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Margaret Marlingar’s life is centred on caring for family members. She is one of many aged Aboriginal carers, who are the backbone of many families living with disabilities.

Anthony and Breannah Bin Omar from Broome, Western Australia are two of the thousands of young Australian carers who are looking after family members with a chronic illness, disability, mental health issue or who are frail aged.

David Dewey, who's family are part of the Wangaratta Aboriginal community, and his partner, Kat Nicholson are carers for their daughter Keva, who has cerebral palsy.

More than 2.6 million Australians are carers, and every day they make a huge contribution to the lives of those they care for and to the nation as a whole.

Aboriginal training organisation Tauondi College is hitting the road to help prevent chronic disease in Indigenous communities across South Australia.