Summary of options for your bike
We are providing options for you to offload your bike before leaving home and then to travel home post event without your bike. This makes it easier to use any form of transport without having to worry about space and cost for your bike or the trouble of having to carry it boxed up. If you drive to Mission Beach then you can fit more people and luggage into your vehicle if you are free of your bike.
The following explains the bike transport options listed on the online entry form and should also be read in conjunction with the Getting There and Back info sheet.
If you book one of our charter buses then you must book your bike separately as the charter bus costs for the event do not automatically include your bike.
Home to Mission Beach service – from Brisbane and surrounds - $70
Covers Brisbane, Ipswich, Logan, Beenleigh, Redlands, Redcliffe and Samford.
For 327 selected suburbs in Brisbane and surrounds your boxed bike will be collected from your address and delivered to Mission Beach.
Bike box delivery pre event - to Brisbane and surrounds - $25
For 327 selected suburbs in Brisbane and surrounds a new cardboard bike box will be delivered to your house.
For orders of 4 or more boxes delivered to any location within striking distance of one of our depots please call to discuss the options.
Bike packing at finish
When headed home you may need to pack your bike for transport home (e.g. home service, depots, flying, long bus trip). For this you will need either a new cardboard bike box or your own packaging you used to get to the start and we have transported for you.
The options are:
• Transport a hard or soft case from start to finish.
• Transport a flat packed cardboard bike box from start to finish.
• Purchase a new BQ cardboard bike box to be supplied at the finish.
Port Douglas to Home service - to Brisbane and surrounds - $70
Covers Brisbane, Ipswich, Logan, Beenleigh, Redlands, Redcliffe and Samford.
For 327 selected suburbs in Brisbane and surrounds your boxed bike will be delivered from the finish site to your address.
Depot to Mission Beach service
You deliver your boxed bike to our transport depot and we deliver it to Mission Beach where you collect it.
Port Douglas to Depot service
Your boxed bike will be delivered from the Port Douglas finish site to our transport depot where you collect it.
Depot Locations
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Queensland |
South of the Border |
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Brisbane |
Ballina |
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Bundaberg |
Canberra |
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Caboolture |
Coffs Harbour |
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Cairns |
Grafton |
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Gladstone |
Melbourne (Dandenong) |
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Gold Coast |
Melbourne (North Melbourne) |
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Gympie |
Melbourne (South Melbourne) |
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Hervey Bay |
Newcastle |
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Ipswich |
Kempsey |
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Kingaroy |
Port Macquarie |
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Mackay |
Sydney - West (Silverwater) |
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Rockhampton |
Sydney - East (Paddington) |
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Sunshine Coast |
Sydney - North (Northern suburbs) |
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Toowoomba |
Tweed Heads |
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Townsville |
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Warwick |
Costs vary for each depot.
Take my bike on the bus with me
For people who are unable to use the Home or Depot Services then you can still “take your bike on the bus with you”(although note that invariably they will end up on a truck).
We encourage you to use the other services if possible as these provide you with the best flexibility and also allow us the best chance to get everyone to the start on time. They also save you the trouble of getting both your boxed bike and your luggage to the bus departure.
Bikes with you on the bus best suits people who are travelling from regional areas where we do not have depot locations or via the Brisbane Airport although we do now offer depots in Sydney, Canberra, Melbourne, Cairns and Townsville. Costs vary for each bus.
