Victorian Ride For The Hills this Sunday

The bushfires in Victoria this February cut a path of horrific devastation through the motorcycling playgrounds to the East and North-East of Melbourne. A recent sombre ride through the towns of Healesville, Narbethong, Buxton, Yea, Flowerdale, Kinglake and Chum Creek highlighted for me the random and ferocious force that came through the area on and around Black Saturday.

Nearly two months after the fires, many of these towns are still graveyards of twisted metal, ashen rubble and charred, burned-out cars. The Australian public, and indeed benefactors around the world have raised impressive sums of money to go towards rebuilding, but as frequent and passionate visitors to the area, a group of local motorcyclists has been putting together a mother of a fundraiser ride for this Sunday.

“Ride For The Hills”
Sunday April 5

$20 per rider, $1 per pillion
All proceeds to the Australian Red Cross Victorian Bushfire Appeal Fund

The ride will be both a fundraising event, and a chance for riders to show solidarity and respect to the locals who have welcomed us into their beautiful towns for so many years.

For more details, start points and feeder ride information, see the Ride For The Hills website.

If you can’t attend, but would like to donate to the cause, you can do so directly though the website.

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