June and July, 2001
The Townsville Bulletin
Townsville, Queensland
June 23, 2001
Polly Letofsky, 39, had tea at the Queensland Cancer Fund's North Ward office after arriving in Townsville on Sunday.
The Northern Miner
Charters Towers, Queensland
June 22, 2001
Ms Letofsky said there had been several challenges to the whole walk, including earthquakes, forest fires, floods, overwhelming humidity and heat.
"It's a theme that step by step you can cope with life's challenges. You just keep going step by step and you can conquer it."
Coral Coast Calling
Cardwell, Queensland
June 28, 2001
.....Polly never walks at night, but will walk in all weather conditions. She ways people have been very kind to her along the way, offering her donations, food, water and even ice cream! After Cardwell, Polly will continue northwards. Lions club members should be able to tell you of her whereabouts.
The Cairns Post
Cairns, Queensland
July 16, 2001
"Although I've been warned about the rain, I'm looking forward to walking to Port Douglas," she said. "This part of Queensland is just beautiful."
Cairns Sun
Cairns, Queensland
July 18, 2001
She was the guest at a Lions club function in Edmonton on Friday night, before being met by Cr Dierdre Ford in the city on saturday who made a special presentation to her on behalf of Breast Cancer Services of Cairns.
Gazette
Port Douglas and Mossman
Queensland
July 26, 2001
Striding into Port Douglas on Sunday, fundraising world wide walker Polly Letofsky completed the last leg of her walk around (the world).
Ms Letofsky had surpassed the target amount of $10,000 for her Australian walk by the time she reached Brisbane.. She has now raised about $31,000 during her Australian walk for breast cancer awareness and research.