A chant of 'Mr Kean' rang out at the front of the school as Mr Kean and a group of melanoma survivors and family members walked past as part of Jay's Longest Melanoma March.

Mr Kean has joined Jay Allen for six days of his 50 day, 2000km march from Adelaide to Sydney, which equates to more than 200km from Cobram to Little Billabong.

And he was overcome with emotion as his wife and two daughters and his whole school community showed their support.

"This whole journey has been unreal," he told The Border Mail.

"It is going to take me a couple of weeks after this to reflect on it all but it has definitely been rewarding and the support shown is just incredible."

Mr Kean was diagnosed with stage 3 melanoma in December 2016 and unfortunately after having a lump removed from his right thigh and the lymph nodes in his groin removed he got the news the cancer had spread.

"Unfortunately, a routine PET scan in November 2017 indicated the cancer had spread to the nodes up inside my right hip," he said.

"I am nearly halfway through a 24 month treatment of immunotherapy at the Albury-Wodonga Cancer Centre and Peter Mac in Melbourne.

"The opportunity to join Jay on the melanoma march was a great chance to raise much needed funds for research but also raise awareness of this insidious and largely preventable disease."

Despite some pain Mr Kean said an average of 30km a day is worth it.

"My toes are in pain but then I think I can't moan because Jay has walked from Adelaide," he said.

"It is one of those things that gets your through.

"I had treatment last week and I have it every three weeks down here.

"The first couple of rounds of treatment knocked me around a bit, you feel like a hangover for a couple of days afterwards, when now it is a constant thing.

"I chose to do the six days because the school was half way so start on the Sunday go to the Friday and back to work on the Monday.

"I would have loved to do longer but I am also conscious that I have a wife and kids which I am leaving behind.

"I have put those guys through a bit, not deliberately, but they are just the best support."

Mr Allen said the march is all about three things.

"Firstly, it is about people who have been affected by melanoma coming together in support, solidarity and positivity," he said.

"Secondly, it is about raising awareness of this deadly disease and the need to be sun safe and to get regular skin checks.

"And thirdly, it's about raising funds in support of Melanoma Institute Australia's research to finally eliminate this awful disease."

Mr Allen said they are walking for "those who can't".

"Matt is just incredible and all the stories of people who we have lost to melanoma is quite overwhelming so we are doing this to raise money and awareness," he said.

He was just 32 years old when he was diagnosed with melanoma and overnight he went from being a truck driver to a cancer patient.

"I had a mole on my ankle that looked unusual and kept rubbing on my work boots and bleeding," Mr Allen said.

"It turned out to be a melanoma which was 1.95mm deep and had spread to my lymph nodes."

Mr Allen underwent immediate surgery and treatment and 11 years on he is fighting fit and is now fighting to find a cure for melanoma.

Mr Allen said they hoped to raise more than $300,000 and is due to arrive in Sydney on May 19.

You can track Jay's progress here.

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