WALK TO FUND DEMENTIA-FRIENDLY GARDEN

Port Macquarie has one of the highest rates of dementia in New South Wales, and today, the community banded together to raise awareness of the disease.

Hundreds of early-risers walked or jogged their way through a six and a half kilometre course along the Hastings River foreshore.

It was one of 18 Memory Walk events staged across the country this year.

Organisers hope to raise $100,000 to help fund a new dementia-friendly garden at Port Macquarie’s Alzheimers Australia Centre.