The unexpected directions the "couch-surfing billy carts" entries took proved to be a great way to explain youth homeless.
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The couches, at a Youth Week event in Nowra, went the wrong direction and they were on a road with unexpected bumps.
The couches, like many homeless youths, just needed a hand, to be lifted up, supported and shown the right direction to go.
All this was on show at a Youth Week event run by headspace Nowra and Shoalhaven Youth Health to highlight the impacts homelessness is having on young people's mental health and wellbeing on Thursday.
It was held at the Nowra PCYC and was overwhelmingly positive.
Headspace, Alesco, Shoalhaven High School, UOW Shoalhaven Campus, Mission Australia, Salvation Army South Nowra, Care South and the PCYC supported the event.
Shoalhaven High School's captain Alyson Green was happy she took part in the event.
"I think it was really good that we got all the people in the community here to celebrate Youth Week," Alyson said.
She said it was a good way to raise awareness about youth homelessness.
"I definitely have crossed paths with some homeless youths and had offered them the use of my couch. It would be good if we, as a community, could support these people and it is a problem in our area," she said.
"Youth homelessness and youth unemployment are two big issues this region faces and doing events like we have here today are great ways to raise awareness."
Another young person said if people opened their eyes a bit more they would see how prominent youth homelessness was in the Shoalhaven.
"You do see lots of people - our age and of any age - out at night looking for homes to go to," the youth said.
The youths say raising money for housing and creating awareness are great ways to highlight the issue.
"We need more of this," one youth said pointing towards the couch-surfing event.
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