Newsletter No 76 - 24 March 2025
Posted 25 March 2025
(1 Week 4 Days to the 38th Murray to Moyne)
In this edition: Please read this Newsletter Carefully - Lots of Detail !
- Registrations OPEN
- Team Registrations Closed: Tuesday 25 March 2025
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Late Team Member Registration Close: Monday 31 March 2025
- Get your Team Members Registered ASAP.
- Start Times - Email to Team Managers on Monday 31 March 2025.
- Hamilton to Port Fairy Route Change for 2025.
- Team Check-in at the Murray River Start Locations.
- Team Event Bags - Collect yours at the Check-in.
- Official Team Briefing - 8:30 am at the Start Locations.
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Hamilton Compulsory Stop.
- How and Why you need to Check-in at Hamilton.
- Echuca Route Entry into Hamilton !
- Staying at HILAC - Team Donation.
- Hamilton to Port Fairy - Only 1 Route in 2025- via Penshurst.
- Late Change - Entry Into Port Fairy Change:
- Port Fairy Finish - Check-in, Medal Collection & Presentation.
- On- Route Catering. Mildura & Echuca Routes.
- Joy Ride M2M Video Link.
- Winners - Bars & Gels - Team Prize Sponsor.
- M2M Participants Prize's for 2025.
Team Managers: Important Information: Team Managers are reminded to please get all your Team Members Registered as soon as possible. Please check your Team Members have Registered correctly and access your Registered Team members by using your Team Captain Login and Password.
Late substitutions for Team members can be made at the start locations on Friday night or Saturday morning. ie If you have someone who has had to withdraw and that you have a substitute to take their place.
Start Times for each team on each route (Mildura & Echuca) from the Murray River will be sent out to Team Managers on Monday 31 March - via E-mail. This will also include the Team Start Times from Hamilton on Sunday morning (from 7am). Please be on Time. (Note Daylight Saving ends on Sunday 6 April). This year we will use only 1 Route from Hamilton to Port Fairy - Penshurst / Hawkesdale Route.
Teams with 16 participants or more will be allowed to send 2 vehicles down the Penshurst / Hawkesdale Route if they wish (But your Vehicle MUST Display the PINK Sticker on the top front of the screen) provided in your Team Pack.
All other teams are only allowed 1 vehicle to travel this route to reduce the traffic congestion – (Vicpol Instruction); otherwise all Non-Designated vehicles must travel to Port Fairy via the Macarthur route.
If Teams wish to drop riders down the road using their Non Designated Vehicle, they can do so but must stay in front of the “Lead Vehicle” ie Leave before 7:00 am
All non-designated vehicles MUST travel down to Port Fairy via the Macarthur Route (Fully Sealed Road). Please follow the Instructions in your “Official Ride Guide” – Available in your Team Bags.
Remember the Murray to Moyne Cycle Relay is designed to cater for a range of riders and is not a race event. Ride Directors on each route will schedule a Compulsory Stop to allow the gap between the front and the rear close up. We aim to keep the gap at less than 60 kilometers. These Stops are listed for Mildura Route - Warracknabeal and Echuca Route - Stawell. (about 20 to 30 min). Many use this stop as an opportunity to have Dinner.
The M2M should be an enjoyable event for all so please take notice of the "Ride Officials" including the Motorcycle Marshall’s and Corner Volunteers - as we are all concerned about your safety.
Team Check-in Times & Locations / Collecting Team Bags:
Checking In – All Team Managers must check-in with the Ride Officials either 6-7pm Friday evening or 8:00 am Saturday morning. See info below for Check-in Times and Location. Upon check-in you will receive a Team Event Bag which includes the Official Ride Guide, Team Numbers for Each Rider, Safety Pins to attach the Nos, Plus Penshurst / Hawkesdale Route - PINK sticker and ORANGE sticker for vehicles & trailers and handouts.
Mildura Route Check-in: Friday Night 6:00 pm to 7:00 pm and Saturday morning from 8:00 am to 8:30 am - Location: Mildura Start location - Richies IGA - 2109 15th Street, Irymple.
Echuca Route Check-in: Friday Night 6:00 pm to 7:00 pm Location: Paddlewheel Motel car park, 389 High St, Echuca and Saturday morning from 7:00 am to 8:30 am - Location: Port of Echuca Discovery Centre, 74 Murray Esplanade, Echuca.
Vehicle Number Stickers – Stickers in your Team Event Bag collected on check-in have instructions. ORANGE – for vehicles (top corner passenger windscreen & top right hand rear window) and rear right side of trailers. PINK – for ONE vehicle only routed via Penshurst / Hawkesdale (top corner drivers rightside).
Ride Saftey Briefing– A compulsory briefing for all riders and support crew will be held at 8.30 am at the starting location:
- Mildura - Richies IGA, Supermarket 2109 15th Street, Irymple. (South End).
- Echuca - Port of Echuca Discovery Centre, 74 Murray Esplanade, Echuca.
The briefing will be attended by representatives of Victoria Police, and also allows us to introduce to you the people who are there to ensure the safe conduct of the ride and to explain their roles. Please obey any instructions they give.
Parking at the Echuca Start location: Parking at the Port of Echuca Wharf Discovery Centre is limited to “Official Vehicles Only” on the Murray Esplanade. Teams will need to find parking in the nearby streets
HAMILTON COMPULSORY STOP:
When Teams arrive in Hamilton. Team Managers need to either ring the Hamilton Crew Check-in on the following phone Nos or physically check-in at the Northern end of the Hamilton Showgrounds. (Corner of Shakespeare Street and King Street).
Hamilton Phone-in Check-in Nos: Clive: 0400 579 221 or John 0407 121 373
We need to know that you have arrived safely so you must make contact !
Sunday Breakfast (5.30–6.45am) at Hamilton Showgrounds – Lions Club supply hot food (Egg & Bacon Rolls etc) and Java Jive Coffee Van—Expresso Coffee. Northern end of Showgrounds (Corner of Shakespeare Street and King Street).
Please Note: Echuca Route - Entry into Hamilton. We have adopted the same entry into the CBD as we used last year. Once you come over the railway crossing overpass, you will need to continue along French Street until you reach the Brown Street roundabout - Turn right and continue through the CBD until you cross Lonsdale Street and you enter Shakespeare Street - follow Shakespeare Street up the hill to the Showgrounds Northern entrance.
Please Note: Exit from Hamilton to the Penshurst / Hawkesdale Route: We will follow the reverse of the Entry into Hamilton. Follow The Motorcycle Marshall’s & Signs will direct riders on this route when exiting Hamilton.
Map for the above changes are included in the “Official Ride Guide” available in the your Team Bags.
Staying at HILAC - Team Donation - When Teams arrive at HILAC, Team Captains should have organised a Donation for the use of the Facility ie $2:00 per Team member. This should be organised to pass on to the HILAC co-ordinator when you arrive in the form of cash donation in an envelope or something similar. Please Note: NO EFTPOS available.
HAMILTON TO PORT FAIRY:
When leaving on Sunday, BE ON TIME. If you did not stay at the showgrounds or HILAC - enter the showgrounds from the Shakespeare Street gate entrance. Ride through the showgrounds and gather at the Horner Street Gate at the Southern end for departure.
Ride carefully and safely from Hamilton to Port Fairy as there will be a lot of cyclists on this stretch.
********************Entry Into Port Fairy Change: Late Change:************************
Penshurst route support vehicles are to be directed to Port Fairy via the highway and on arrival in Port Fairy to be turned left into Regent Street for parking in Railway Place.
Cyclists travel over the Moyne Bridge – to proceed along Gipps Street.
Cnr. Gipps and Bank Streets: Cyclists to turn right into Bank Street onto the right lane (wrong side of the road) which is closed to vehicular traffic. Witches hats will be on the left of the cyclists. Cyclists to proceed the short distance along Bank Street and turn right into Railway Pace to finish the event.
Railway Place: Riders must continue past the finish line and assemble well past it to avoid obstruction new riders entering the Finish Line.
IMPORTANT— Sign in and Collect your Medals from the M2M Tent near the finish line at Port Fairy. (We need to know your Team has arrived safely).
Rotary BBQ Hot food, Barista Coffee, refreshments available at Railway Place Port Fairy.
Port Fairy Finish - M2M Presentation. 11.30 am sharp Railway Place Port Fairy – Award Presentation. The presentation is the culmination of the Ride and recognises you and your teams contribution in not only completing the ride, but also all your efforts in raising funds for your charity, plus all the work you have put into your training and the organising in getting to the Murray and Finishing on the Moyne - 520 kms in 24 hours. That’s an AWESOME Achievement !
Finally we recognise a special person who has been nominated as displaying dedication and exceptional effort and inspiration to others in the course of their involvement with the Murray to Moyne - with the presentation of the Graham Woodrup Memorial Award Medal.
(Please make a special effort this year to attend the presentation)
Murray to Moyne officials will be off duty by 11.30am so to make it on time, keep the relay going and have a member of your team on the road at all times.
Showers are available in Port Fairy at Belfast Aquatic Centre on Campbell Street. (Gold Coin Donation).
ON ROUTE CATERING:
Mildura Route: Many teams use the Warracknabeal Stop as a chance to purchase meals from the BP Roadhouse. They offer a wide range of food options and offer clean toilets. This is a little more than half way to Hamilton.
Echuca Route: Rapid Relief Team will provide Breakfast and Coffee at the Start in Echuca. Donation appreciated. A Dinner option is organised for Stawell. The Rural Aussies for Refugees (RAR), Grampians/Gariwerd are providing a BBQ at the Woolworths Car Park as you enter the main street. (Inc Sausages,Chops, Drinks, Water etc) Barista Coffee also available. EFTPOS Available. Plus Toilets.
Sunday Morning - Hamilton Stop Breakfast Catering: Hamilton Lions will again be offering a cooked Breakfast from 5:30 am at the Showgrounds including: Egg and Bacon Rolls Drinks and Barista Coffee from Java Jive Mobile Baristas. EFTPOS Available.
Hamilton to Port Fairy - Via Penshurst / Hawkesdale Route: Hawkesdale CERT Unit are offering homemade cakes, scones and slices plus Tea / Coffee. Donations for the Hawkesdale Critical Emergency Response Team - CERT.
Toilets available on the right just as you enter the town on the right - next to the swimming pool.
Please read and refresh your memory by reading the Important Event Information - Frequently Asked Questions - that can be found on the M2M Website: https://murraytomoyne.com.au/particpant_faqs.php
M2M Participants Prize's for 2025
Thank you to our very special Sponsors for donating the following event participation prizes. The Winners will be drawn at random by M2MOfficials at the finish of this years event and announced at the Port FairyFinish Presentation.
- Port Fairy Big 4 Caravan Park Prize No 1– Accommodation Voucher.
- Port Fairy Big 4 Caravan Park Prize No 2 – Accommodation Voucher
- Hearn’s Port Fairy Weekend Accommodation: One-night voucher for a luxury one-bedroom Villa
- Langley’s Port Fairy Weekend Accommodation: Gift Voucher to stay at one of our many holiday properties in Warrnambool or Port Fairy.
- Winners Protein Bars and Gels - Team Prize – This prize is made up of Gels and Protein Bars from the Winners organisations and endorsed by the Tour de France Winner Cadel Evans.
Sponsor of the M2M Team Prize:
Winners Instant Energy Gels for Cyclists - Buy online:
Look online for latest SPECIALS
Winners Links to posts are below
Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/p/DF6YUKqzngz/
The Murray to Moyne Cycle Relay is organised by a Committee of 12 volunteers, who for the last 38 years have put together this pioneering and unique event. Where else can you ride from one side of the State to the other in 24 hours in safety.
Where else can you ride from the Mighty Murray River, through a stunning landscape and arriving at Australia Felix and the Western Victorian Coastal Town of Port Fairy.
Over 100 Volunteers help us to conduct the M2M - These include our special Motor Cycle Marshall’s, Corner Marshall’s, First Aid Officers, Ride Officials, Ground Crews in Hamilton & Port Fairy. We could not run this event without these volunteers !
All funds raised by the M2M are donated to Health Related Charities in 3 States.
The event continues Graham Woodrup or Woody's dream of getting more people to realise the fabulous health and social benefits of riding a bike and using your talents to help people.
In the spirit of our founder - Cycling Marathon Man - Graham (Woody) Woodrup
We wish to thank all of our 2025 event sponsors for their support and generosity.
Sponsors: Lane Transport - Killarney, Westvic Staffing Solutions, KFC - Bird Group, Big 4 Port Fairy Caravan Park, Rebecca's Cafe & Ice Creamery, Port Fairy Electrics, Langley's Accommodation, Hearn's, Port Fairy Accommodation.
Inkind Sponsors: Winners Sports Nutrition Bars & Gels - Team Prize Pack, Warrnambool Toyota, Norton Motor Group, Callaghan Motors, Warrnambool Auto Group, McLaren - Hunt Financial Group. Taits Legal, G & M Auto Electrics, Donehue’s Leisure - Hamilton & Mt Gambier, Warrnambool Sheet Metal. Steve Gray - Sign Writing, Hamilton Indoor Leisure and Aquatic Centre (HILAC).
M2M Supporters: Rotary Clubs, Lions Clubs, Moyne Shire, Moyne Health Service, Stawell Primary Schools, TechInsight Web Services, Hamilton SES, Java Jive Coffee - Hamilton, Great Coffee Moments - Port Fairy, Port Fairy Folk Festival, Victoria Police.
