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Follow the CFC team and event participants as they tackle physically challenging events to raise funds and awareness for Eagles Wings.

Fixin' Poverty - Fri 30 Sept

The 'night-shift' was 6 x 2 hr rotations shared between 3 riders. A few navigational points: Head East to Cobar, North to Bourke, East towards Walgett. Teamwork got them through.

Meanwhile the night-crew shot ahead to a camp spot about 40km east of Bourke (we're no longer in the Back of Bourke!!), to a campsite on the Bogan River. We were still experiencing strong wind gusts at midnight, so we ditched the gazebos and just slept on stretchers under the stars - absolutely magic! We awoke to the message that the riders had gone past, so after a few photos of the sunrise (who knew that the Bogan River could be so pretty?), we were packed up and chasing the riders down.

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  • $795,000
  • Raised since 2008
  • 9
  • Countries cycled
  • 479
  • Participants
  • 34,700
  • Kilometres cycled
 
  • EVENT
  • BVRT 2018
  • Waterfall Wander 2019
  • Fraser Island 2021
  • Mt Coot-tha 2021
  • Noosa Hinterland 2022
  • TOTALS
  • Distance
  • 170
  • 90
  • 75
  • 5-20km
  • 75
  • 410
  • Walkers
  • 11
  • 11
  • 18
  • 35
  • 13
  • 88
  • Walkers*Km
  • 1870
  • 990
  • 1350
  • -
  • 975
  • 5,185
  • $Raised
  • 15,115
  • 15,549
  • 23,304
  • 6,150
  • 20,736
  • 80,854