Ride 4 Life Suicide Awareness Ride

Saturday 5th September 2026

SATURDAY 5th SEPTEMBER 2026

Choose from different routes!!

Our annual Suicide Awareness Ride will be held on Saturday 5th September 2026. It is a family-friendly event that promotes social connectedness. Choose your mode of transportation and join us for a day of fun and fellowship.

Touring Road Route and Adventure Bike Route

The touring and adventure routes will begin at the CQUniversity Car Park, Gladstone. Registrations open at 7.00am. When 'stands up' is announced at approx. 9.30am, we will commencee our community awareness ride through Gladstone.

Road Bike Route – approximately 1.5 hours
Riders and cars will participate in the City Awareness Lap before continuing on the Road Bike Route and finishing at the Gladstone BBQ Festival in Tannum Sands.

Adventure Bike Route – approximately 2.5 hours
Adventure riders will participate in the City Awareness Lap before heading off on the longer Adventure Bike Route, finishing at the Gladstone BBQ Festival in Tannum Sands.

Then join us for the Rolling Show ’N Shine at the Gladstone BBQ Festival and enjoy an afternoon of BBQ, live music and community connection.

General Points

Adventure rider entrants must be licensed and have basic trail riding/driving experience.
All bikes and vehicles must be registered and reliable to be able to complete the route/event.
Every participant in the ride is to nominate, whether you are a rider, pillion, driver, passenger or junior (under 16).
Juniors (under 16) are welcome free of charge with a paying adult but will not receive the extras (raffle ticket, breakfast burger, entry into the BBQ Festival).
Multiple food vendors will be on site to purchase food at the BBQ Festival
Refunds are only available in the case of inclement weather - there will be a choice of postponing the event or obtaining a refund **Refer to Terms and Conditions.

More details can be found in the Terms and Conditions.

City Awareness Lap and Road Route Information here: City Awareness Lap and Road Route Information

Adventure Route Timetable here: Adventure Route Information

City Awareness Lap - Join us for the City Awareness Lap. Cars, bikes, utes all welcome. The Touring (Road) route will be participating in the City Awareness Lap, however due to time restraints the Adventure Route will be heading straight off on their adventure.

All event vehicles for Shown n Shine need to be in the staging area no later than 12.30pm to 1pm (at the BBQ Festival)

We would like to respectably recognise the Gladstone Ports Corporation for provision of the Gladstone Ports Corporation Marina Parklands as the starting point of our event.

Go to our 'Gallery' page to see photos from the previous Suicide Awareness Rides.

Check out the clips of the previous annual rides below:

A BIG THANK YOU TO OUR 2026 SPONSORS

GOLD SPONSORS

SILVER SPONSORS

BRONZE SPONSORS

KRIS KELLY

“Timber Cutter from Calliope”

OUR PREVIOUS RIDES

safeTALK

Date: TBC

Time: TBC

Venue: TBC

safeTALK is a half-day alertness workshop that prepares anyone over the age of 15, regardless of prior experience or training, to become a suicide-alert helper. Most people with thoughts of suicide don’t truly want to die, but are struggling with the pain in their lives. Through their words and actions, they invite help to stay alive. safeTALK-trained helpers can recognize these invitations and take action by connecting them with life-saving intervention resources, such as caregivers trained in ASIST.

Workshop features:

Presentations and guidance from a LivingWorks registered trainer
Access to support from a local community resource person
Powerful audiovisual learning aids
The simple yet effective TALK steps: Tell, Ask, Listen, and KeepSafe
Hands-on skills practice and development.

Registrations essential - click here to register

safeTALK Flyer

Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training (ASIST)

Date: TBC

Time: TBC

Venue: TBC

ASIST is the world’s leading suicide intervention workshop. During the two-day interactive session, participants learn to intervene and help prevent the immediate risk of suicide. Over 1,000,000 people have taken the workshop, and studies have proven that the ASIST method helps reduce suicidal feelings for those at risk.

Workshop features:

A scientifically proven intervention model
Powerful audiovisual learning aids
Group discussions
Skills practice and development
A balance of challenge and safety

ASIST has saved and changed hundreds of thousands of lives around the world.

Ride4Lives would like to thank the Gladstone Ports Corporation Community Benefit Program for the generous sponsorship of two members of the Ride4Lives committee to complete the LivingWorks Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training (ASIST) T4T Train the Trainer five day course plus the purchase of some training equipment. This has equipped Ride4Lives Australia Inc to be able to provide this invaluable suicide prevention training in our community.

Registrations essential - click here to register

ASIST Flyer