Ride for Life! RIde for Youth! 42 days, 13,000+ kms round Oz

This blog is devoted to raising awareness of Youth Suicide so that it can be prevented.

The blog will track Joe's progress on his 42 day treck round Australia on a motorbike as he gathers support for this cause.

Australia has the highest incidence of Youth Suicide in the world. The major cause of suicide is a lack of connectedness to family, friends and community.

We want to get people excited about connecting with our young people so they don't feel isolated, depressed and hopeless. We want people to care enough about this problem to do somehthng about preventing it, not just picking up the peices afterwards.

Check out the website for details about the trip and for information about Youth Suicide: http://www.ozzieroadtrip.com/

If you're concerned about someone seek professional advice (see links at right).

We want you to get involved so check the blog daily for updates and send your own posts to the blog. Tell other people about this issue, get people excited about saving our Youth from depression and thinking that suicide is an option.

Ride for Life! Ride for Youth!

Wednesday, July 16, 2008

Day 31 Sun 13th July Mt Isa to Richamond Via Cloncurry

Day 31 Sun. 13th July Mt. Isa to Richmond via Cloncurry

The plan today, Sunday was to ride to Richmond, however, there was minimal traffic and a clear warm day so I decided to head the extra 100km to Hughenden.

After to riding over 10,000km around Australia, the actual road conditions were by far the worst I had experienced especially the Cloncurry to Hughenden stretch. While there is some work being done, the temporary road is often better than some of the new sections of road, the undulations in the surface are horrific and rather jarring and given to the volume of Road Trains and tourists I have to wonder whether the poor road construction and poor condition generally of roads contribute to traffic accidents in Qld.

To give you soe idea of how bumpy it was I had to stop several times to rearrange my luggage because it kept shaking loose, so far this is the only time I've had to do this.
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