Gabriel will be blind by the time he's 40. But his vision for his community is 'crystal clear'

When Gabriel was about 18 years old, he was told he would be blind by the time he's 40. (Supplied)

When Gabriel Gervasoni was born, he was so pale that the nuns at the old Catholic hospital in Ballarat thought "he must be an angel", his mother, Mandy, quips.

"He had this bright white hair," she says.