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The Adventure

Overseas and interstate participants appreciate the opportunity to experience the dramatically varying terrain of Far North Queensland in a very “up close and personal” way. From the leafy, sun-dappled Kuranda Range road, winding upwards through lush rainforest to the Atherton Tableland, across rolling golden savannah lands and on to the shores of the sparkling Coral Sea at Cooktown.

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WHY WE RIDE

Sandy is an active Rotarian volunteering with the QSuper Cardiac Challenge for many years, who decided to ride and then discovered a heart issue. Although he was initially told he would have to travel to Sydney for his procedure, the incredible team at Cairns Hospital’s cardiac unit were able to resolve his problems and he’s now back to riding, taking part in ParkRun’s and leading an active, healthy lifestyle.

WHY WE RIDE

Thelrina woke up at her home on Yam Island, 844 kilometres from Cairns, and couldn’t walk. She and her mum were transferred via helicopter to Thursday Island and later to Cairns Hospital, where a paediatric cardiovascular ultrasound bought by the QSuper Cardiac Challenge, meant she could be diagnosed with Rheumatic Heart Disease and treatment started.

WHY WE RIDE

Cheryl is fortunate that her health conditions have been able to be treated with the latest equipment and services available, thanks to the QSuper Cardiac Challenge. Not long after facilitating a large donation to help bring electrophysiology services to FNQ, she found herself in need of those very services. Cheryl, who suffers from pulmonary arterial hypertension, a rare condition, can now be monitored thanks to equipment funded by the QSuper Cardiac Challenge.

2024 QSuper Cardiac Challenge Handbook

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in the news

Nurses take on heart-felt challenge

Nurses take on heart-felt challenge

Caring for cardiac patients at Cairns Hospital is all in a day’s work for registered nurses Ruby Valks and Peyton Williams (pictured above). But for three days in September, they’re swapping their pink uniform to join the sea of riders in green and blue to raise vital...

Don’s buzzing to ride

Don’s buzzing to ride

WHAT does lip balm, leather balm and honey, have to do with life-saving medical equipment? For Don Anderson, everything as the keen amateur bee-keeper sells the proceeds of his hobby to assist his fundraising for the QSuper Cardiac Challenge. “I was mowing near some...

Road Closure

Road Closure

The Far North Queensland Hospital Foundation has obtained a one-lane road closure of the Kennedy Highway (Kuranda Range) on Saturday, September 14, 2024. To enable cyclists in the QSuper Cardiac Challenge to safely traverse the range, the up-lane will be closed from...