THE annual Wayne Leonard’s Motorcycle Muster ticks all the boxes for participant Pauline Fieth.
A naturally shy person, Ms Fieth says she enjoys sitting in shopping centres selling raffle tickets as part of her fundraising.
“It gets me out into the community, talking to people and interacting with them, so I love it for that aspect, as well as everything else,” Ms Fieth said.
2019 will be her third Muster and she says she enjoys that it is not a race, that she rides her motorbike at a leisurely pace, with like-minded people. In her three years, she has raised $5900 to improve health services in FNQ. That equates to almost 3000 raffle tickets.
“I’ve met some really lovely people through the Muster – it’s a great event and we always have a lot of fun in a safe environment.”
She only obtained her motorcycle license at the age of 59, having wanted to do it for 40 years. “I used to have a little Honda step-through but then we had kids and cars and all of that, but I just suddenly thought one day – yep, I’m going to do it, and now here I am.”
The annual Wayne Leonard’s Motorcycle Muster has been running since 2002 and has raised more than $955, 000 in that time.
Far North Queensland Hospital Foundation CEO Tony Franz said he was confident $1 million would be achieved this year. This year’s Muster will be a journey to Mission Beach, raising funds for the endoscopy unit at Cairns Hospital.
This year’s adventure, Muster on a Mission, will depart from Cairns on October 19, travel through the Atherton Tablelands and arrive at Mission Beach for a celebration.
The Foundation has so far raised $316, 186 of its $423, 000 goal to bring new endoscopy services to FNQ residents.
