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THERE were tears of joy as conquering heroes Christine and Ian Robins returned to Stanthorpe on Monday with thousands of kilometres under their belts and up to $40,000 in the bank for cancer research. The pair left home last year to trek around Australia - Christine, 64, on the road and Ian, 65 on Monday, in the support car. And now minus a few toenails and after suffering a stroke six weeks ago, Christine is taking a bit of time to put her feet up - kind of. “We are going to keep raising money for the National Breast Cancer Foundation (NBCF) and the Prostrate Cancer Foundation of Australia,” Christine said. “We’ve formed a new group Purple Dove Awareness Group on Facebook. and we have market coming up this weekend at the Heart Of the Summit Markets on Sunday. “I’m also going to do a bit of work with the homeless too.” But first they have a few health problems to work through. Christine said she felt some weakness in one side of her face and problems with her eye a few weeks ago and sought medical help, only to be told by her doctor she’d had a stroke. “I’m on my way up to the eye specialist in Toowoomba,” she said. “Just getting old, I suppose.” Ian will undergo tests next week after his PSA levels increased recently. In fact, it was Ian’s original diagnosis with prostate cancer that triggered this walk. In true support, his wife Christine (64) chose to join him on the mammoth challenge to raise funds for prostate and breast cancer research. “We wanted to raise awareness of breast and prostate cancer, and the impor-
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