You don't have to be crazy...
The sleepy cane-farming town of Mossman is quickly establishing itself as the home for one of Australia’s toughest enduros. Run by the Townsville Enduro Club, Mossmaniacs is a cross-country event held in the rainforest-covered hills north of Cairns and the technical nature of the terrain and five-hour duration make it perilously close to a hard enduro.
It is a true test of a rider’s physical and mental ability, with the event consistently having a DNF rate of over 20 percent, and some wet years produce double that. A large number of these are simply due to exhaustion from the constant grind against the technical rainforest layout.
The course features terrain that is rarely seen in other parts of Australia, with riders constantly faced with rocky creeks, slippery tree roots and extremely steep hills, most of
