Angela Hill completed a 14 day walk from Sydney to Dubbo

Northbridge's Angela Hill completed a 14-day-long walk from her home in Sydney to Dubbo on Thursday afternoon to raise money for a mental health charity.

Ms Hill walked 430 kilometres during her journey. She left her home on November 4 to arrive at Victoria Park on November 18, ending her trek.

"[I'm] relieved to finally be here," she said.

"The weather wasn't great but anyway I'm here now."

Ms Hill trained for six months for the journey and admitted the first day of the walk may have been the most difficult.

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"The first ten days was torrential rain," she said.

"I got blisters on the first day.

"They got infected so I had to get those tended to in Lithgow.

"Then also on the first day I slipped on a headlight which embedded in the grass and hyper-extended my knee.

"The first day after I trained for six months with no blisters or an injury and I got it all on the first day. I'd been carrying them ever since."

For Ms Hill, raising money for mental health is something has a big passion for after her own experiences.

"My youngest son took his life in 2018," she said.

"I originally did a walk to Kokoda for the Black Dog Institute.

"Then I heard about Gotcha4Life which is predominantly for seeing nine suicides a day and seven of those are men.

"Gus Worland from Gotcha4Life started a foundation to educate young men from school to be able to talk about their feelings.

"They don't have to be tough and not cry or not share what they are feeling.

"So when I heard about that I decided to do another fundraiser to raise money for that."

Ms Hill said choosing to walk to Dubbo of all places was always going to happen because of what the town means to her and her son.

"Ryan was born in Dubbo," she said.

If you are or know of someone who is experiencing a personal crisis do not hesitate to call Lifeline on 13 11 14.

Or access the Lifeline online crisis support chat service at www.lifeline.org.au/crisischat.

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