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Charters Towers Gold Fever Fun Run 2011
Charters Towers Gold Fever Le Tour Stage 1 Weir Rd 2011
Charters Towers Gold Fever Fun Run - CTRC Administration Centre 2011

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.[1] 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. [2] 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.[2] 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.[1] [3] [4]


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  1. ^ a b Charters Towers Regional Council Home Page Cite error: The named reference "CTRC" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).
  2. ^ a b Townsville Cycling Club Website
  3. ^ Sera-Jane Moore
  4. ^ Bo Taylor
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