User:Tracymaff/Charters Towers Gold Fever Healthy Lifestyle Festival



Charters Towers Gold Fever Healthy Lifestyle Festival is a community festival located at Lissner Park in the centre of the Charters Towers, and involves fun runs (3km, 5km & 10Km) and a Cycling Le Tour. The Charters Towers Regional Council first established the event in 2008 as a community Heritage Festival, and has now moved into a community Healthy Lifestyle Festival. The event in 2012 will be held on 11 August, and begins with Cycling Time Trials at Weir Rd, followed by a Critirum at Lissner Park. The Cycling Le Tour, which is the only one in Queensland is run by the Townsville Cycling Club and includes the Bob Campbell Memorial Ride as the 3rd Stage of the Le Tour. The Bob Campbell Memorial Ride (Goldfields to Paradise Rd) has been raced since the 1940's and finishes at Oak Park in Townsville. The Community event includes an Sign on Day in the park for local sporting groups, healthy living stalls, food stalls, live local entertainment, an outdoor dining experience by Cattleman's Rest, live entertainment by Bo Tayor and Sera-Jane Moore and more.