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Day 7 2020 – RideWest Wrap Up
Day 7 Blackall to Longreach 216km Emotions were running high this morning as we woke to our final day. Although we knew we had another...
Oct 12, 2020


Day 6 2020 – Wrap Up
Day 6 Augathella to Blackall 219km Well what can we say about day 6?! It was officially the hardest day in RideWest history. It was hot...
Oct 9, 2020


Day 5 2020 – RideWest Wrap Up
Day 5 Mitchell to Augathella 189km We were expecting a hot one today, so everyone was keen to get on the road early, but not before we...
Oct 8, 2020


Day 4 2020 – RideWest Wrap Up
Day 4 Roma to Mitchell 87km As day 4 is our ‘short’ day of only 87km, we enjoyed a little sleep in before rolling through Roma to Pumps...
Oct 7, 2020


RFDS – Impact Statement October 2020
A message from Meredith Staib, Chief Executive Officer Despite the challenging circumstances in recent months, we have continued to...
Oct 6, 2020


Day 3 2020 – RideWest Wrap Up
Day 3 Chinchilla to Roma 219km On day three we have one of our ‘big 3’ days, with a 200km+ ride, so it was an early start out of...
Oct 6, 2020


Day 2 2020 – RideWest Wrap Up
Oakey to Chinchilla 188km It was a beautiful crisp morning in Oakey today and with the wind behind us as we took off, it made for an...
Oct 5, 2020


Day 1 2020 – RideWest Wrap Up
Amberley to Oakey After many, many months of training and preparation it was finally time for our riders to put it all on the line and...
Oct 4, 2020


RideWest 2020 – It’s On!
RIDEWEST 2020 IS BACK! With QLD’s Stage 3 easing of restrictions officially underway, we are super excited about confirming that RideWest...
Jul 10, 2020


RideWest 2020 Postponed
The RideWest organising committee have made the decision to postpone RideWest 2020 until later in the year, due to current circumstances ...
Mar 19, 2020


RFDS – Impact Update Summer
2019 was a challenging year for many Queenslanders enduring bushfires, drought and floods, outback communities have experienced it all....
Jan 9, 2020


RideWest Impact Update from RFDS
12 months have passed since we set off on our RideWest 2018 journey. In fact, last ANZAC Day was celebrated in Morven outside of...
May 1, 2019


Day 7 Wrap Up | Ride West 2018
The Ridewest 2018 team made it to the finish line in Longreach, Queensland! After a huge 7 days, 1237kms and a ridiculous amount of...
Apr 30, 2018


Day 6 Wrap Up | Ride West 2018
Day 6 Another huge day for day 6 with over 220kms peddled in the hot sun from Augathella to Blackall, Queensland. We started at the...
Apr 30, 2018


Day 4 & 5 Wrap Up | Ride West 2018
Day 4 Day 4 brought with it some sore bodies after the enormous 220km effort from Chinchilla to Roma the previous day. Nothing but blue...
Apr 30, 2018


Day 3 Wrap Up | Ride West 2018
Day 3 What an exhilarating and exhausting day! We started in Chinchilla bright and early at 5am to begin the mammoth 220km day. As we are...
Apr 30, 2018


The Weekend that Was | Ridewest 2018
Day 1 The first two days of the RideWest Charity Cycle was off to a glorious start on Saturday the 21st of April. According to rider Don...
Apr 30, 2018


Day 7 – Blackall to Longreach
We made it!!!!!!!!! 1237kms Brisbane to Longreach in 7 days. Day 7 was an absolute epic day, covering 240km from Blackall to Longreach,...
May 13, 2016


Day 6 – Augathella to Blackall
By Dan O’Brien. Rod, David and I are having a great week doing “RideWest” in Western Queensland. We cycled 220km today and rolled into...
May 12, 2016


Day 5 – Mitchell to Augathella
Day 5 is done and dusted, and it was a long stretch from Mitchell to Augathella – a total of 183kms. The previous night’s Calcutta for...
May 11, 2016
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