Port Macquarie-Hastings Council has partnered with Transport NSW to host a number of free cycling festivities that aim to raise awareness of bike safety, encourage people to ride to work, improve riding skills and consider cycling as a great way to stay fit and healthy. 

Council kicked the week off with a free Bike Week Fun Day at Westport Park on Saturday, September 16. 

The event featured a number of market stalls, food trucks, bike safety checks, giveaways and a free bike hire for use in the novice bike arena.

On Thursday, September 21, council is encouraging people to ride their bikes to work by rewarding anyone who takes up the challenge with a free barbecue breakfast at the Hay Street forecourt between 7.30am and 10am. 

Local business owner and cyclist, Drury Woolnough, is looking forward to Bike Week and has taken riding to work to all new levels, even using his bicycle to run daily errands. 

“Drury Lane Eatery is proud to support Bike Week. I’m an avid cyclist and I ride to work every day, we even use a push bike to collect some of our produce for the restaurant,” said Mr Woolnough. People of all ages and abilities are encouraged to get on their bikes, start pedalling and go for a ride during the week. 

NSW Bike Week is an annual event that aims to raise the profile of cycling as a healthy, easy, low cost and environmentally friendly alternative to driving for short trips in the local community.