MILLIONS Against Malaria pilots Ken Evers and Tim Pryse have returned safely to Bendigo after flying around the world, and have vowed to continue the global fight against malaria.The pair arrived back in Bendigo at 2.30pm yesterday, two months to the day since their departure.Family, friends and community members waved Australian flags and cheered as the plane taxied along the runway. A civic reception welcomed the pilots home from the flight that has created Australian aviation history as the first round-the-world flight in an Australian designed and built plane.Sue Pryse leaped into her husband’s arms and greeted him with a kiss while his children and grandchildren were close behind.With his wife and children overseas, Ken Evers was greeted by his sister Trish Evers.Exhausted but glad to be home, both pilots declared there was still much more to be done to help rid the world of malaria.Mr Evers said he felt “challenged” by the success of the flight to continue the fight.“I left knowing it was a massive problem but to visualise it, to see it and gain an understanding, even a small understanding of just how bad it really is, is just shocking,” he said. “There’s so much more work to do. In a sense we’ve done this, now let’s really make something happen.“It was really good seeing the Australian coast coming up and getting close enough we knew we weren’t going to use that life raft.“It’s still the best place we’ve seen around the world. It’s really great to be here.”Mr Evers said it was still too soon to tell how much had been raised by donations through the website going directly to the Australian Foundation for the Peoples of Asia and the Pacific, and the Mission Aviation Fellowship.Among the welcoming committee were City of Greater Bendigo chief executive Craig Niemann, Mayor Rod Campbell and Minister for Home Affairs Brendan O’Connor who read a statement from Prime Minister Julia Gillard.“You are an absolute asset, an absolute wonder for this nation,” she said. “These (are) outstanding individuals, outstanding pilots.”Mahindra Corporate Senior Vice President Roma Balwani made the trip from India to greet them on their return after meeting them along the way in the US and India.Mr Evers and Mr Pryse are now planning to get to work on a documentary and book about their journey.