Wish stories

Learn about inspirational wish children and the amazing people who help their wishes come true.

Wish kid Cooper is smiling from his wheelchair, waving his red and blue stripped scarf

Inspirational wish stories

  • Make-A-Wish Australia wish kid George with family and tennis star Ash Barty

    George's wish to meet Ash Barty

    Living with cystic fibrosis his whole life, George’s wish to meet his sporting hero Ash Barty was a chance to forget about his condition and have some fun.

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  • Make-A-Wish wish kid Levi

    Levi gets into the swing of things

    For the first time in his life, 6-year-old Levi is playing in his backyard with his younger brother.

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  • Make-A-Wish kid Priya smiles happily on her wish day to be a princess and have a tea party

    Priya's Princess Party

    Throughout two years of chemotherapy Priya was able to keep smiling with the help of the movie ‘Frozen’.

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  • Jazmyn's magical mermaid tale

    As part of her wish to become a powerful mermaid herself, Jazmyn wanted to help save another mermaid.

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  • Make-A-Wish kid Henry, close up and smiling on his wish day to see animals

    Henry’s brush with an elephant

    After experiencing the lows of leukaemia, Henry wanted to fly high in a helicopter and see an elephant from above.

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  • Super Dylan saves Perth airport

    Dylan took on the dastardly Ice Man, with a little help from the #WishForce.

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  • Make-A-Wish Australia wish kid Tylah hugging make up vlogger Michael Finch in Sephora

    Tylah's brush with fame!

    I wish to have a make up lesson with my favourite YouTube star

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  • Make-A-Wish Australia wish child Cara sat on a tree branch at her garden party wish

    Cara's unicorn wish story

    Imagining touching unicorns and dolphins kept 9 year old Cara upbeat during 99 days in hospital recovering from burns.

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  • Manny meets Barry Du Bois

    The Living Room helped Manny on the tough days. Seeing Barry go through his own battle with cancer inspired Manny and his wish.

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  • Harry holding a snowboard standing on a snowy mountain with a ski field in the background

    Harry's wish

    Living in Perth, Harry has never had the opportunity to feel what it’s like to pick up a snowball. But in the many days he was laid low by his leukaemia, Harry thought a lot about going to the snow. Thanks to generous donors and supporters like you, Harry’s wish came true. This is his story.

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  • Wishes at Make A Wish Australia Children's Charity -  Noah on his wish in the garden with volunteers and a knome

    Noah's garden wish

    Noah has been a green thumb since his wish for his own vegie garden came true.

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  • Make-A-Wish Australia wish kid Zak on a treetop adventure in Queensland

    Zak's jungle adventure

    Zak’s favourite movies Jurassic Park and King Kong have one thing in common – the jungle... so it comes as no surprise what Zak wished for!

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Wish kids featured on this page

⭐ Alexander, 15, neurofibromatosis, 'I wish to have the ultimate Tassie foodie holiday'.