Six months ago, Nathan Skewes was heartbroken.He’d just lost his wife, Belinda, who died after a battle with an aggressive form of cancer. It was a time of mourning – a time for sadness.But Nathan had learned not to dwell on misery, he’d learnt to see the positives in situations and learnt to see the good in humanity.When Belinda was diagnosed in December 2010, the Ballarat community raised more than $10,000 for the Skewes family, thanks largely to the efforts of one of Nathan’s former workmates, Mandi Lee Van Hammond.The overwhelming support from hundreds of people he didn’t even know inspired Nathan to change the way he thought about the world.Now, at the urging of his late-wife’s father, Nathan has decided to raise money for another family grieving for a loved one taken far too early.On October 4, a Ballarat-bound passenger train clipped two toddlers who strayed near the rail tracks at Wallace.A three-year-old boy, Ethan Seccull, died from injuries sustained in the tragic incident.On Tuesday, Nathan Skewes plans to take an early-morning train from Ballarat to Melbourne, then walk all the way back, to raise money for the Seccull family.He said he had never been the “charitable type” before his wife’s cancer battle, but has come to appreciate how important random acts of kindness can be to others.“The trade-off with Lindy passing away is that I now see things differently than I saw them before,” he said.“The generosity of strangers and the sense of community – it just blew us away. I’d never understood that before.”Nathan waited a few weeks after the Wallace tragedy and then approached the Secculls with his idea.“It was just an idea that evolved and now it’s just come together,” he said.“They were in my mind and I wanted to do something – it’s a big high being on the giving-end.”Nathan plans to take suburban streets and country back roads all the way to Ballarat and plans to get by on only apples and Vegemite Saladas.He will sleep in a tent during the trip, which he expects to take “two or three” days.“I’m just creating an opportunity, it’s up to the community of Ballarat now,” he said.To sponsor Nathan Skewes on his journey transfer to: National Australia Bank, Michelle Seccull BSB 083 526, AC: 166437851