Chafing the dream

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We're going the distance to change the lives of country kids!

On Thursday 15th May, we're heading out on a three-day ride across regional NSW to help raise awareness and vital funds for Royal Far West, a charity dedicated to the health and wellbeing of Australia's country kids.

This year’s Ride is set to be an incredible event, as it celebrates 100 years of Royal Far West. The event route will take us on an 380+km outback heritage journey through far west NSW, visiting key locations including Bourke, Cobar, Nyngan and Narromine, which are significant to both Royal Far West’s history and future.

Every Australian child deserves the right to access quality health, education and development services, but sadly country children and families face disadvantage of distance and a lack of available services. Currently, children in regional and remote Australia are waiting up to six years to see a paediatrician or being told there are no services at all.

For these kids, a positive trajectory in life can be at risk if they can't access the right care at the right time, simply because of where they live.

So we're riding to help raise $750,000 for country kids who are struggling with developmental and mental health needs to get them access to the critical assessments, services and support they need to thrive. 

You can help us achieve this by making a donation via this page AND by helping to spread the word by sharing my page. Every dollar of your donation – no matter how large or small - adds up to truly make a difference for country kids.

Your gift will be directly support vulnerable country kids by connecting them to the vital healthcare services and support they urgently need.

THANK YOU so much for your support!  It really means a lot to us!

Thank you to our Sponsors

$2.95k

Rfw Trivia Night Fundraiser

$1.79k

Bunnings Bbq

$1.03k

Matched Donation

$1,000

Steve Donnellan

Go Nick - I'll be cheering you on from my lounge chair watching TV and with a cold drink !

$520

Michael Mcgrath

Spin those legs Jess. We’re all behind you.

$515

Noel Carroll

Good luck Nick. Great cause. Say g'day to Denver.

$515

Kirsty Bruce

$515

Michael Mcgrath

Keep up the great effort! Impressed

$515

Deborah Raphael

Enjoy the adventure.

$515

Anonymous

Once you start you might not stop!

$515

Richard Sarah Lucy Tom Freddie And Teds !

Good luck and hopefully the sun is shining !

$515

John Allen

Good on you Nick!

$515

Joinery At Hart

$515

Deborah Willcocks

You can do it! Enjoy 😬

$515

Dylan

$515

David Rolls

Have a great ride mate

$500

Anonymous Donor

$500

Anonymous Donor

$500

Anonymous Donor

$500

Anonymous Donor

$500

Anonymous Donor

$500

Anonymous Donor

$500

Anonymous Donor

$500

Jn

Enjoy the ride Nick!

$500

Deborah Willcocks

$500

Adam Dixon

Hopefully not too many 4kw hills. Well done mate - give it some!!

$450

Morning Tea

$440

Meredith Lee

For the 12/4 training ride

$415

David Kilpatrick

Self support

$381

Angus & Sue Collins

A long ride for a great cause. Best Wishes

$330

Rowan Huppert

Once again, a stellar effort Nick. Good on you.

$313

Lisa Pogonoski

Go Gini - what an inspiration!

$312

Anonymous Donor

$300

Clint M Bowen

We need a ride and a catch up

$273

Anonymous Donor

$261

David Filmer

On.. On Nick. Keep the good times rolling.

$261

Danielle Taylor

Better your bum than mine! Can't wait to cheer you on out West!

$258

Johnson Family

GO RACHEL ❤️❤️ !!

$250

Wellman Packaging Pty Ltd

$222

Hendrik Zimmet

$211

Cathryn Berecry

Go Gini - great cause

$211

Jason Clay

Go grrrrrlllll

$211

Julian Frecklington

Nick, good luck on the ride. What a great cause! That road is an absolute gun barrel!

$211

Chris Tynan

$211

Mary Mcmurray

A great cause Rachel.

$211

Mary Jo Capps

Good luck and go well!! Lots of love, L&MJ

$211

Anonymous

$211

Toni Milis

How fabulous Nick! Safe riding

$211

Anette&anthony Asteriadis

Great cause James!

$211

David Tynan

$209

Sue Carr

$209

Paul Walton

$202

Anonymous Donor

$202

Bob Cairns

Go Gini!

$202

Camilla Boyd

Ben would love to be here to train with you. Go well Nick.

$202

Ben Boyd

Best of luck Nick, we are behind you all the way.

$202

Kerrie Boogert

Amazing Gini, inspirational!! Safe riding and hope you have a tail wind!!

$200

Hoang Bui

I'm proud of you, Kim!

$177

Anna Burgdorf

Go my crazy sister 🙌💓

$177

Mark & Viv

Best of luck 🤞

$177

Randall And Kylie

Great work!! Enjoy and good on you for making a difference!

$177

Roy Briggs

$177

Karen Totaro

Move those legs Jode! Safe riding 🚴

$177

Sue Keighery

Go Girl a Amazing

$177

Margot Branson And John Gelagin

$177

Nigel Capps

$177

Kurt

Yeeeew!

$177

Dashiell Gantner

$168

Anonymous Donor

$168

Paul Buljevic

Amazing effort Nick! Happy riding.

$168

Philip Capps

$168

Tim Capps

Go where you're lookin' and look where you're goin

$168

Ken Gurcan Erbas

All the best Nichol;as.

$168

John Curran

$168

Daniel Amzallag

Good luck David! CCK stairs will have you well prepared!

$168

Aaron Levine

Nurofen gel for the saddle sore! Good luck!!

$168

Daniel Amzallag

Good luck Nick! Go get em!

$158

Joanna Glover

KB - you are inspirational! So proud of you and all Ibis team members flying for the Ride.

$158

Ben Mccarthy

Good luck Gini - so impressed by your dedication to the cause and your athleticism

$158

Connected Speech Pathology

Amazing Rach! We are proud of you. Love your CSP family.

$158

Joanna Glover

Is there anything an Ibis can't do - they can fly, walk and scavenge, now they can ride too!

$158

Joanna Glover

Superwoman, SuperIbis! Suspect you will be so fast you will look like you are flying!

$150

Dean Rabinowitz

$150

Jez And Gill

Go Marzie

$150

Matt Loxton

$150

Andy And Felicity Metz

Good luck!

$130

Andy

Awesome Jess! Wishing for a little tailwind at some point.

$120

Marcel Zimmet

$106

Elias

$106

Aaron Mcinnes

$106

Sebastian Resnekov

Get it Jameso!

$106

Peter & Sue Grantham

$106

Brendan And Wendy Quail

Brilliant. Safe travels xx

$106

Eric Wehr

Good on you, Angus!

$106

Maxine Resnekov

Go cuzzzz! And good thing you pull off the Lycra!!

$106

Fay Kaufman

Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance you must keep moving. Good luck Hendrik.

$106

Maddie Kilpatrick

$106

Dominic Pearman

$106

Kenneth Raphael

Keep that bike pointing straight

$106

Desley & Peter Burgdorf

We support that cause all the way. So proud of you!

$106

Anonymous

$106

Jen Moan

Great work James!

$106

Jane Asteriadis

$106

Howard Treisman

Go go go

$106

Elizabeth Levick

Good luck

$106

Sally Forsyth

Good on you Hendrik! Best wishes for your ride

$106

Mags Burgess

Anything for a bit of time off Jess 🤣🤣🤣

$106

Rod And Denise Spencer

Best of luck to you David! Rod and Denise (parents of Sharelle)

$106

Kate And David

$106

Wendy & Rod Dickfos

Wow, good luck Jode (David) 👏😊

$106

Heidi Gaspar

Thank you for doing the ride on our behalf! Jesse hopes you make it there safely :)

$106

Peter Laing

Great work - have fun!

$106

Peter Laing

Great work - have fun!

$106

Lucy Morrison

Go Chafing the Dream! And what a dream team flying the RFW staff flag this year. I hope you all have a fantastic ride, filled with emu sightings, mild weather and tail winds.

$106

Mary Mccarthy

Good luck Gin xx

$106

Maree + Grant

Roll on Gini.

$106

David Madden

$106

Michele Nevill (boon)

$106

Danielle Chapman

Our biggest Ride team ever! Go team!

$106

Richard Cairns

Well done Gini!

$106

Cassandra And Anne

Amazing work Gini! Can’t wait to hear all about it! Much love, Cas and Lulu, Anne and Manny

$106

Rebecca Wickham

Equally impressed and appalled by this! Go Gini, great cause.

$106

Michael Fyfe

$106

Capps

Ride well

$106

Helene Capps

well done !

$106

Timmy Day

Peddle hard Brus

$104

Thomas Stock

$104

Anne Gordon

$104

Chris Anderson

Go Chris! Embrace the Patina!

$104

Paul Hunter

$104

Scarlett

$100

Maureen Heywood

$100

Jano + Yo

Go Marz!

$100

Anne Gordon

$100

Ruth Barson

Go Marz, love what you do.

$100

G Kilpatrick

$100

Mj

Go Rach! p.s. thanks for minding Bertie :)

$100

Belle

Go Kim!

$100

Belle

Go Gini!

$100

Rob And Sara H

Ride on Marc!!

$100

The De Jongs

Good luck mate! Hope it’s a ripper and memorable trip.

$99

P Walshick

Put it in the board:, ye-aah

$96

Tania Lipton

Have a great time, Hendo, riding for a great cause!

$90

Anonymous

$88

Caroline Houston

Nice one Hendrik ! Happy to support your worthy cause. Good luck !

$88

Kags

Ms Cassidy would be so proud of your physical commitment!

$88

Alexandra Winwood

All the best James!

$88

Christopher Mclaren

$88

Elissa Feldman

$88

Brian Mckenny

Ride like the wind!

$88

Annelise

Super effort! Good luck Gini!

$88

Justine Matthews

Well done Gin! Jxx

$88

Sal And Gards

Go Team! Amazing effort for a bloody good cause

$88

Belinda Hope

Wishing you the very best

$88

Amanda O'leary

Good luck James

$88

Julianne Schliebs

$88

1064lyf

Go you good thing Jesso!

$88

Lana H

May the tailwinds be with you Marcel!

$88

Bee & Lethbridge Pty Ltd

Enjoy the safe ride Nick

$88

Joan M Greenwood

I’m full of admiration for you!

$88

Elizabeth Critchley

$88

Anonymous

$88

Anonymous

Go Marz! Inspiring stuff. You got this!

$88

Sally James

Wow! Such a great cause and impressive cycling

$88

Anonymous

$87

James Capps

Kicking off the donations with an own goal!

$86

Rene Wang

$86

Scott Widmer

Go Marzy! Chafe that dream.

$86

Katherine Ryan

$82

Irina

Good luck Dr Capps!

$80

Anonymous

$76

Kirsty Bruce

$72

Karen Fink

$65

Martins Strikis

$58

Elfi Rapp-maguire

All the best for the ride, Angus

$58

Richard Curran

Go crazy!

$58

Kristina Gottschall-finkel

Thankyou for supporting country kids!

$58

Nick N

$58

Black Bean

Meow, Meow, Meow Purrtina

$58

Mavis Clifford

All tge best in this challenge. Mavis and Neil Clifford.

$58

Alissa And Matthew

$58

Ian Laing

Good luck!

$58

Nic

You’re amazing!!!

$58

Upasna

$58

Fi Potter

Well done Hendrick, great cause, keep powering on 🚴‍♂️💨

$58

Mim

Go you good thing!

$58

Sam

$58

Susan Wise

Best of luck Hendrik! Great cause

$58

Kristen Renshaw

Go Marcel! :) always going the extra mile for the kids!!

$58

Kristen Renshaw

Go Chris! I hope you have a safe and high quality ride!

$58

Kristen Renshaw

Go Gini! Can’t wait to hear all about it in your return!

$58

Kristen Renshaw

Go Rachel! I hope you have a fantastic time in the ride!

$58

Kristen Renshaw

Go Kim! Such a cool thing you’re doing!

$58

Kristen Renshaw

Go Jess! See if you can ride out in front a bit-otherwise the view’s always the same;) Have a wonderful time!

$58

Tess Vawser

Go Hendrick, Such a great cause. I grew up around that area.

$58

Michelle Hilton

Smash it James

$58

Bronwyn Deacon

I'll be with you in spirit as you hoon down those beautiful remote roads. Hope it's an absolute blast!!

$58

Laura Wigg

$58

Patricia

Well done Rach!!

$58

Juthika Chaudhary

Wonderful initiative James

$58

Tammy Stephenson

Great cause James. Hope you thoroughly enjoy it!!

$58

Em Fox

Go team go!! Great cause!!

$58

John Arneil

Good form Jodie. !

$58

Keren Davies

Good luck Gini!

$58

Angela Segaert

Life is like riding a bicycle .... enjoy the freedom - go hard! x

$58

Jane

Great cause and well done!

$58

Lee And Debbie

Go Chris

$58

Lydia Ling

Ride like the wind KB!

$58

Danielle Mcgettigan

Rach your a maniac, xoxo -Dani

$58

John And Vanessa C

$58

Lisa Ciallella

$58

Linda Bedingfield

$58

Anonymous

Amazing effort for a worthy cause. Good luck everyone, bring your 3B cream :p

$58

Polly

Go Angus! You got this!

$58

Mary-ann Fox

Well done James from Foxy

$58

Lizzy

Fantastic cause James!! I hope you have an amazing ride.

$58

Miriam And Rob Millingen

Good luck Hendrik, what a worthy cause.

$58

Georgia Rogers

$58

Bronwyn Deacon

Fantastic you're ready to do this again. Have a blast.

$58

Bronwyn Deacon

$58

Bronwyn Deacon

$58

Sara Viale

Great cause

$57

Janet Y

Great cause James, and thanks for the work you do in the regions and for our youth!

$57

Tonia Irranca

best of luck, i'm sure you'll smash it !

$57

Mum

That's just a start!

$56

Alison Bruce

$56

Fiona Downey

Hi Kirsty! Wishing you all the best as you embark on the journey to completing the ride for country kids. You are always so committed and passionate about supporting children and their families, and yet again you are showing this in taking on this challenge. It is so wonderful having you represent the RFW Speech Pathology team- we will be cheering you on every step of the way!

$56

Alison Bruce

$54

Lewis M

$54

Coni

$54

Kristen Renshaw

Go KB!

$54

Mike Stephens

$54

Tom Urban

Pedal, pedal, pedal, pedal, pedal, pedal... you get the idea.

$54

Catherine Williams

What a great opportunity to challenge yourself and to raise money for kids in the country.

$54

Adrian Camilleri

I think you should live stream the entire ride!

$54

Sally Cull

Go Rach such a great cause. You need to teach me to ride xxx

$54

Charlotte Borrill

Cheering you on ❤️🤍🖤

$54

Felicity Mitchell

Great course! I hope you ride is smooth.

$54

Valerie Boon

$54

Georgia Cranfield

$54

Grant Bailey

Good luck mate

$54

Lara Stapleton

Patina the dream

$54

Beth Campbell-bruce

You can do it!

$54

Erica Goldfinch

Push on!

$54

Kim Casburn

Go team! You will smash it.

$54

Win & Russell Meares

Amazing Gini - well done and strong legs and a tail wind!! xx

$54

Matthew Bell And Melinda Wong

Good on you Hendo! Have a great ride.

$54

Mim

Go well Hendy! Great cause and you’ve trained so hard.

$54

Julia Macdonald

Go Gin! Sounds challenging but knowing you - you’ll smash it!

$54

Paul Money

$54

Yvonne S

Beautiful cause Hendrik and much needed - thank you

$54

Miriam & Rob

Go Marx, a wonderful cause

$54

Jessica Mcdonald

Goooo Jess!!!

$54

Belinda Kean

Good luck!

$54

Trish Brsdley

Good luck and hope you don’t get too sore!

$54

James Trickey

Go well!

$50

Ian De Nazareth

Great work mate.

$50

Hughes Family

$50

Michael Sinickas

It’s a cycle-logical battle. Good luck!

$44

Sarah Hiam

Go Rach! Such a great cause xx

$44

Terry Perram

Pleased to assist a good cause

$40

Courtney Loft

Go Rach! You're incredible you got this!

$40

Petrina Roennfeldt

Great stuff James!

$40

Daniel Andjelic

Good on you Jesso! I hope the back, butt and legs let you enjoy it

$37

Brenda Neighbour

Darcy loved his walk. Good luck in the ride!

$37

Aaron Dunford

Have a great ride Gini.

$33

Kathy Howard

Good on you Angus!

$33

Billie Newton

Go Rach!! Riverina team is cheering for you!!

$33

Monique Linssen

Just keep spinning just keep spinning! Amazing cause as usual ☺️

$33

Phoebe

$33

Chris Hoy

$33

Rachel Wilson

Good Luck Hendrik… great effort!

$33

Mark Carrington

Good work mete

$33

Philip Johnston

A vital key to reducing youth crime, particularly in the N.T., is organised teams sports for young teenagers, both male and female.

$32

Helly R

I believe in you! So proud x

$30

Ariel Norris

You’ve got this 🚴‍♀️

$30

Emma Robinson

Go Kirsty! Best of luck with your final weeks of training and fundraising and hope you have an amazing ride!

$30

Emma Robinson

Go Rach!! I hope the last few weeks of your training are going well and I hope you have the most amazing time on the ride! It will be so memorable!

$28

Anonymous

$28

Caitlin Hennessy

An excellent cause! Good luck for your big ride!

$28

Stella

$28

Veronica Lau

Go Kirsty!

$28

Emma

You’re doing amazing!

$25

Rrmhs

$25

Matt G

This is a fantastic cause. Good luck! 🚴🏻‍♀️

$23

Daniel Mackenzie

Ride safe !!!

$23

Ngaire

Go queen go

$23

Chryss Watson

All the best Angus

$23

Shannon Fogarty

Brilliant cause and amazing challenge to ride this far. Good luck xx

$23

Anonymous

Enjoy James.

$23

Daniel Mosler

Best of luck with it James. You are a fitter man than I !!

$23

De-anne Joseph

Ride Gini Ride! Go girl!

$23

Mia Van G

Go Rach!

$23

Bernadette & Riley

Great work Jess!

$23

Rhiannon Lloyd

$23

Margaret O’shea

$22

Lucy Dennison

Go Kirsty! I'm very impressed :)

$22

Ellen

Go Rach! You are so brave! You've got this!

$22

Ellen

Here you go again! Go Jess! Enjoy the country.

$21

Lucas Boyd

$21

Kate Noble

$17

Joanna Rillo

All the best James!!!!!!!

$15

Rochelle Catalini

All the best and a quick recovery

$15

Anonymous

$15

Lulu B

YOU GOT ITTTT SLAYYY

$12

Anonymous

Go Kirsty!! Thanks for the choccies!

$12

Hudson Gray

$12

Lilli

$12

Vanessa Leach

Go Kirsty!

$12

Rachael Rolla

Ride safe 🙌🏽

$12

Kathryn Patterson

$12

Rita Bennett

$12

Clare Hickey

$11

Carmen Szeto

GO Kirsty :)

$11

Zoe Pike

Thank you for joining us on RFCK2025 and thank you for the chocolates :-h

$10

Anonymous

$7

Anonymous

$6

Zoe Pike

Great idea on Easter egg guessing!

$6

Anonymous

$5

Kim Laing