Trail Blazers for the Cairns Cancer Council

They may be riding the latest high tech mountain bikes but millions of years of evolution will greet three intrepid Cairns men when they set off on a two-and-a-half thousand kilometre journey along the Great Dividing Range.

Terry Montgomery, Murray Anderson-Clemence and Dietmar Arimann will be raising money for the Cairns branch of the Cancer Council as they follow Australia’s Bicentennial National Trail from Kilarney on the Queensland/New South Wales border to Cooktown in Far North Queensland.

They decided on the Bicentennial National Trail for its sheer beauty and many challenges.

The 5330km trail runs from Cooktown to Healesville in Victoria and was established by the late bush outfitter R.M. Williams AO CMG.

The trio is hoping to complete their charity ride in 45 days averaging about 60 kilometres a day.

We are hoping to generate enough interest in our little adventure for people to come along to some of the local pubs we visit and spare a few dollars for the Cancer Council.