From the scrapheap to the outback: Wanniassa's Tim Kiernan on a ride to remember
Katie burgess, Canberra Times, 30th August 2015
When Tim Kiernan's 1985 BMW K100 motorcycle was hot off the showroom floor, he was a kindergarten pupil more interested in their Matchbox counterparts.
But the Wanniassa local has rescued the old bike from its retirement and is preparing to ride it across the Australian outback.
Mr Kiernan is the only ACT rider in a team of motorcycle enthusiasts dubbed The Hillbillies riding to Urana, 100km south-west of Wagga Wagga, for the Scrapheap Adventure Ride.
The rally raises funds for Down Syndrome NSW, a not-for-profit organisation which provides advocacy and support for people with Down syndrome, their families and carers ...
Desert rally for Down Syndrome tests The Hillbillies team
Perry Duffin, Maitland Mercury, 21st August 2015,
With one thousand dollars and two sets of oil-blackened hands, this Gresford family has salvaged, rebuilt and will journey 900 kilometres into the outback on rusted, discarded motorbikes to raise money for Down Syndrome NSW.
Dubbing themselves The Hillbillies, patriarch Joe Thompson, his son Ryan, son-in-law Luke Bennis and an entourage of family and friends will complete their sixth Scrapheap Challenge next month.
Since it began in 2010, the family has seen parts of the country most people have never even heard of.
The list includes Cameron Corner, Wanaaring, Kosciusko, Hungerford and Nymboida, but the 2015 odyssey will be to Urana, 100 kilometres south of Wagga Wagga ...
But the Wanniassa local has rescued the old bike from its retirement and is preparing to ride it across the Australian outback.
Mr Kiernan is the only ACT rider in a team of motorcycle enthusiasts dubbed The Hillbillies riding to Urana, 100km south-west of Wagga Wagga, for the Scrapheap Adventure Ride.
The rally raises funds for Down Syndrome NSW, a not-for-profit organisation which provides advocacy and support for people with Down syndrome, their families and carers ...
Desert rally for Down Syndrome tests The Hillbillies team
Perry Duffin, Maitland Mercury, 21st August 2015,
With one thousand dollars and two sets of oil-blackened hands, this Gresford family has salvaged, rebuilt and will journey 900 kilometres into the outback on rusted, discarded motorbikes to raise money for Down Syndrome NSW.
Dubbing themselves The Hillbillies, patriarch Joe Thompson, his son Ryan, son-in-law Luke Bennis and an entourage of family and friends will complete their sixth Scrapheap Challenge next month.
Since it began in 2010, the family has seen parts of the country most people have never even heard of.
The list includes Cameron Corner, Wanaaring, Kosciusko, Hungerford and Nymboida, but the 2015 odyssey will be to Urana, 100 kilometres south of Wagga Wagga ...
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