Rural Outreach Tour

The Pain Revolution Rural Outreach Tour is a one-of-a-kind experience. It is not just a ride. It is a genuine community service; an awareness-raising; an intensive professional development event; a fund-raising and community outreach activity. It’s like nothing else you will ever do. The cycling component of the Tour is critical for attracting attention, building camaraderie, raising critical funds to support Pain Revolution's innovative and high-impact programs, providing all cyclists with a proper physical challenge and an outrageously awesome cycling and educational experience.

This is no normal 'charity ride'. We ride because we all have skin in the game. We all give a damn about improving chronic pain prevention and recovery in rural Australia. I guess, we really do ‘ride for a reason’. Pain Rev charge all cyclists the full costs of participation and we ask you to raise some extra money over and above that. All you raise goes to supporting Pain Revolution’s world-leading programs. Most ‘charity rides' charge much less to ride but require a much bigger fundraising target. That way you can pay a chunk of your own costs from using the money your friends and family donated for the cause. We reckon that asking your networks to subsidise your amazing week-long experience and rather fashionable cycling kit is not what we are about.

There won’t be any celebrities riding with us, but we don’t need them because the peloton is always full of heroes. Successful applicants will share our vision that all Australians have access to the knowledge, skills and local support to prevent and overcome persistent pain; we want riders who resonate with our core trademarks - Innovation, Integrity and Empowerment.

We think the Pain Revolution Tour is without peer. Feedback from previous participants suggests that for many it is a life-changing experience. You will ride through some of Australia’s most picturesque and diverse countryside – through the flat fertile lands surrounding Bundaberg, stunning beaches and sheltered waters of Hervey Bay, rising countryside through forested hills and hinterland land on many a backroad and spectacular coastal scenery panning the entire Sunshine Coast. You will ride alongside recovered consumers, scientists, health professionals, carers and advocates; you will get to own our highly sought-after Pain Revolution Kit! You can come to any of the outreach events and get involved if you want.