THE man who pushed a pram around Mount Panorama five times last week has finished the charity challenge that took him from Orange to Sydney.
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After a week of pram-pushing, Glenn Atkinson got to the Randwick Royal Hospital for Women on Sunday.
"It feels so good to finish," he said. "This journey has been absolutely wild and great at the same time."
Mr Atkinson's 260-kilometre trek, which incorporated Bathurst's landmark, was undertaken to raise money for the Running for Premature Babies Foundation.
The last seven-kilometre stretch of the walk had around 10 to 15 co-walkers join the cause.
"That last seven kilometres felt like it went by in about three minutes; it was so close to the end after so many steps," he said.
"I was joined by [my wife] Renee and our [twin] girls, people who've supported and followed this journey from the start, and even local member for Coogee, Marjorie O'Neill."
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Mr Atkinson's good mate Dom Maley - and his "legend" mum, Mandy Atkinson - each shared a whopping 200 kilometres during the campaign's journey.
"Close-contact alerts threw a spanner in the works for the original co-walker and driver plans with mates, so Dom and mum came in as super-subs," he said.
"[Dom and Mandy] would've done 200 kilometres between them with juggling the walking and driving, and for mum who's in her early 60s, I mean, she's a legend; she did an unreal job."
The $208,000 in donations he collected will be used to transform the neonatal unit in Orange and provide pre-term bubs with life-saving medical equipment at the Royal Hospital for Women in Randwick.
"Donations are still being accepting and coming through as we speak," Mr Atkinson said.
"Just this morning another $1500 was added to the tally, so I'd say there's plenty still coming."