Team "Tour de Coffs"

Hi there!

I'm gearing up and making a difference by fundraising for a cause that's close to my heart. I’d appreciate any contribution, big or small.

With a fine group of friends and an amazing support crew, we will be riding approximately 385km on our road bicycles from Gold Coast to Coffs Harbour over the weekend of 28-30 September.  This is a gruelling ride that takes us through mountains with some steep climbs and along flat, long highways with narrow shoulders and LOTS of vehicles.  Day 1 sees us stopping overnight at Lismore, day 2 at Grafton and then on to Coffs Harbour at the end of day 3 for a well-earned rest and swim.

I am raising funds for Motor Neurone Disease Research Institute of Australia.  I did this ride last year with a group of special mates and after seeing Neil Danniher on the Melbourne-Collingwood Big Freeze, Fight-MND footy event in 2017, I thought I should make a difference since I was riding a long way and that ought not be just for the challenge of it, so I chose MND and raised a little money (around $1,000).  However, this year it is much, much different - my father-in-law, Graham, was diagnosed with MND around March this year, so there is extra meaning in this ride for me, and the rest of my family this year.

MND is a very difficult disease that progresses at different rates and sees sufferers lose their ability to perform some of even the most basic tasks that we take for granted, like scratching one's nose or shaking someone's hand...... or even hugging one's grandchildren.  There is no cure for it and none in sight at this stage so the need for research funds continues so we can find a cure someday.