Truckies and motorbike riders congregate for Convoy for a Cure
The trucking and motorcycle riding communities gathered to raise money and put smiles on faces of Townsville’s children.
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A lengthy convoy of trucks, cranes, and motorbikes have been travelling on main roads to raise research money for a type of cancer that forms in the brain stem.
Townsville’s Convoy for a Cure has raised more than $90,000 so far by contributions from each member of the convoy, but is several thousand dollars under its target to contribute to research of Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma.
The convoy began in Webb Drive in Mount Saint John and would continue onto Ross Dam Park.
Families gathered along Ingham Road on Sunday morning with picnic chairs and rugs to watch truck drivers and motorists, with some decorating and dressed up for the occasion.
Mechanic Layton McColl, who drove a new truck on behalf of Curley Cattle Transport, said he loved being a part of the convoy for the past five years.
The children on the side of the road would always signal him to pull the horn.
“It’s good to see the community get around it to watch,” he said.
“There’s a good vibe about everything.”
RGM Maintenance workshop controller Cathy Markwell said “the kids love it” and that the event showed how connected the North Queensland trucking industry was.
“Everyone supports each other when it comes to the trucking industry.
“It’s quite good, everyone helps each other out,” she said.
On Ingham Road children Deja Siulai, 9, and Oliver Deeble, 11, waved a sign encouraging truck drivers to beep their horns.
Oliver said he had been to convoys a few times and that his favourite one had been Spider-Man themed.
Samuel Kyle, 8, was with his family in the back of a utility vehicle to watch the convoy.
“It’s cool, (it’s) for the sick kids,” Samuel said.
He said the horns were “really loud”.
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