00:04Stroke by stroke, Scott Gladman is slowly making his way south. The farmer, flanked
00:11by support staff, is aiming to be the first person to swim from Brewarrina at the top
00:16of the Darling to the bottom in Wentworth.
00:19I really thought there'd be some stage that hit a wall or get really sore or lots of aches
00:24and pains and maybe not be able to sleep but no, I've been really lucky, everyone's been
00:28great.
00:28Scott's amazing because he just goes all day long swimming.
00:33I couldn't talk him out of it so I thought I've just got to get on board.
00:37Scott's inspiration are his two friends Russ Wardle and Pat Russell, both battling motor
00:44neurone disease and Parkinson's.
00:47It's nothing to swim down the river, just to swim 16, 17, 18 k's, a little bit of pain
00:52you might feel or whatever you might feel, that's nothing to see what they're going through
00:56and their families.
00:57With 800 kilometres down and a further 800 to go, Scott and the rest of the team here
01:03are determined to complete this mammoth journey.
01:06It's just not about raising funds, it's about raising awareness to the plight that these people
01:12have out in the bush.
01:15Gliding towards his goal, one stroke at a time.
01:19And he's going to get who I am, because he's going to have a few minutes, it's about how they're
01:20going to be able to survive.
01:20Thank you for your time.
