Ride for Country Kids is a 3 day adventure through outback NSW

Ride for Country Kids is a 3 day charity ride that is held in a different location each year. The 2022 ride starts in Cooma, the gateway to the Snowy Mountains. And finishes at Lake Hume Village in Victoria’s High Country.

Dubbo and finishes in Cobar. Past rides have included Albury to Lake Cargelligo, Dubbo to Wagga, Moree to Tamworth, Port Macquarie to Coffs Harbour, Wagga to Orange and Lightening Ridge to Burke. 

This ride is unique in that each year the organiser, Royal Far West, chooses a different route that allows them to travel through some of the remote country towns and areas that have been supported by Royal Far West. Royal Far West helps country kids who are disadvantaged through distance and by the lack of services in rural and remote areas of Australia.

This is a 3 day ride with a total distance of around 450km, which means you need to be a confident rider with some experience with riding in a peloton over long distances. The countryside you’ll be cycling through is a mixture of bushland, grazing for sheep and cattle and open plains.

The route:

• Day 1: Cooma to Thredbo (121km / 2229vm)
• Day 2: Thredbo to Tumbarumba (152km / 3225vm)
• Day 3: Tumbarumba to Lake Hume Village (136km / 1344vm)

You’ll find other cycling events, like Ride for Country Kids, in our online Cycling Event Calendar.

Enjoy!