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On the 21st of December, well known Brisbane record breaker Rebecca Stone set off from the western suburbs of Brisbane to Wulkuraka near Ipswich aiming to be the first woman to complete a "double end-to-end" of the Brisbane Valley and South Burnett Rail Trails. The opening 160kms to Yarraman were uneventful, however vandalised signage on the link track to Kingaroy saw Rebecca riding in circles losing over an hour before resorting to the D'Aguilar Highway. After a short sleep near Murgon she tackled the most difficult section of the ride, describing the trail between Murgon and Kilkivan as "very overgrown and very rough", with her GPS registering 50 degrees in the sun. Despite a great deal of criticism over a number of years, and assurances the trail would be improved to a suitable standard, Gympie Regional Council continue to neglect this section of trail. The return on the link track went by without navigation trouble, but the substantial climbing had Rebecca exhausted, and torrential rain set in around Blackbutt. Another short sleep at Moore saw Rebecca on the home stretch, and despite growing fatigue and another extremely hot day she made good progress and reached Wulkuraka after a total of 53hrs51m! Not content with that, she continued to her home 25kms away, making a total of 682kms! The "double" has only been ridden by one other person, Jason Black, who set the men's record of 38hrs (starting and finishing in Kilkivan) in June 2019. Rebecca said it was "a brutal ride, I was very happy and relieved to finally be home", adding "I will be very happy if another female feels they can also try something adventurous". The new record comes after Rebecca broke 4 records on the South Burnett Rail Trail in a successful record attempt in August of this year. 
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