Scrapheap Adventure Ride 2016 - revving up

Planning is well advanced for the 2016 Scrapheap Adventure Ride taking place 30 September - 2 October, to Tilpa. You can follow along by joining the Scrapheap Adventure Ride Facebook page. This article focusses on the intense preparation by the dedicated Team Inverell, who have supported and promoted the Ride, and participated over several years. They deserve our support too:

Inverell riders hit road to raise awareness for down syndrome event
Michèle Jedlicka, Inverell Times, 28 July 2016
Two Inverell men have set out on an 5000 kilometre adventure to raise awareness of an annual charity event.

Mick O’Brien and Col Meacham departed Inverell for the 2016 Off Centre Rally in Mungerannie, SA, via locations such as, Bourke, the Darling River Run, Broken Hill, Flinders Ranges, Oodnadatta, Track, Simpson Desert, Birdsville Track, Strzelecki Track and Cameron Corner.

The motorcycle enthusiasts climbed aboard their older model Suzuki 185cc ag bikes to travel some of the most iconic outback roads in Australia purely to promote the September 2016 Scrapheap Adventure Ride, a now-annual event to raise funds for Down Syndrome NSW, and raise awareness of Down Syndrome ...