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Twelve weeks until Amy’s Gran Fondo 🗓️ Twelve weeks today, Amy’s Gran Fondo rolls out from Lorne. On 13 September a stre...
16/06/2026

Twelve weeks until Amy’s Gran Fondo 🗓️

Twelve weeks today, Amy’s Gran Fondo rolls out from Lorne. On 13 September a stretch of the Great Ocean Road closes to traffic and fills with riders, from first-timers to the fast. Come and join us.

Entries are at the link in bio.

10/06/2026

Behind the Foundation’s work is a group of people who give their time, expertise, and care, week in, week out. Advocates, advisors, partners who believe safer roads are possible, and support us to make that happen.

The 2026 Share the Road Tour brought those people together to ride, chat, share stories, and think through what comes next.



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Monday was World Bicycle Day. The UN created it in 2018 to recognise the bicycle as simple, affordable, clean transport ...
06/06/2026

Monday was World Bicycle Day. The UN created it in 2018 to recognise the bicycle as simple, affordable, clean transport 🚲

We mark it for a narrower reason. Every person on a bike is someone’s family, getting where they need to go. They should be able to do that and come home.

That is the whole job 🩷

Twelve e-mobility deaths in Queensland last year. Only one involved a legal e-bike.The harm comes from illegal, high-pow...
02/06/2026

Twelve e-mobility deaths in Queensland last year. Only one involved a legal e-bike.

The harm comes from illegal, high-powered devices and dangerous riding, and Queensland’s new e-mobility laws, in Parliament this week, are aimed at exactly that. Amy’s Foundation supports them.

We made a detailed, evidence-based submission to this Bill, and several of the amendments reflect concerns we raised. Police will have clear powers to deal with illegal devices, with sensible exemptions for medical conditions, disability, and younger riders under parental supervision, and 12km/hr speed limits won’t apply on specified areas such as the V1 Veloway and Daisy Hill MTB Park.

Our concerns on licensing are on the public record, but we see an opportunity: done well, cycling and e-mobility safety becomes part of what every road and path user learns, and that kind of education prevents harm rather than just responding to it.

Some riders won’t welcome every part of it. But good road safety law falls on the behaviour causing harm while protecting the people doing the right thing, and we’ll keep working with government and police to make sure that’s the outcome.

Laws are only as good as the enforcement that follows. That’s what matters now: consistent, fair enforcement, taking illegal devices off our roads, and giving the existing passing distance laws the attention they need to protect people on bikes.

We all share these roads and paths. The job is making sure everyone gets home safely.

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Close pass reported April 4th 2026. Outcome May 20th 2026. The image is from a close pass on a Brisbane road earlier thi...
27/05/2026

Close pass reported April 4th 2026. Outcome May 20th 2026.
 
The image is from a close pass on a Brisbane road earlier this year. It was reported to Queensland Police the same day.
 
Here is how it played out.
 
➜ Clip the camera footage (10 min)
➜ Submit the report on the QPS website (5 min)
➜ Receive an evidence link by text (Took 10 min to come)
➜ Upload the video (2 min)
 
Six weeks later, an officer from the local station called. He had reviewed the footage, confirmed that in his view the driver had breached the minimum passing distance of one metre, and tracked down the driver using the registration in the video.
 
The driver had a clean record and was apologetic. The officer chose to issue an official warning. If reported again, the driver faces a $431 fine and 3 demerit points. If contested in court, up to $5,700.
 
The Foundation’s view: warnings can shift behaviour, and a warning is better than a report falling into the abyss. But warnings should not become the default. Enforcement, applied consistently, is what deters.
 
Every report matters, in every state. More reports means more visibility on the frequency of close passing, and more urgency for the system to respond.
 
The reporting process is different in each state and territory. We have put together a guide to how to report wherever you ride in Australia, including the cameras that give the strongest evidence.

https://www.amysfoundation.org.au/reporting-a-close-pass-

21/05/2026

Amy’s Foundation and AusCycling have teamed up to make the roads safer for people on bikes - and we’re starting with a giveaway! There are 5 prize packs up for grabs, one with an extra special Cycliq Fly 12 & Fly 6 bundle 🤩🤩🤩

Here’s what’s in all the prize packs:

☕️ Freesko Coffee Cup
☀️ SunMotion Sunscreen
💦2 x Bidon
🧢 Trucker Hat
🚲 Metre Matters bumper sticker
💡 Set of Bike lights
💼 Musette so you can ride home from the post office with all your goodies over your shoulder 😍

To enter:
✅ Follow Amys Foundation and AusCycling
✅ Like this post
✅ Tag a mate you ride with

Drawn 15 June, winner notified by DM. Stay safe, and remember to tell your mates how much a metre matters.

Grateful for those who support the Foundation, and make sure we’re visible and have 👀 on the road at all times. 🩷 Skip C...
17/05/2026

Grateful for those who support the Foundation, and make sure we’re visible and have 👀 on the road at all times.

🩷 Skip Capital | Wilson Asset Management | Villawood Properties | Cycliq | Knog

2026 Share The Road Tour with a truly wonderful group of people, all supporting the Foundation to continue moving forwar...
16/05/2026

2026 Share The Road Tour with a truly wonderful group of people, all supporting the Foundation to continue moving forward with our mission to make Australian roads safer for people on bikes.

We are lucky to have such a wonderful community in our corner to create the change we need 🩷

Whether it’s repeated close passes, distracted drivers, or simply not enough space to ride safely, some roads leave ride...
10/05/2026

Whether it’s repeated close passes, distracted drivers, or simply not enough space to ride safely, some roads leave riders feeling constantly on edge 🚴🏼‍♀️

What roads in your local area feel the most unsafe to ride on and why?

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