{"id":209166,"date":"2018-05-21T18:58:08","date_gmt":"2018-05-21T08:58:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/?p=209166"},"modified":"2020-08-04T10:17:40","modified_gmt":"2020-08-04T00:17:40","slug":"cyclists-take-well-earned-break","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2018\/05\/21\/cyclists-take-well-earned-break\/","title":{"rendered":"Cyclists Take Well-Earned Break"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_209167\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-209167\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/20180521bikes4burns.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-209167\" src=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/20180521bikes4burns.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"460\" srcset=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/20180521bikes4burns.jpg 620w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/20180521bikes4burns-300x186.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 740px) 100vw, 740px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-209167\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Firefighters Harley Cross, from Gympie QFES, and Mace Bennett, from Cloncurry QFES, were two of the cyclists camping over in Blackbutt on Monday night<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>May 21, 2018<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Forty-three cyclists and 12 support staff camped overnight at the Blackbutt Showgrounds on Monday as part of a huge fundraising effort for the Children&#8217;s Hospital Foundation.<\/p>\n<p>The riders are mostly firefighters, but also include some ambulance paramedics and a police officer.<\/p>\n<p>They are raising funds for a cause close to their hearts &#8230; vital research into childhood burns injuries and scar management.<\/p>\n<p>This is the 12th annual Bike4Burns ride.<\/p>\n<p>They started at Southport on May 18 before heading to Boonah, Killarney and Toowoomba.<\/p>\n<p>Their next stop after Blackbutt is at Toogoolawah.<\/p>\n<p>The riders will finish their trek at Lady Cilento Children\u2019s Hospital in Brisbane on Thursday (May 24).<\/p>\n<p><strong>The president of the Bike4Burns ride organising committee, Gordon Hemphrey, told southburnett.com.au more than $50,000 had been raised so far, but he hoped that figure would keep on rising over the next few days.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Queensland Fire and Emergency Services Commissioner Katarina Carroll said QFES was proud to support the Children&#8217;s Hospital Foundation through fundraising activities.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;QFES has supported the Children&#8217;s Hospital Foundation for a number of years and Bike4Burns provides the perfect opportunity for us to continue raising awareness and supporting a worthy cause,&#8221; Ms Carroll said.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Donations for Bike4Burns can be made on the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wonderteam.com.au\/event\/Bike4Burns2018\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">EveryDay Hero website<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Forty-three cyclists and 12 support staff camped overnight at the Blackbutt Showgrounds on Monday as part of a huge fundraising effort for the Children&#8217;s Hospital Foundation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":209167,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3,24],"tags":[90],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v19.11 - 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