There's a stretch of the Nepean River that Liam Henry knows well, a river walk near where he's spent his career, the kind of place you take for granted until you're counting down the weeks you have left with it.
In the final fortnight of his time at Penrith, Henry chose to spend part of it there, running laps to raise awareness for Parkinson's disease.
Anyone can come and join him for a lap or two.
For Henry, it's not about the running; it's about who he is doing it for.
His father-in-law, Gav, was diagnosed with Parkinson's when he was 38 years old. Now, he is 51 years old.
On October 10, six days after the NRL grand final, Henry will run 65km, 10 laps of the Nepean River, where Liam will run for him and raise awareness for Parkinson's.
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Henry met him through his brother, who worked alongside Gav.
What struck him first, and what has stuck with him since, is simple.
"He's absolutely incredible. Anyone who meets Gav, he's the hardest worker and never complains," Henry revealed to Zero Tackle.
"He has every reason to, but he doesn't.
"I might have a tough day at training, but you come back, and you see him not complaining.
"I draw a lot of motivation from him [in that way]. He's wonderful."
That perspective is why the river run landed as more than a farewell gesture.
Henry described it as a deliberate choice, a way to mark his exit from the club that shaped him, on his own terms, for a cause bigger than football.
"Couldn't think of a better spot to do it than out on the Nepean River," Henry expressed.
"We love the river walk; it's a great spot, great area."
The 25-year-old will leave Penrith with a premiership window still open and will choose to spend part of his last fortnight there running for his father-in-law before he and his family fly over to Western Australia, where he will play for the Perth Bears.
None of that has stopped him from fully living inside the football, either, and this week's opponent carries its own kind of weight.
Over twelve months ago, Henry's Panthers played the Newcastle Knights in Bathurst and lost. The loss put the Panthers, after winning four premierships in a row, dead last on the table before the State of Origin series kicked off.
Many Panthers players, including Henry, describe that point in time as "rock bottom".
Henry reflected on that point last season, as the two teams have quickly turned things around since then.
"That was the turning point for us as a team," Henry said of that night.
"We learned a lot from that game in Bathurst. It's probably a blessing in disguise.
"It peeled things back, and we got to work after that."
Twelve months on, both sides have been rebuilt by their own low points.
The Knights, who finished with a wooden spoon last season, are now playing Penrith in a preliminary final.
Henry doesn't frame it as fate so much as proof of how quickly things can turn when a group is forced to confront how far it's fallen.
"I feel like the Knights are going great this year," he said.
"They had a wonderful performance [against the Warriors in the semi-final].
While they prepare for their biggest match of the season, Henry keeps the focus narrow.
"We're trying to focus on ourselves. It's all about us and what we can bring and how I can bring my best for the team and be a good teammate."
That instinct to make it about the team rather than the occasion runs through how he talks about everything else in these final weeks too.
When asked about the physicality of the finals match against the Roosters, with Nathan Cleary sin-binned and the Panthers forced to grind through a tough opening cycle at the start of the second half, Henry instantly credited his teammates who get their names called off the bench, the momentum they were able to protect with the starting unit, and the collective response to a side that came out firing.
Underneath the Panthers' finals push and a packed-out Accor Stadium for the preliminary final and potentially a grand final that can only be described as 'magical' in Henry's eyes, there's only a matter of weeks before Henry will be off to Perth, alongside Jack Cole and Scott Sorensen, to help build an NRL club from nothing.
Henry wasn't cagey about what's pulling him there, but the focus is on the present and each day building his ideal way to finish not only this season, but how he ideally wants to leave Penrith.
"Obviously, I'm really excited for what the future holds," Henry admitted.
"However, I'm soaking up emotions. Hopefully, fingers crossed [about playing in another grand final], we've still got another couple of weeks."
