Welcome to Cardiac Challenge 2012

Fundraising from this event helps grow the services of the Cardiology Department at Cairns Base Hospital over-and-above Queensland Health’s expenditure to ensure availability of superior cardiac services in the Far North.

Over the five year history of this event, we have raised over $1 million!! Cardiac facilities are improving and have expanded to include a dedicated Cardiac Cath Lab allowing angioplasty procedures to be performed in Cairns rather patients having to travel away. There is also now an additional Cardiologist, as well as a Paediatric Cardiologist caring for children with heart conditions.

Join the Challenge

Anybody is welcome to join the ride and help raise money for Far North Queensland Hospital Foundation.

You can make a difference by registering as a rider or support member today!

About the Ride

The Yellow Pages Cardiac Challenge is an annual bike ride between Cairns and Cooktown in which riders raise money to participate.

The beneficiary of the bike ride is the Far North Queensland Hospital Foundation who specifically direct the funds towards cardiac equipment and services that may ultimately benefit you or a family member or someone you know.

Latest News:

Through fundraising exclusively from the Yellow Pages® Cardiac Challenge, a Rapid Access Chest Pain Clinic has been established from March 1, ensuring patients who present to their General Practitioner with exertion chest pain, can be referred to the clinic for assessment and review by a Cairns Base Hospital cardiologist within two weeks. This type of program runs successfully overseas and will be the first-of-its-kind in Australia and it is expected to be seen as a model for Queensland Health to roll out state-wide.