Edwin Dawson
- National: 224th
- State: 67th in NSW
My Story
This October, I am taking part in the Great Cycle Challenge to fight kids' cancer!
Because cancer is the largest single killer of children from disease in Australia. Right now, 90 children are diagnosed every month, and sadly, 3 die every week.
Kids should be living life, not fighting for it.
And so I am riding and raising funds to support the Children's Medical Research Institute to continue their work into the prevention, diagnosis, treatment and finding a cure for childhood cancer.
Please support my challenge by making a donation through my fundraising page to give these kids the brighter futures they deserve.
Together, we can save little lives.
Thanks for your support.
Edwin
My Legacy
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532 km Ridden$405 Raised2015
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Ridden$124 Raised2025
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158 km Ridden$1,868 Raised2026
My Challenge
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Day 7: Middle Harbour Ride
7 Oct 2026Today, I braved the traffic hazards of Military Road, Mosman to get down to Middle Harbour Yacht Club. A "properly vertical" descent and ascent getting in and out, but the scenery was worth the effort! This is a top location to park your high quality yacht, because the shipyard is co-located. That means they are right there to scrub off the barnacles, load the seafood on board and chill the champagne for you. You know. Just how we like it. ;-)
Posted 23 hours ago -
36.2 km ride - Wednesday, October 7, 2026
Logged this ride 1 day ago -
Day 6: Kingsgrove Ride
6 Oct 2026I decided to "navigate by serendipity" today, in other words just letting my wheels turn wherever the bike wanted to go. I ended up in Kingsgrove, which has this thing called the "M5 Linear Park". It is similar to the Greenway, but instead of following a beautiful river, it follows a beautiful... freeway. 😂 Still. The surrounding suburb itself is *very* nice, seems like an idyllic peaceful neighbourhood, full of beautiful homes made with long-lasting red brick. On the way back there was this fun billboard, saying "Yallah Earlwood, Let's Eat!" for something called "Al Jannah". Oportos Portuguese chicken burgers was literally 20 metres away, so that's what I picked. I applied the valuable lesson I have learned in life, that "If you can go Portuguese, always go Portuguese".
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25.6 km ride - Kingsgrove Ride - Tuesday, October 6, 2026
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Aiming for the Stars!
5 Oct 2026As soon as I updated the distance that I'll be cycling for fundraising in October, I also reached my original fundraising goal! $500 just blew by like a breeze. Since there's a lot of October left, I'm also setting a new fundraising target of $2,500! Sincerely, thank you to all of you for helping me reach my goal so quickly. As a wise friend once told me: "Aim for the stars, because even if you miss, you can quickly reload in half a second and nail those damn stars dead centre with the next shot". I think that's how it goes. It's something like that. ;-)
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Day 5 - Ballast Point Ride
5 Oct 2026In the charming waterside suburb of Balmain, full of high quality coffee houses and delicious restaurants, you'll find the striking Ballast Point public park right at the water's edge. With expansive views of Sydney Harbour and Sydney Harbour Bridge, it's a great place to pause for a moment and gaze into infinity. There's also some very interesting and creative sculpture installations which are made from the site's former petroleum industry plant equipment.
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14.6 km ride - Ballast Point Ride - Monday, October 5, 2026
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Turning Up The Heat!
4 Oct 2026Just a quick update to note that my October riding goal was not ambitious enough. As everyone knows, in this economy, your 100% is not enough. You must give 250% at all times. So, with this in mind, I have upped my cycling distance target for October from 200 to 500 kilometres. Oh, yes. I'll try and melt these tyres right off the bike! Let's go!
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Day 4: Maroubra Beach Ride
4 Oct 2026Maroubra beach is the place to go in Sydney if you don't like crowds. There's plenty of beach for everyone, excellently surfable waves, you can always park, and sun-chasers abound. The northern end of Maroubra also has this rad sculpture of a giant Rubik's Cube near the water. Check it out sometime! The weather was "BEE-YOOTIFUL" at Maroubra today.
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31.4 km ride - Maroubra Beach Ride - Sunday, October 4, 2026
Logged this ride 4 days ago
My Sponsors
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Kick Cancer's Butt Day Matching Donation
“Here's your matched donation from our generous supporters. THANK YOU so much for your awesome efforts to kick cancer's butt!”
$362.25Received this donation 14 hours ago
Edwin
“Great job, butt-kickers! You kicked those butts right out of town!”
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Beck Dawson
“Yo bro, go for it!!!!!”
$258.75Received this donation 20 hours ago
Edwin
“Whoa! Thank you Beck! The cheque's in the mail! ;-) This donation will make me ride twice as fast as before. Cheers!”
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Mino Bucci
$258.75Received this donation 4 days ago
Edwin
“Mino! Oh my God! What a mighty donation! Thank you for contributing so much to such a worthy cause my friend! I hope you are doing well. We'll have to catch up for a ride or beer sometime.”
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ANDRE TURNBULL
“Please support Edwin, every dollar is important for the children. Ride well my friend. Ride safely.”
$103.50Received this donation 1 hour ago -
Eoin Murphy
$103.50Received this donation 4 days ago
Edwin
“Eoin you legend! Thanks for the generous donation! 'Slauncher'! ;-)”
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Kingsley Mason
“Cycling and donating to a good cause is like coffee - you can never have too much! May your caffeine levels be like your kilometres... balanced and high!”
$103.50Received this donation 5 days ago
Edwin
“Haha, thank you Mr Wordsmith and generous donator! Well. Being "high" on the bike, let's not get too carried away. I will have some caffeine to wake me up a bit. ;-) Thanks so much and let's catch up soon!”
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Mark Beattie
“A noble effort for a noble cause, kudos! 👍🚴”
$103.50Received this donation 7 days ago
Edwin
“Ah! Thanks so much champion! Appreciate you!”
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Mike Sampson
“On ya' bike! (This is awesome Ed. Safe riding.)”
$103.50Received this donation 9 days ago
Edwin
“Thanks so much, Mike. Really appreciate it.”
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Andrew Bavage
$51.75Received this donation 6 days ago
Edwin
“Hey Andy! Thanks buddy, I appreciate it! Let's catch up soon!”
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Andrew Stebbing
$51.75Received this donation 8 days ago
Edwin
“Hey there Andrew! Hope you are doing well. Thanks so much for the donation sir!”
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Hannah Richardson
“Keep those buns pumping!!!”
$51.75Received this donation 23 hours ago
Edwin
“Haha! I'm gonna have to do that a LOT! Thank you. ;-)”
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Hugh
“Doo it!”
$51.75Received this donation 5 days ago
Edwin
“Oh why thank you sir! In accordance with your wishes, I shall venture onward with the steely resolve of the DragonBorn Dovakiin. FUS RO DAH! ;-)”
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Kelly Greenhill
$51.75Received this donation 6 hours ago
Edwin
“Ah, thank you so much Kelly! The "Heroes" prevailed once again! :-)”
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Lyn Jones
“Great cause, good on you Ed.”
$51.75Received this donation 21 hours ago
Edwin
“Thank you Lyn! Much appreciated! :-)”
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Charley Dawson
“Good job Dad!”
$25.88Received this donation 5 days ago
Edwin
“Thanks Charley, the cheque is in the mail! ;-) (that's an old-fashioned expression we used to use in the olden days, before credit cards and the Internet.)”
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Bianca
$20.70Received this donation 6 days ago
Edwin
“Hi Bianca! Hope you are doing well! Thank you so much! :-D”
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Judy ZHU
“Amazing effort, Edwin! Proud to support you on this ride. Just donated! Go smash those kilometres! 🚴💨”
$10.35Received this donation 6 days ago
Edwin
“Haha, thanks Judy, I will! :-) We'll have to catch up soon!”
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Edwin Dawson
“This guy is a legend, oh my god, he is just the best. Who can argue with this guy???”
$103.50Received this donation 9 days ago