Hi we’re David and Mark, in September 2021 we lost our brother Matt to bowel cancer.

Matt was diagnosed in June 2021 and died three months later, just after his 39th birthday.

Matt was the second eldest of five boys and an amazing father to his two children.

Always ready to help whoever needed a hand and always keen for a game of footy or weekend hunting, he led a very active lifestyle. Hearing Matt’s sudden prognosis and diagnosis was devastating to us all, especially Matt who still felt he had so much life left to live.

As a family we watched Matt suffer and fight fiercely through the hardest three months of his life. We had to support him through this cruel and aggressive disease, that is bowel cancer.

The age for bowel cancer victims has decreased rapidly in recent years and continues to decrease, yet our screening age does not.

Matt was one of the 293 Australians per week that are given the devastating news they have bowel cancer. He was also one of the 101 Australians who lose their lives to bowel cancer every week.

We are fundraising to try and make a change to this and raise awareness, so other families don’t have to go through what Matt and our family went through.

In September 2022, one year after his passing, we rode on Honda CT10 postie bikes from Wilsons prom to Cape York and back. We did this in just 24 days and raised $20,000, with the support of our friend Mark Venturin (Ace).

Following this in September 2023, we rode a circuit on the same CT10’s through the Victorian High Country. We rode our way through the steep hills, crossing over the great heights of Mount Hotham.

This year we will continue to raise money for Bowel Cancer Australia. We will do this by riding along the Great Ocean Road, to the South Australian border and then looping back over the Grampians, on an epic four-day adventure. We will be joined by our newest member of the ONLY 39 crew, Danielle. Danielle will be riding in honour of her friend Maddie.

Maddie is a cherished wife and mum of two small children. Devastatingly Maddie has recently been diagnosed with stage 4 bowel cancer.

Bowel Cancer Australia is the leading community-funded charity dedicated to; prevention, early diagnosis, research, quality treatment and the best care for everyone affected by bowel cancer in Australia.

Our 2025 ride for bowel cancer awareness, is in support of Danielle’s dear friend Maddie and in honour of our brother matt.

It is also in honour of all past, present and future victims of bowel cancer.

Thank you in advance for your contribution to this cause it means so much to us.

For updates and live feeds on the ride please follow our Facebook page. If you could give it a like and share it would be much appreciated.