Dubbo's Alex Shearing, Peak Hill's Charlica Schnitger to walk Kokoda

Faye Wheeler
Updated April 28 2019 - 5:16pm, first published April 26 2019 - 5:00pm
Stepping up: Teens Alex Shearing of Dubbo and Charlica Schnitger of Peak Hill have been selected for the Kokoda Youth Leadership Challenge. Photo: AMY MCINTYRE
Stepping up: Teens Alex Shearing of Dubbo and Charlica Schnitger of Peak Hill have been selected for the Kokoda Youth Leadership Challenge. Photo: AMY MCINTYRE

A teen who looked up to her veteran grandfather as her "hero" is about to fulfill her dream of walking the same terrain as courageous Australian soldiers of World War II.

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Faye Wheeler

Faye Wheeler

Journalist

I have been a journalist for more than a decade and in that time I have been keeping Daily Liberal readers up to date about issues affecting them and what's happening in their community. Throughout my career I have covered a range of rounds and most recently I have been focusing on the business round.

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