Grootbrak Grabadoo comes of age on final day of 2024 – Click to enter
It’s the 21st year that the Garden Route’s most-beloved great-outdoors walking-cycling-socialising event will be hosted in the picturesque hamlet of Great Brak River. And there’s simply no better way to see out the Old Year.
On Tuesday 31 December, cyclists and walkers will converge on the village to participate in GrootbrakGrabadoo, which this year celebrates its 21st anniversary. Many participants will have previously enjoyed the camaraderie and good cheer endemic to this event, but there’s invariably a troupe of first-timers at the starting line, too.
So no matter if you’re a Grabadoo novice or veteran, you’re sure to be blown away by the glorious views and quaint rural scenes en route. The event offers mountain bike tracks of four different distances as well as a fun walk through town.
GrootbrakGrabadoo is a Garden Route institution and billed the ultimate family fun day by locals and visitors to Iconic Mossel Bay. Both cyclists and walkers/runners gain well-deserved buffs and medals, but also memories to last a lifetime.
PricingMTB
15km @ R120
36km @ R200
54km @ R220
69km @ R250
Walkers enter @ R90 for the 4.5km walk.
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Route coordinator Alewijn Dippenaar says participants can expect a top-class mountain bike family fun day with breath-taking tracks through some of the Garden Route’s most spectacular floral kingdom. “Cyclists can choose between tracks of 15km, 36km, 58km, and 72km, while the fun walk is done over a distance of 4.8km.”
Runners, walkers, families and their pets are invited to participate in the walk, which shows off the beauty of the coastal hamlet’s river mouth and marina. For those preferring bicycle tyres to takkie-clad feet, expertly laid out cycling trails have been tried and tested for maximum enjoyment by riders of all skills levels.
In the run-up to the 2024 event, the village will again spring into action as race day draws near. GrootbrakGrabadoo marshals and officials are recruited from local community organisations and sports clubs, while many residents and businesses contribute in their own unique way.
The aim is to involve and empower this special community, and to boost Great Brak’s economy. The annual GrootbrakGrabadoo also serves as main fundraiser for local charities.
The action starts at 6am on Tuesday December 31 at Great Brak Sport Grounds in Lang Street, opposite Peperboom Restaurant. Online entries close by December 30 but pre-entries can be made at the sports grounds from 8am to 5pm on the 30th, and late entries on the 31st from 6-6:30am.
Cyclists, remember: no helmet, no ride.
This year’s Grabadoo is generously supported by a handful of businesses from Great Brak and elsewhere on the Garden Route having pledged their support for an event that’s invariably marked ‘unmissable’ on festive season calendars.
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Contact Mimi on 084 583 3144 or at mimi@gojipr.net, or Alewijn on 082 457 5675 or at dyndev@mweb.co.za for details.
