Membership
Join the Team. Enjoy the Adventure!
Who can become a Member
Membership is limited to motorcycle-riding psychiatrists, psychologists and mental health nurses and qualified counsellors, psychotherapists, social workers, youth workers.
Psychs on Bikes, however, invites applications for membership from “non-psychs” as long as they contribute to the organisation in a material way, such as ride organisation, public relations, administrative, legal and financial, and the PoB Committee approves their application.
What you get
By becoming a Member you :
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gain voting rights at PoB Meetings
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receive our stylish Psychs on Bike T-shirt
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limited insurance coverage for General & Products Liability and Personal Accident Cover
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earn CPD points during our Big Rides half-day conference for riders
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encounter people and experiences in the Outback which the tourists and grey nomads don't
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provide a service to communities where mental health resources are sparse
Anything else I need to know?
One more thing. PoB has a zero-tolerance policy for any form of discrimination, bullying, harassment or abuse and is committed to educating others to do the same.
How much does it cost
A $3 joining fee and $17 p.a. However we ask that you sign up for three years (total cost $53 for three years of Membership).
Got it! How do I become a PoB Member?
Easy. contact us at hello@psychsonbikes.com and we will send you out a membership application kit. We look forward to hearing from you.
Testimonials...
Dr Susan Sumskis
"I ride with POB so that I can ride with a great bunch of like minded people, safely cover vast distances across the continent of Australia and do good work along the way. When the helmet goes on, so does the mindfulness practice. Mindfulness is based on intention and attention..... I intend to stay alive through continuously paying attention. Riding a motorcycle through rural and remote areas is a full on sensory experience that restores the mind, rests the body and nourishes the soul."
John Rynderman
"I ride with POB as it allows me to indulge a passion for motorbikes with like minded men and women and a desire to assist people with similarly motivated colleagues. To do so in regional and remote areas is indeed a pleasure both from a touring and service provision perspective."
Francisco and Anne
Riding with Psychs on Bikes has been one of the meaningful chapters of our retired lives. Together, on the Ducati Multistrada V4S — F'Cisco at the helm and Anne as pillion — we have done a big lap around Australia, been across the Nullarbor, went around Tasmania, and tracked long highways to communities that never see a psychiatrist, let alone two rolling into town on two wheels.
The rides were joyful and sometimes demanding, but it is what happens when we stop that stays with us. We set up our equipment, take blood pressures, check blood sugars, measure height, weight and BMI, and sit down for a proper head-check conversation with locals who might never otherwise have the chance. We talk about mental health — openly, without the usual barriers — because something about a motorcycle seems to dissolve the distance between a health practitioner and a patient.
We have made great friends, shared
meals at roadside stops, and felt the quiet satisfaction of starting conversations in places where they are needed most. The camaraderie among the riders is something special in itself — a shared purpose that makes every long kilometre worthwhile. If you are wondering whether to get involved, our answer is simple: come ride with us.