Jerom Fox, a fly-in, fly-out mine worker from Brisbane and Adrian Luscombe, a Geelong medical student, landed their plane in Moruya after following the coastline from Brisbane.

The 26-year-olds are raising money for the charity beyondblue and spreading the message of mental health. 

Mr Fox, who has relatives in the Eurobodalla, said the four-week flight was about talking to communities to create awareness of mental health. 

“The first message we want to get out on this journey is that it is okay to talk about mental health,” Mr Fox said. 

“Adrian and I, being young males, are in a group that doesn’t talk about it very often. 

“It is okay to actually seek help for it and it is best to seek help early.”

Mr Luscombe said the issue was close to his heart, after seeing colleagues suffer.

“Knowing people close to us who have been affected by depression was a big driver,” he said.  

“A few people I know have taken their own lives. 

“One of the interns at my hospital, a first-year doctor, took his own life. 

“That was followed by three second-year doctors in Melbourne.”

Mr Fox said the journey was born after a discussion about the mental health of fly-in, fly-out workers and the health industry. 

“It was topical, so we decided to put together a trip,” he said. 

“There are a lot of challenges in fly-in, fly-out mining and that is becoming more and more known.”

Beyondblue was chosen because of the different tools it offered. 

“I hadn’t heard a lot about beyondblue until this year, when the company I work for selected it as their charity of choice for the year,” Mr Fox said. 

“Adrian has had some personal experience with his patients using it and finding it really useful.”

Mr Luscombe said the organisation offered an email, online chat and phone service. 

“They have quite a low barrier for people to be able to access their resources and get professional advice,” he said. 

“That is really good because, with mental health, people don’t like to really stand out or expose themselves. 

“Having easy resources available is something I really like about them.” 

So far, $15,000 has been raised for the charity through the flight. 

“We are aiming for $25,000, so we are hoping we will be able to bring it home in the next few days,” Mr Fox said. 

“We have a couple of events to go to raise more.

“This is something we see as a great adventure for us, at the same time as supporting an organisation like beyondblue. 

“We have pretty much covered the entire coastline of Australia.” 

To donate visit https://give.everydayhero.com/au/flightbeyondaustralia2015.