Lolly snake in hand and special T-shirts on, Ollie and Elke Finnane were on a mission. The siblings faced a 13-kilometre walk up Mount Kosciuszko, Australia’s highest peak.
But scaling the summit wouldn’t be the biggest challenge they’ve faced. Ollie, 8, and Elke, 5, were climbing Kosciuszko in memory of their mum Torie, who died tragically in 2020 from