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August 17 to September 19, 2009
Are You Ready for the ride of your life?
Are you ready to accept the challenge of cycling 4100Km?
Are you ready to accept the Purpose of this Epic Journey?
It was in December 1984 that Bob Forrest with his son Dave and Dave’s friend Wayne McCamley set out to ride their bicycles 900 kilometres from Sydney to Melbourne.
Bike For Bibles was born!
That first year they raised $2000.00 and through Bob’s Energy,
Enthusiasm, Excitement and his sense of Adventure and Challenge, and his love of our Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ, Bike For Bibles rides around the World have raised many Millions of Dollars
to proclaim the Word of God in many, many countries throughout the World !
To celebrate Bike For Bibles 25th Birthday we invite you to Experience one of the
World’s Great Cycle Journeys, to ride across the Australian Continent, 4,100 kilometres,
from the Indian Ocean to the Pacific Ocean, from Cottesloe Beach to Cronulla Beach !
And to celebrate the birth of Bike For Bibles in Australia, we have been challenged to channel all our fundraising efforts for 2009 to support a number of Bible Society Australian Mission Projects.
We have been challenged to raise in excess of $250,000.00 for this Ride Across Australia Epic Journey.
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We are riding to raise funds to support a number of Bible Society Mission Projects.
- Wontulp-Bi-Buya Aboriginal Theological training College in Cairns, Queensland.
- Indigenous Communities in Northern Australia.
- Distribution of Bibles and Memory Verse Calendars to Australian school children
- Distribution of Bibles to Emergency Services, Hospitals, Correctional Centres, Theological Colleges etc.
- Distribution of Sports Bibles and DVDs
- Funding the Max7 children’s Bible Text Video website.
More Details on Ride Costs and Accomodation can be found below.
You can also Download All information regarding this ride. (13 Mb)
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Destinations
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Distance |
Monday 17th April
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Perth - Northam
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97 Km
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| Tuesday 18th April |
Northam - Merredin
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162 Km |
| Wednesday 19th April |
Merredin - Southern Cross
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109 Km |
| Thursday 20th August |
Southern Cross - Coolgardie
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186 Km |
Friday 21st August
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Coolgardie - Norseman
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167 Km
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Total: |
721 Km
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Sunday 23rd August
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Norseman - Balladonia
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192 Km
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Monday 24th August
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Balladonia - Caiguna
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182 Km
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Tuesday 25th August
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Caiguna - Madura Pass
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158 Km
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Wednesday 26th August
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Madura Pass - Border Village
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192 Km
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Thursday 27th August
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Border Village - Nullarbor Roadhouse
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182 Km
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Friday 28th August
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Nullarbor Roadhouse - Nundroo Roadhouse
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148 Km
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Saturday 29th August
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Nundroo Roadhouse - Ceduna
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152 Km
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Sunday 30th August
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Ceduna - Streaky Bay
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109 Km
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Total: |
1314 Km |
| Tuesday 1st September |
Streaky Bay - Wudinna
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131 Km |
| Wednesday 2nd September |
Wudinna - Kimba
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101 Km |
| Thursday 3rd September |
Kimba - Port Augusta
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156 Km |
Friday 4th September
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Port Augusta - Port Pirie
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90 Km
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Saturday 5th September
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Port Pirie - Burra
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120 Km
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Total: |
598 Km
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| Monday 7th September |
Burra - Waikerie
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123 Km |
| Tuesday 8th September |
Waikerie - Paringa
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81 Km |
| Wednesday 9th September |
Paringa - Gol Gol
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145 Km |
| Thursday 10th September |
Gol Gol - Balranald
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154 Km |
| Friday 11th September |
Balranald - Hay
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132 Km |
| Saturday 12th September |
Hay - Griffith
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130 Km |
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Total: |
765 Km |
Monday 14th September
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Griffith - Temora
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151 Km
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| Tuesday 15th September |
Temora - Young |
81 Km |
| Wednesday 16th September |
Young - Yass |
97 Km |
| Thursday 17th September |
Yass - Goulbourn |
90 Km |
| Friday 18th September |
Goulburn - Picton |
122 Km |
| Saturday 19th September |
Picton - Miranda Anglican Church |
90 Km |
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Total: |
631 Km |
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Grand Total: |
4029 Km |
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Ride Cost
The cost for the whole ride from Perth to Sydney will be $2200.00.
This covers accommodation, showers and all meals from dinner on Sunday 16th August, 2009 through to lunch on Saturday 19th September, 2009. It does not cover lunches on Rest Days, although you may wish to make your own lunch from our supplies at no extra charge.
It also does not cover personal incidentals or extra drinks, ice creams or food that you purchase yourself during the ride.
It does not cover personal phone calls or internet usage.
We will provide clothes washing products, lines and pegs etc. but Laundramat usage is not covered.
We will provide sunburn cream but we will not cover sunburn cream that you have purchased.
You will be provided with one special commemorative 25th Bike For Bibles Birthday Ride Across Australia bike riding shirt and one special T Shirt. Regular Bike For Bibles riding shirts are available for $65.oo each.
It does not cover bike cleaning materials or chain lubricants.
Option
One : Option Two :
November
28th 2008 $100.00 Nov. 28th 2008 $100.00
February
27th 2009 $200.00 May 29th 2009 $500.00
May
29th 2009 $300.00 July 24th 2009 $1100.00
June
26th 2009 $500.00 Aug. 16th 2009 $500.00
July
24th 2009 $600.00
August
16th 2009 $500.00
If
you have registered and find that for whatever reason you are unable to do the
ride and need to pull out, then we will refund any money you have paid less 10%
for administrative costs up to and including 30th June 2009. If you
pull out from 1st July 2009 through to and including 31st
July 2009, we will refund any money you have paid less 20%. If you pull out
from 1st August 2009 through to the end of the ride on 19th
September 2009, we unfortunately are unable to refund any money for whatever
reason whatsoever.
All aspects of this ride, administration, payment of
ride costs, donation books, donation processing forms and books, purchase and
supply of bike clothing, information
etc. will be handled through Bible Society’s Sydney office and through the home
office of Jim Blaxland.
Accomodation in Perth and Sydney
We will be arranging for accommodation and showers in Perth for Saturday 15th and Sunday 16th August. Note that we will only be providing for Breakfast on the Sunday morning and Dinner on the Sunday evening before the ride. All other meals on the Saturday and Sunday are your own responsibility.
Providing we have enough starters, we will arrange for a warm up ride on Sunday morning to Cottesloe Beach to “dip our wheels in the Indian Ocean” before we leave Perth.
We can arrange for a church hall in Sydney to sleep over on the Saturday evening after the ride if people will need that. And if there are enough people around on the Saturday evening we may all go out for dinner somewhere that night and relive the memories.
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For further details about this Great bicycle ride, please contact Jim Blaxland
Phone: (02) 9525 8158
Mobile: 0414 532 250
Email: jblaxland@biblesocietynsw.com.au |
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