Every year 35,000 Australians across the country walk together on the same night in locations across the nation to help shine a light on blood cancer.

Participants carry lanterns in symbolic colours of blue, white and gold on a beautiful reflective walk.

Gold to remember loved ones lost. White for honour those battling the disease, and those who have won the fight. Blue to show support and hope for a cure for the future.

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Leukaemia Foundation CEO Bill Petch urged Australians to come together for an unforgettable experience in support of the blood cancer community to help work towards a future free from the disease.

"This is an opportunity for the community to band together and transform the darkness into an ocean of support to give hope to all those Australians impacted by blood cancer," he said.

Every day another 35 Australians are diagnosed with a blood cancer - the equivalent to one Aussie every 41 minutes. Blood cancer still claims more lives than breast cancer and melanoma and sadly an Australian loses their life to blood cancer every two hours.

To become a host phone 1800 620 420 or go to www.lightthenight.org.au.

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