Adventure Sport NQ

Wow wee I surprised to see earlier today when I checking out where our referrals are coming from. That’s to the Adventure Sport website. Amazingly we have had 111 referrals from the Woothemes Showcase, showcasing the theme which has been used to build the site called Headlines. Anyway if this is starting to sound difficult check out the link below  to [...]

Two years ago I set out on an adventure, riding my mountain bike 3000 kilometres over Queensland. See my blog (extremephotography.com.au). It is time again to set sail for another journey (ahoy there!!); this time with my good friend Alex. We have planned to ride our mountain bikes 1100 kilometres from Cairns to the tip [...]

I have great admiration to all that competed in this years XPD. What a tough tough event! Hopefully we can have a few posts from those hard core Cairns adventurers in the near future. Captured above is team Starfactor whitewater rafting on Tully River with team captain Terry McClelland (front) totally scared to the bones. Good on [...]

If you haven’t already heard, the 5th edition of the XPD is in Cairns, which started last Wednesday – 47 teams of 4 competitors from around the globe trek, mountain bike, and kayak for five to ten days in this world renowned expedition. These adventurers race day and night over a 700km course pushing themselves [...]

Claude at the Courthouse Hotel has got behind Mike Le Roux for his Ultraman Triathlon tours of Canada and Hawaii this year, and he’s arranged a lunch on the 21 May (12-2pm) in their newly renovated restaurant, Watch House (holds 100 people or so). Interview with Mike Le Roux and Live auction with WIN TVs [...]

A weekend of mixed weather helped keep the mud slippery and the leeches active in preparation for the first ever Speewah Legend Footrace – the 2nd event in the 2010 Dirty Northern Trail Running Series. With Cassowaries, Musky Rat Kangaroos, Pademelons, Scrub Pythons, Giant Centipedes, Feral Pigs and Tree Snakes (and leeches) all spotted during [...]

As a masters runner I found the race to be a real challenge though not beyond the capabilities of most club runners. The location was fantastic and the course layout was a perfect example of running in the mountainous rainforest conditions in Far North Qld. The overcast weather and numerous creek crossings helped to cool [...]

The Adventures on a Summer Weekend started off like any other North Queensland weekend…it rained during the kick off event, the 1-hour “Tear around Tinaroo” Metrogaine. This event was a huge success. It was set up for anyone, with the course able to be done within the hour, for the elite athletes. The course had a variety of different [...]

By Darren Osmond, Brice Ruellan and Jason Thomson Having taught many navigation courses in the Davies Creek area I was eager to do an event in this beautiful country which is so close to Cairns. I was also confident that Tony Webster would set a course which was suitable for experienced rogainers as well as [...]

Inspired ride: Three mates Mark Allen, Ray Wright and Alan Hurst are cycling to Cape York to raise money for the Far North Queensland Hospital Foundation. MARK Allen knows he may be battling the elements when he starts cycling to the tip of Cape York next week, but he also sees upsides to riding in [...]