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AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT

We are very proud to announce that the Dept. of Health and Ageing have donated $10,000 to our total enabling us to reach our target of $100,000.

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TRIKE AROUND AUSTRALIA

Launched 23rd June 2004 by PM John Howard from New Parliament House Canberra. Completed 10th March 2006 Parramatta NSW.

SPECIAL THANKS

To all of our sponsors and to everyone who helped us along the way.

LARGEST DONATION FROM A SHIRE COUNCIL

Hawkesbury City Council NSW $750. Emerald Shire Council QLD $500. Melbourne City Council VIC $500.

HIGHEST FUNDRAISING TOWNS

Mildura/Red Cliffs VIC $1,591.15. Melbourne VIC $1,261.35. Innisfail QLD $1,165.65.

TOTALS

Final Collection Total: $107,159.85

Days on the Road: 566

Total KM travelled: 67,219

Number of towns visited: 408

NSW Total: $42,763.40

QLD Total: $32,560.70

NT Total: $1,345.15

WA Total: $5,479.95

SA Total: $4,612.80

VIC Total: $10,283.00

ACT Total: $10,089.90

All funds raised will go to our nominated charity:

Arthritis Foundation of Australia

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Itinerary

Below is the Outback Motorbike Adventures 'Trike Around Australia' Event Itinerary for Queensland - Australia:

QUEENSLAND - AUSTRALIA

DATE
DAY
STOP
CITY / TOWN
POPULATION
INTERESTS
Event Itinerary
2004-06-21Monday
1
Brisbane
2004-12-24Friday
131
Brisbane
1,306,700
Home for Christmas break
2005-02-25Friday
132
Beenleigh
34,240
Start Queensland. Beenleigh Historical Village.
2005-02-26Saturday
132
Beenleigh
34,240
Fundraising dinner to launch Queensland leg
2005-02-27Sunday
132
Beenleigh
34,240
Rest day
2005-02-28Monday
133
Surfers Paradise
11,965
Movieworld, Seaworld, Dreamworld.
2005-03-01Tuesday
134
Coolangatta
4,000
Coolangatta and Tweed Heads the twin border cities. To Coffs Harbour NSW on way to Sydney to finish.
2005-03-02Wednesday
135
Tamborine Mountain
5,100
Beautiful Rainforest Scenery, Lookouts, Tamborine Village with craft shops, café's and wineries.
2005-03-03Thursday
136
Beaudesert
5,000
Jubilee Park with an 1875 Slab Hut and Historical Museum.
2005-03-04Friday
137
Boonah
2,700
Attractive Country Town, Templin Historical Museum, Lake Moogerah.
2005-03-05Saturday
137
Boonah
2700
Rest day.
2005-03-06Sunday
137
Boonah
2700
Rest day.
2005-03-07Monday
138
Warwick
11,300
Pioneering settlement known for its historic sandstone and timber buildings, Leslie Dam.
2005-03-08Tuesday
139
Stanthorpe
10,601
Stanthorpe and District Historical Society Museum, Post Office, Orchards, Wineries.
2005-03-09Wednesday
140
Texas
900
Historical Museum, Tobacco Museum, Tours of the Feed Lot biggest in the Southern Hemisphere.
2005-03-10Thursday
141
Inglewood
1,060
A thriving community producing Olives, with olive groves winding along the Macintyre Brook.
2005-03-11Friday
142
Yelarbon
232
Picturesque arid landscape located in a spinifex and claypan desert but has lovely gardens.
2005-03-12Saturday
142
Yelarbon
232
Rest day.
2005-03-13Sunday
142
Yelarbon
232
Rest day.
2005-03-14Monday
143
Goondiwindi
5,000
Customs House, Statue of Gunsynd, Victoria Hotel, Macintyre Ginnery.
2005-03-15Tuesday
144
Millmerran
3,170
Millmerran Historical Society Museum in the old Shire Council chambers.
2005-03-16Wednesday
145
Pittsworth
2,500
An attractive and historic town, Folk Museum, ANZ Bank 1905.
2005-03-17Thursday
146
Clifton
700
Museum and the historical tractor collections.
2005-03-18Friday
147
Toowoomba
90,563
Gracious and historic city, Picnic Point Lookout, Cobb & Co Museum, City Hall, Empire Theatre.
2005-03-19Saturday
147
Toowoomba
90,563
Rest Day
2005-03-20Sunday
147
Toowoomba
90,563
Rest Day
2005-03-21Monday
148
Crows Nest
1,324
Unusual town built around a village green with a statue of Jimmy Crow in the middle.
2005-03-22Tuesday
149
Oakey
3,423
A life-size bronze horse cast Bernborough, Museum of Australian Army Flying.
2005-03-23Wednesday
150
Dalby
10,000
Pioneer Park Museum, quite a few building in Cunningham St of interest.
2005-03-24Thursday
151
Yarraman
800
Known for its walking trails which cover the State Forest and Yarraman Creek.
2005-03-25Friday
151
Yarraman
800
Good Friday - Rest Day
2005-03-26Saturday
151
Yarraman
800
Easter Saturday - Rest Day
2005-03-27Sunday
151
Yarraman
800
Easter Sunday - Rest Day
2005-03-28Monday
151
Yarraman
800
Easter Monday - Rest Day
2005-03-29Tuesday
152
Nanango
2500
Lovely town with an interesting Historic mural walk, Observatory, 4th oldest town in Queensland, Tarong power station.
2005-03-30Wednesday
153
Kilcoy
1,000
Allegedly the home of the Yowie, Wooden statue of the Yowie.
2005-03-31Thursday
154
Esk
1,175
Club Hotel, Somerset Dam, Gracious old houses.
2005-04-01Friday
155
Gatton
6,000
Gatton and District Historical Society Museum, Gatton College, Lake Apex.
2005-04-02Saturday
155
Gatton
6,000
Rest Day
2005-04-03Sunday
155
Gatton
6,000
Rest Day
2005-04-04Monday
156
Laidley
3,500
Clydesdale Statue, Das Neumann Haus, Historical Museum.
2005-04-05Tuesday
157
Ipswich
131,514
Queensland's oldest Provincial City with wonderful Queenslanders, The Workshops Rail Museum.
2005-04-06Wednesday
158
Brisbane
1,306,700
Treasury Building.
2005-04-07Thursday
158
Brisbane
1,306,700
South Bank
2005-04-08Friday
158
Brisbane
1,306,700
Ride on City Cat along the river.
2005-04-09Saturday
158
Brisbane
1,306,700
Rest day.
2005-04-10Sunday
158
Brisbane
Rest day.
2005-04-11Monday
158
Brisbane
1,306,700
Art Gallery, Museum.
2005-04-12Tuesday
158
Brisbane
1,306,700
Family.
2005-04-13Wednesday
158
Brisbane
1,306,700
Morning Tea at Roma Street Parklands for Arthritis Week
2005-04-14Thursday
159
Caboolture
115,000
66 wonderful buildings in the Historical Village, Caboolture Airfield and War Plane Museum.
2005-04-15Friday
160
Caloundra
80,000
Once a quiet seaside resort, now a busy holiday destination for the beaches and activities.
2005-04-16Saturday
160
Caloundra
80,000
Rest day.
2005-04-17Sunday
160
Caloundra
80,000
Rest day.
2005-04-18Monday
161
Maleny
4,700
Maleny Light Horse Museum, Galleries, Studios and Specialty Shops, Howells Knob Lookout.
2005-04-19Tuesday
162
Nambour
22,746
Major centre on the Sunshine Coast, Sunshine Plantation (Big Pineapple).
2005-04-20Wednesday
163
Noosa Heads
11,690
Very up market holiday resort town with nice beaches, cafes etc.
2005-04-21Thursday
164
Gympie
11,825
Historic Buildings, Woodworks Forestry and Timber Museum , Gold and Mining Museum.
2005-04-22Friday
165
Kilkivan
323
Now a pleasant township where there was once a mining town. Folk Museum.
2005-04-23Saturday
166
Murgon
2,088
Rest Day
2005-04-24Sunday
166
Murgon
2,088
Rest Day
2005-04-25Monday
166
Murgon
2,088
Anzac Day - Rest Day
2005-04-26Tuesday
166
Murgon
2,088
The Queensland Dairy Industry Museum, The Queensland Dairy Industry Museum, Wineries.
2005-04-27Wednesday
167
Wondai
2,000
Timber Industry Museum, Lake Boondoomba.
2005-04-28Thursday
168
Kingaroy
11,590
Bicentennial Heritage Museum, Tours of the Peanut Silos and the Navy (baked) Bean factory.
2005-04-29Friday
169
Jandowae
900
Take a look a Jimbour House 22km south of Jandowae, 3 huge pubs in town.
2005-04-30Saturday
169
Jandowae
900
Rest day.
2005-05-01Sunday
169
Jandowae
900
Rest day.
2005-05-02Monday
169
Jandowae
900
Labour Day - Rest Day
2005-05-03Tuesday
170
Chinchilla
3,500
Chinchilla Folk Museum, Petrified Wood, Boonargo Cactoblastis Hall.
2005-05-04Wednesday
171
Tara
900
Historical Museum, Barbara Geisel Woolpaintings, Hugh Sawry's paintings at Commercial Hotel
2005-05-05Thursday
172
Surat
500
Quaint town, Cobb & Co Changing Station Complex, Cobb & Co Store Museum.
2005-05-06Friday
173
St George
3,000
Unique Egg, Heritage Centre, Birdwatchers delight, checkout Rosehill Aviaries 64km west of town.
2005-05-07Saturday
173
St George
3,000
Rest Day
2005-05-08Sunday
173
St George
3,000
Rest Day
2005-05-09Monday
174
Cunnamulla
1,500
A pleasant service town, Cunnamulla Historical Museum and the Robber's Tree.
2005-05-10Tuesday
175
Wyandra
60
Powerhouse Museum
2005-05-11Wednesday
176
Charleville
3,400
Interesting township in western Queensland, Historical House 1881, Stiger Vortex Rainmaker Gun.
2005-05-12Thursday
177
Augathella
437
Boadecia Arts & Craft Shop, Augathella Saw Mill.
2005-05-13Friday
178
Tambo
592
Old Post Office Museum where Tambo Teddies are made, Influenza memorial.
2005-05-14Saturday
178
Tambo
592
Rest day.
2005-05-15Sunday
178
Tambo
592
Rest day.
2005-05-16Monday
179
Blackall
2,000
Blackall Wool Scour, Aquatic Centre (artesian water), Statue of Jackie Howe, Pioneer Bore.
2005-05-17Tuesday
180
Isisford
150
Whitman's Museum, Clancy's Overflow Hotel.
2005-05-18Wednesday
181
Longreach
4,452
Historic Hangar (Qantas), Stockmans Hall of Fame, Jacksons Weapons Museum,
2005-05-19Thursday
182
Ilfracombe
190
Historic Wellshot Hotel, Hiltons Bottle Collection, Machinery and Heritage display.
2005-05-20Friday
183
Aramac
380
The Tramway, Statue of the White Bull
2005-05-21Saturday
184
Barcaldine
1,900
Rest day.
2005-05-22Sunday
184
Barcaldine
1,900
Rest day.
2005-05-23Monday
184
Barcaldine
1,900
Tree of Knowledge, Australian Workers' Heritage Museum, Masonic Lodge 1908, Folk Museum.
2005-05-24Tuesday
185
Alpha
350
Large array of building murels.
2005-05-25Wednesday
186
Emerald
13,310
Railway Station only old building due to fires, The Historical Precinct, Lake Maraboon.
2005-05-26Thursday
187
Springsure
950
Old Rainworth Fort, Fly'n Horse Shoe Museum, Pattern Comet Windmill.
2005-05-27Friday
188
Rolleston
300
Very small town and is the closest town to Canarvon Gorge.
2005-05-28Saturday
188
Rolleston
300
Rest day.
2005-05-29Sunday
188
Rolleston
300
Rest day.
2005-05-30Monday
189
Injune
400
Quaint central west cattle town where time seems to have stood still, great community spirit.
2005-05-31Tuesday
190
Roma
6,775
Meadowbank Museum, Gracious old houses and buildings, Roma Court House, Memorial Ave.
2005-06-01Wednesday
191
Mitchell
1,100
Museum with farm and transport equipment, Cobb & Co coaches, working blacksmith's tools.
2005-06-02Thursday
192
Yuleba
300
Tiny town with the main attraction Judd's Lagoon which has beautiful water lilies.
2005-06-03Friday
193
Miles
1,187
Miles and District Historical Village one of the finest in Australia. Over twenty authentic buildings.
2005-06-04Saturday
193
Miles
1,187
Rest day.
2005-06-05Sunday
193
Miles
1,187
Rest day.
2005-06-06Monday
194
Taroom
2,981
Taroom & District Historical Society, Ludwig Leichhardt Memorial, Taroom Hotel.
2005-06-07Tuesday
195
Theodore
420
A town of considerable elegance and originality, has the appearance of a seaside resort.
2005-06-08Wednesday
196
Biloela
5,485
Callide Dam and its white cockatoos, Greycliffe Homestead, Callide Power Station, The SILO.
2005-06-09Thursday
197
Monto
2,728
Charming rural centre which is one of the newest towns in Capricornia.
2005-06-10Friday
198
Eidsvold
223
Historical Complex including the Knockbreak Homestead at the George Schafer Collection.
2005-06-11Saturday
199
Mundubbera
1,300
Rest day.
2005-06-12Sunday
199
Mundubbera
1,300
Rest day.
2005-06-13Monday
199
Mundubbera
1,300
Queens Birthday - Rest Day
2005-06-14Tuesday
199
Mundubbera
1,300
Citrus Capital of Queensland, The Folk Museum, Gold Mine Orchard and the Big Mandarin.
2005-06-15Wednesday
200
Gayndah
2,842
The Gayndah & District Historical Museum, Council Chambers, Soldiers Memorial Hall and the Town Hall Theatre.
2005-06-16Thursday
201
Biggenden
1,900
Biggenden Museum, The Biggenden Mine, The Chowey Bridge, Coalstoun Lakes.
2005-06-17Friday
202
Tiaro
2,189
Restored Railway Station.
2005-06-18Saturday
203
Maryborough
25,527
Rest day.
2005-06-19Sunday
203
Maryborough
25,527
Rest day.
2005-06-20Monday
203
Maryborough
25,527
Old Maryborough, Brennan & Geraghty's Store, The Royal Hotel, many other historical buildings.
2005-06-21Tuesday
204
Hervey Bay
42,300
Brooklyn House, Neptune's Reefworld, Historical Museum, Mathew Flinders Memorial.
2005-06-22Wednesday
205
Childers
1,500
Childers Pharmaceutical Museum & Regional Art Gallery, Mammino’s, Snake’s Downunder.
2005-06-23Thursday
206
Mount Perry
750
Boolboonda Tunnel, Mullock Heaps, Masonic Lodge, Historical Society's Bicentennial Museum.
2005-06-24Friday
207
Gin Gin
1,200
Gin Gin Museum, Boolboonda Tunnel the longest unsupported man-made tunnel in Australia.
2005-06-25Saturday
208
Bundaberg
54,821
Rest day.
2005-06-26Sunday
208
Bundaberg
54,821
Rest day.
2005-06-27Monday
208
Bundaberg
54,821
Botanical Gardens and Hinkler House Memorial Museum, Rum Distillery Tour, The Water Tower.
2005-06-28Tuesday
209
Miriamvale
4500
Has a mixture of buildings including some Queenslander style.
2005-06-29Wednesday
210
Calliope
1,800
River Historical Village.
2005-06-30Thursday
211
Gladstone
37,500
Queenslands leading seaport, Tondoon Botanic Garden, Gladstone Art Gallery and Museum.
2005-07-01Friday
212
Rockhampton
65,000
A gracious and elegant coastal city with heaps to see, The Dreamtime Cultural Centre is a must.
2005-07-02Saturday
212
Rockhampton
65,000
Rest day.
2005-07-03Sunday
212
Rockhampton
65,000
Rest day.
2005-07-04Monday
213
Yeppoon
11,500
Beautiful beaches, Resorts, Hotels, Motels and accommodation units.
2005-07-05Tuesday
214
Mount Morgan
3,164
Historic mining town, Historical Museum, Railway Station and Hunslett Steam Engine.
2005-07-06Wednesday
215
Westwood
1,873
Small town west of Rockhampton.
2005-07-07Thursday
216
Blackwater
8,000
Mining town, The Lions Park with International Flag Display, The Coal Mine, Mining Display.
2005-07-08Friday
217
Dysart
2,500
Mining town two hours west of Mackay.
2005-07-09Saturday
217
Dysart
2,500
Rest day.
2005-07-10Sunday
217
Dysart
2,500
Rest day.
2005-07-11Monday
218
Capella
1,000
Tiny township serving the surrounding mines.
2005-07-12Tuesday
219
Clermont
2,800
St Mary's Roman Catholic Church 1890, Clermont Club 1887, Museum, Copperfield and Miclere.
2005-07-13Wednesday
220
Nebo
1,871
Historic Nebo Hotel, Nebo Museum and the new Nebo Monument.
2005-07-14Thursday
221
Sarina
3,900
Sarina Distillery, Nesting sea turtles, Cape Palmerston.
2005-07-15Friday
222
Mackay
58,641
Gracious tropical city, Bulk Sugar Terminal, Greenmount Historic Homestead, Customs House.
2005-07-16Saturday
222
Mackay
58,641
Rest day.
2005-07-17Sunday
222
Mackay
58,641
Rest day.
2005-07-18Monday
223
Mirani
1000
Mirani Museum, Illawong Flaura and Fauna Sanctuary, Kinchant Dam a watersport wonderland
2005-07-19Tuesday
224
Proserpine
3,100
Historic sugar cane township, Historical Museum, Billabong Sanctuary, close to Airlie Beach.
2005-07-20Wednesday
225
Bowen
8,500
Attractive Tropical Town and beaches, Bowen Historical Museum, The Bowen Courthouse 1883.
2005-07-21Thursday
226
Ayr
8,300
Burdekin Hotel, The "Silver Link" bridge to Home Hill and Brandon a few km away.
2005-07-22Friday
227
Charters Towers
8,900
Superb historic mining town with many gracious old buildings, Ghosts of Gold Tour.
2005-07-23Saturday
227
Charters Towers
8,900
Rest day.
2005-07-24Sunday
227
Charters Towers
8,900
Rest day.
2005-07-25Monday
228
Townsville
124,925
Elegant city, Great Barrier Reef Wonderland, North Queensland Military Museum.
2005-07-26Tuesday
229
Ingham
5,700
Town has a strong Italian and Spanish Background, Interesting Cemetry, Victoria Mill, Lee's Hotel.
2005-07-27Wednesday
230
Tully
3,100
A town famous for its heavy tropical rainstorms, Tully Sugar Mill, Tully Falls.
2005-07-28Thursday
231
Innisfail
8,150
Shire Hall, Chinese Temple, Pioneers Monument, Nerada Tea Gardens & Tourist Centre.
2005-07-29Friday
232
Cairns
101,000
Many old buildings, Historical Museum 1907, Jack Barnes Bicentennial Mangrove Boardwalk .
2005-07-30Saturday
232
Cairns
101,000
Rest day.
2005-07-31Sunday
232
Cairns
101,000
Rest day.
2005-08-01Monday
233
Port Douglas
2,100
Including Mossman, Bally Hooley Sugar Train, Daintree, Cape Tribulation, Shipwrecks Museum.
2005-08-02Tuesday
234
Mareeba
6,400
Centre of the Atherton Tobacco Industry, Coffee Works, Granite Gorge, The Mosque.
2005-08-03Wednesday
235
Atherton
5,800
Halloran's Hill Environmental Park, The Chinese Temple to the Emperor Ho Wong, Crystal Caves.
2005-08-04Thursday
236
Ravenshoe
1,200
The highest town above sea level in Queensland, Millstream Express steam train.
2005-08-05Friday
237
Georgetown
300
Agate Creek Mineral Reserve, Fossicking, Shire Hall 1908, Etheridge Goldfield ghost town.
2005-08-06Saturday
237
Georgetown
300
Rest Day
2005-08-07Sunday
237
Georgetown
300
Rest Day
2005-08-08Monday
238
Croydon
400
Historic goldrush town, Courthouse 1887, The Mine Museum, Chinese Temple.
2005-08-09Tuesday
239
Normanton
1,328
Gulflander Train and Railway Station, Purple Pub, Albion Hotel.
2005-08-10Wednesday
240
Burke & Wills
5
Roadhouse, meals and accommodation.
2005-08-11Thursday
241
Julia Creek
600
Gannon's Hotel, Macintyre Museum, Wartime Bunkers from World War 2.
2005-08-12Friday
242
Richmond
1,100
Pioneer Heritage Walk, Santalum Sandalwood Factory and Mill, Kronosaurus Korner.
2005-08-13Saturday
242
Richmond
1,100
Rest day.
2005-08-14Sunday
242
Richmond
1,100
Rest day.
2005-08-15Monday
243
Hughenden
1,900
Muttaburrasaurus Dinosaur Skeleton Fossil display, Porcupine Gorge.
2005-08-16Tuesday
244
Winton
1,667
Waltzing Matilda Centre, The Jolly Swagman, Corfield & Fitzmaurice, Royal Theatre open air.
2005-08-17Wednesday
245
Kynuna
23
Blue Heeler Hotel, Combo Waterhole made famous by Banjo Patersons Waltzing Matilda.
2005-08-18Thursday
246
Cloncurry
3,900
Great Australian Mine, John Flynn Place, Mary Kathleen Memorial Park and Museum.
2005-08-19Friday
247
Mt Isa
24,100
Outback at Isa Complex, Hard Times Mine Tours.
2005-08-20Saturday
247
Mt Isa
24,100
Rest day.
2005-08-21Sunday
247
Mt Isa
24,100
Rest day.
2005-08-22Monday
248
Camooweal
200
Freckletons Store and memorabilia, Camooweal Caves National Park. Continue to Northern Territory
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