The ride will take place for 24 hours, non-stop on March 16 and 17 in conjunction with the Leukaemia Foundations World’s Greatest Shave and he will finish off by shaving his head on the steps of the hospital.

It’s certainly no mean feat, but Murray has experience, having competed in the Grafton to Inverell in previous years (and again this weekend) and most importantly, he has the passion to support the cause.

“I’ve been inspired by friends of mine whose son has been struck with Leukaemia and has been fighting it for the past 12 months,” he said.

“He’d been given the all clear to go home only to then find out that it was back, so he’s now in Royal Brisbane doing chemo all over again.

“I was trying to think of something I could do to help the family and the only thing I can do is to try and help raise awareness of Leukaemia and to do that I thought ‘I’m going to have to do something crazy’.”

Tomorrow’s Grafton to Inverell will be a good training run for Murray, who has also completed a 600km ride from Inverell into Queensland and back in the past.

Murray has never attempted anything of this magnitude before and while he admitted it would be tough, he won’t have to look too far for inspiration.

“It is going to be tough,” he said.

“But what will inspire me to keep going is those kids in the ward. To see them so violently ill through the toxins and poisons of chemo going through their body, the pain I’ll be doing will be nothing compared to what they’re doing.”

Murray has already secured the support of Lisa and James Turner from Sportspower and is also looking for a major sponsor for his jersey.

He also called on the community to come out and support the Leukaemia Foundation and the Tyla Mair Foundation.

If you have been following the Times in recent weeks you will no doubt be aware of eight- year- old Tyla Mair who is currently being treated for Leukaemia in Westmead Hospital.

This shows the illness can strike people of all ages.

The Tyla Mair Foundation will be holding a barbecue breakfast in the morning on March 16 as part of a send off for Murray, whose plan is to depart at around 9am and if all goes well, will arrive at the hospital in Brisbane around the same time next morning.

“It’s a long way to ride for a haircut, but it’s a pretty important one,” he said.