Southern Cross Association FTC Inc. was formed early 1998 by volunteers to raise funds for childrens charities.
The Southern Cross Association conducts its major fund raising event with a week long 'Poker Run' through Queensland in aid of Spina Bifida Hydrocephalus Queensland.
All members involved with Southern Cross do so in their own time and there are no wages paid allowing a large portion of the raised funds to be received by charities.
Southern Cross has members Australia wide and some International. Although some members don't own or ride bikes they are still considered valuable members.
Membership is renewed on 1st April each year and for the princely sum of AUD$10 new members receive a cloth badge, membership card and number, access to this site, discounts from nominated business houses and a monthly newsletter to inform them of happenings within the association.
Spina Bifida Hydrocephalus Qld. receives very little funding from the govenment and greatly appriciates the social and financial support they receive from the members of Southern Cross Association.
Every year many hours are spent securing holidays and prizes for the Poker Run. Some of the businesses that generously donate every year are - Club Crocodile Long Island, Rivera Resort Hervey Bay, Blue Dolphin NSW, Radio SeaFM Qld, Regional Channel TEN, and the RACQ, and numerous other business houses.
Some people with spina bifida are mobile and some are wheelchair bound, but all enjoy the freedom they experience on the back of a grinning Southern Cross bike or trike