
BEROWRA RIDERS - NATIONAL TRAIL 2026
The “National Trail” follows the foothills of the Great Dividing Range and the Eastern Escarpment from Cooktown QLD to Healesville VIC. As it winds along Australia’s Eastern Seaboard the National Trail reveals some of the most spectacular scenery in the country. The Trail provides access through some of Australia’s wildest, most inaccessible country and provides endless fascination for those interested in our unique geography, fauna and flora and traditional watering holes. There is a group of blokes from Berowra, just north of Sydney, who have a goal to ride their mountain bikes the entire length of the trail in sections over the coming years. In doing so they will be raising funds for the Sporting Chance Cancer Foundation.
Having started at Cooktown in 2018 and completed the first 6 sections of the National Trail the Berowra boys are keen to take on the next leg traversing the Hunter Valley into the Blue Mountains of NSW. With 3,700 kilometres behind them the next challenge is the 590 kms from Ebor to Glen Davis in The Blue Mountains. That will be 14 days from 19 September 2026 where they will endure and enjoy 10 bush camps and 4 of the best pubs that the Hunter Valley region has to offer !! Aside from the obvious rehydration required, as they will average over 40 kms a day cross country, the stop at the pubs will allow them to mix with the locals and impress on them that they can help Sporting Chance provide much needed treatment equipment for John Hunter Hospital’s Childrens Oncology ward.
The Berowra boys plan is for the 8 mountain bike riders to complete section 8/9 this year and then to proceed to ride the next 4 sections through the mountains of NSW & Victoria over the coming years.
After 6 tours, travelling 3,700km, the riders have raised just under $80,000 !!!
AN INDEPENDANT STUDY HAS FOUND THAT FOR EACH $ SPORTING CHANCE FUNDS, THE IMPACT ON THE COMMUNITY IN NSW IS WORTH $9!!!
Sporting Chance will match the first $10,000 worth of donations $ for $ !!!
$21,299.53
$15,000