight the disease.
Andrew was diagnosed 11 years ago with stage 4 Melanoma, while Jay was diagnosed as stage 3 six years ago.
Dubbed '900km for a cure', the two men and their support team arrived in Yass on day-five of their journey, clocking up approximately 300 kilometres in the process.
"We were hoping to have raised maybe 80 or 90,000 by that stage but to get to the $100,000 mark already is very exciting," Jay told the Tribune.
"The support has been unbelievable, we were both ecstatic and there were even a few tears."
The Trib first talked to Jay on May 5, when he made the trip to Bowning to meet with Cyril Cox, president of Yass Rotary, to discuss the mission.
Yass Rotary offered their full support back then and Jay said they more than lived up to their word.
"They've been really great. They threw us a dinner with members of Rotary and other guests, and then they got up at 6am the next day to cook us breakfast and also donated $400. We're very thankful to Yass Rotary and Cyril," he said.
Jay said he needed some urgent rest after the leg into Yass.
"That was really tough, there were so many hills," he laughed.
"Especially Yass Valley Way, it was just never ending."
The support has kept the two men going.
"It's unreal we constantly have trucks and cars pulling over to give us money and cheer us on and the support on Facebook and things like that has been overwhelming."
Cyril Cox said hosting the team was a real eye-opener.
"There were 70 people at Rotary [on Tuesday night] and they got to listen to some inspirational speeches. Incredibly, everyone in the support crew even the physio suffered from Melanoma," he said.
"They talked about how the money raised wasn't going into the admin side of things or anything like that; it was going straight into research to find a cure.
"Jay even invited Rotary to go to Sydney for a vocational visit, to see how the money is spent."
When the Trib went to press, the team had raised more than $103,000 and had made it to Gundagai.
To donate go to www.everydayhero.com.au/event/900KMFORACURE2014 or visit their Facebook page - 900km for a cure for more information.