Stewie and Kate have kindly offered to host a BBQ get-together at their house in Middle Park .  Arrive at 4pm for 6pm BBQ.  BYO meat and drinks plus a salad/desert to share.  We’ll share some stories on previous Cycle Qld rides, show some photos, and offer some tips and advice on tents, gear etc for new recruits.  RSVP wed 16^th July.

This ride is a fund raiser for Multiple Sclerosis.    Ride leaves from Musgrave Park South Brisbane.  There are 50km, 25km and 10km options, departing at 7.10am, 7.30am and 7.40am respectively.  For those riding in, we'll meet at Amazons at 5.30am, Toowong Bus Depot at 6.00am and Musgrave Park at 6.45am.   Registrations have re-opened and will remain open till Friday 25th July.   The cost will be $40 for the 50km or $35 for the 25km rides.  For more info click on Brissie to the Bay.

2pm start

Some riders have asked for some afternoon rides, so how about a ride to Nudgee Beach?  RSVP Fri 2nd August so we have an idea of numbers. 

This is a beautiful ride of approx 120km through the Lockyer Valley.  Long but not too hard with undulating hill and nice scenery.  We stop for lunch at Aratula before returning home by the same route.  For a review of our previous trip Rosewood-Aratula Ride.  RSVP wed 6^th Aug.

Plan is to leave Amazons Skate Park at the usual time of 7am and ride to Redcliffe via the Boondall wetlands.  Return trip is approx 120kms but if you’d like to join us and shorten the ride there are several stations where you could hop on a train for the journey home.  RSVP Sat 9^th Aug.

Meet at Fernvale at 7:30am at the park opposite the bakery.  Follow the Brisbane Valley Highway through Esk (40km),  continue for 4 km on the other side of Esk, turn right and ride to Somerset Dam (26km).  Lunch at a picnic area opposite the General Store.  This store also sells hot food.  Then after lunch ride back down the same road for about two kilometres then turn left.  Continue along this road on the eastern side  of Lake Wivenhoe back to Fernvale (47km).  This section of the ride is more difficult because the hills are steeper.  Total distance is 113 km. 

Ride out through Annerley, Capalaba, Birkdale, Thorneside, Wynnum, Woolloongabba.

Bundaberg to Brisbane via Tin Can Bay

The 580km (ish) journey will take us from the sugar town of Bundaberg down the coast to Tin Can Bay for the rest day (think day trips to Fraser Island or Rainbow Beach!) before we head inland and explore the backway into Brisbane. 

All the details are revealed in the Cycle Queensland 2008 brochure, or alternatively, keep an eye on Bicycle Queensland's website (www.bq.org.au and follow the links to Cycle Queensland).

A few years ago a number of us enjoyed a wonderful weekend at Kin Kin  testing ourselves on some of the mountainbike trails.  Wayne has suggested we should repeat this weekend .  For trip notes of our last trip click on the link Kin Kin.  Please let me know ASAP if you are interested so we can make booking arrangements.

The 2008 Wilson HTM Brisbane to the Gold Coast Cycle Challenge will be held on Sunday 12 October. 

In 2007 more than 5,700 cyclists pedalled to the Coast, making it the BIGGEST bike ride ever held in Queensland (and rewrote the record the ride set in 2006!)  As a result of such a huge turnout, just over $130,000 was raised for Diabetes Australia (Queensland) and the Heart Foundation.

This ride is a fundraiser for Camp Quality.  There is a 50km ride, a 25km ride and a 10km ride.  The 50km ride starts and finishes at Quad Park Kawana at 7am, and rides to Pelican Waters and back.  For more information click on Caloundra's Coastal bike Ride.