Taking up cycling in middle age has led Warragul's Ian de Bruyne to a 30-year connection to a Lions fundraising bike ride that raises money for research into and treatment of eye diseases that cause vision loss and blindness.
Now in his 70s, Ian is raring to go for the 30th anniversary Lions Ride for Sight from Friday March 22 to Sunday March 24, with all funds raised going to the Centre for Eye Research Australia (CERA) to fund research into new treatments and therapies for eye disease.

The first Lions Ride for Sight in 1994 took participants from Mallacoo