Topbike Tours - European Cycling Holiday Specialists

David Olle and Emma Colson

An Australian company, Topbike has a fully equipped European base and its own fleet of high quality hire bikes and E-bikes.

We specialise in quality cycling tours with small groups and are famous for looking after our clients.

+61 415 866 061 (mobile)
Grant Street, FORREST VIC 3236 AUSTRALIA
holiday@topbike.com.au
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Cycling in Australia

Far North Queensland (Cairns, Atherton, Cooktown, Cape York)

Cycling Holidays in Australia

Join Topbike this year in the far north of Queensland, Australia for our small group rides on a mix of gravel and road, starting in Cairns, QLD.

2022 AUSTRALIAN TOURS

May 1-7 | Cairns to Cooktown (Gravel)
June 12-19 | Cooktown to Cape York (MTB)

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Cairns to Cooktown in 2021

Tour 1: April 30 - May 6 | Tour 2: May 5 - May 16 |
Tour 3: July 2- July 8 | Tour 4: Sept 4 - Sept 10
Cairns (start) - Cairns (finish)

The Topbike 2021 Cairns to Cooktown Tour will be 7 days (6 nights) fully supported, off the tourist route where possible, riding up to 105k a day (but not every day), starting and finishing in Cairns.   Group size will be limited to 13, with 3 staff.  There are plenty of opportunities for extra riding, if the planned day’s ride may not be enough for you.

With a Cairns start and finish, we’ll be kicking off with two days in Atherton.  Moving north from Atherton, we’ll transport into Daintree, before riding through to Cape Tribulation, for two nights.  Here we will experience the beauty of Cape Tribulation, along with a visit to Wujal Wujal for a ‘Welcome to Country’ and guided rainforest walk, accompanied by Tea & Damper.  Leaving Cape Tribulation we will ride into Cooktown, via the infamous Lion’s Den Hotel, for the final two nights. 

Your tour guide/host for this tour, David Olle, spent most of the 1980’s working out of Cairns in the Northern Prawn Fishery, covering the east coast, Torres Straits and Gulf of Carpentaria.  In the early 2000’s he twice raced the Crocodile Trophy, traversing many of the roads we use in this tour.  David and Emma, through Topbike, have developed a strong bond with Atherton, as many of the locals have come along on tour to Europe over the past 15 years.  They’ve visited FNQ most every year since their first euro foray.  Topbike has also sponsored a junior development program in the local cycling club.  

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Escape to Cape York
with Topbike Tours in 2021

Tour 1*: May 30 - June 6 (*Charter - Fully booked) | Tour 2: July 11- July 21|
Tour 3: August 1 - August 11 | Tour 4: August 21 - August 31
Cairns (start) - Cairns (finish)

The Topbike 2021 ‘Escape to Cape York’ will be 11 days (10 nights) fully supported, off the tourist route where possible, riding 40-110k a day (noting that there’s only one day over 100k), starting and finishing in Cairns.

We will take an inland route, after starting with the Bloomfield track, through rainforests, past beaches, through Cooktown, along old telegraph tracks finishing with a visit to the coast and the very top of Cape York, and a final night on Thursday Island, before your flight home (included) from Horn Island.
Camping wise, you’ll need a sleeping sheet and pillow, we’ll have all the rest.

Your tour guide/host for this tour, David Olle, spent most of the 1980’s working out of Cairns in the Northern Prawn Fishery, all around the Cape. Covering the east coast, Torres Straits and Gulf of Carpentaria. In the early 2000’s he raced the Crocodile Trophy, twice, traversing some of the roads we use in this tour.

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Endeavour River from Grassy Hill