Two students from the University of Bristol have made it all the way to Australia in 36 hours for free in a charity fundraising competition.

The RAG Jailbreak Challenge, co-ordinated by the University of Bristol Students' Union, is a competition where participants are set the task to travel as far away from Bristol as possible in a 36-hour period, whilst spending no money in the process.

Physics student, Emma Blott and music student, Mary Spender, won the competition by travelling 9,113 miles in 36 hours reaching Perth in Australia, beating the previous record of Arizona.

Teams are tracked via the RAG jailbreak website, once the 36 hours are up, participants are asked to take a photo at a famous landmark in the town or city, buy a copy of the local newspaper and send a postcard back before they leave.

Each team is sponsored and the money raised will go to the University of Bristol Students' Union's fundraising project, Raising and Giving (RAG), which raises money for local, national and international charities. Last year RAG raised over £250,000 for good causes, including the Student Community Action project Jolidays which enables young carers to take a well deserved break, One25 House who support women trapped in sex work and the Jessie May Trust amongst many others. RAG's fundraising total since its inception 86 years ago is now well over a million pounds.

Mary Spender said: "We are thrilled to have won this year's RAG Jailbreak Challenge, we would like to thank our sponsors, Air Asia, Heathrow Express and Skybus for making this possible."

The pair have raised over £700 for RAG, to see their trip, visit their video on the YouTube website.