Upcoming shared path use in Brisbane for September

This September 3-4 Tour de Cure will be running their annual Can4Cancer and Stride for a Cure fundraising walks. The routes for each day are identical, with participants choosing to undertake a 21km or 10km course, both of which start and finish at The Officers Mess in New Farm. Tour de Cure is a not-for-profit organisation which runs quality events to raise vital funds for cancer research, support and prevention projects. Since 2007, Tour de Cure has raised $130+ million to support cancer projects, which has resulted in 193 cancer research breakthroughs.

To make the charity events possible, Tour de Cure have received a consent to occupy City Reach Boardwalk (Brisbane City), New Farm Riverwalk (from Eastern end of Howard Smith Wharves section to New Farm Park, New Farm), Kangaroo Point Bikeway (from Rotherham Street to Dockside Ferry Terminal, Kangaroo Point) and Mowbray Park Internal Shared Pathways (East Brisbane ) from 8:30am to 2:00pm on both days, via Brisbane City Council Transport Planning and Operations. 

The 21km participants will arrive at Officers Mess at approximately 8.00am and have a staggered departure from 8.30am, while the 10km participants will arrive at Officers Mess at approximately 10.00am and have a staggered departure from 10.30am. 

The events are expected to have 200 participants and 100 participants respectively on Wednesday 3 September, with 120/150 for Thursday 4 September bvetween the 21/10km walks.

The 21km route will head towards Brisbane City before crossing the Kulripa Bridge to Southbank.  They will then continue along the foreshore through Kangaroo Point and will then catch a ferry from Hawthorne Ferry Terminal to Teneriffe where they will return along the riverside to New Farm.

The 10km route will head towards the city via Howard Smith Wharves, crossing the river using the Kangaroo Point Bridge. They will then continue along the foreshore towards Hawthorne, where they will catch a ferry to New Farm.

Due to the staggered departure and the differing walking paces of the participants, the field of walkers will be quite spread out.

Links to the routes are below:

21km Route

10km Route

Participants will adhere to normal pedestrian rules, walking on pathways, crossing at lights where applicable.  There will be no infrastructure set up along the course – just a slightly higher volume of foot traffic.

Of course, Tour de Cure always need bike volunteers – head to their website for details.