The 2,034km Late Mail Postie Bike Ride ends in Mudgee on Saturday afternoon, as the nearly 50 riders make their way south again and complete the giant loop to help rural and regional children with serious and life threatening illnesses.
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Denman is their final stop over of the week-long journey, although the last leg won't be as straight-forward as the Golden Highway.
"It's an enjoyable time, everybody always really enjoys the ride and the new roads we find and travel along the way," co-organiser, Jason Turner of Mudgee, told the Hunter Valley News.
The most northern point of the 2019 event was Moree and breakfast on Tuesday was something special, with Moree East Public School hosting the most important meal of the day and presenting a donation of $1,216.
Once again the Late Mail is a fundraiser for Wings4Kidz, which provides free transport to medical treatment for kids from regional areas.
The charity runs purely on donations, 100 per cent of which go toward their flight service.
Their CEO who is also a multi-ride veteran, Brendan Crane, told the Moree Champion that there are three main priorities for the trip.
"The first one is for everyone to have fun. If they have fun they'll come back again next year," he said.
"The second one is to raise money and the third one is to raise awareness for the charity.
"The charity has been going now for three and a half years, we've got to raise awareness.
"We need to raise awareness for the families that need the charity as well, so they know that there's someone out there that can help them out."
Last Sunday the ride left Lue after breakfast at the school and arrived in Gunnedah that evening, before heading to Moree on Monday then crossed through Armidale to the coast at Coffs Harbour, then began returning south to Forster and back inland through Denman and home to Mudgee.
- For more information on the Late Mail Postie Bike Ride visit latemailride.com.au/, stay up to date at their Facebook page, for more on Wings4Kidz head to wings4kidz.org.au and donate to the ride at give.everydayhero.com/au/the-late-mail-postie-bike-ride-2019-1
- The ride finishes at Robertson Park, (Market Street side) at around 3pm on Saturday, October 19, locals are encouraged to come along and welcome the weary riders.