From Australia-FIGHTING poverty with a pushbike sounds a bit far fetched, but that is exactly what a team of cyclists are doing.
The team, with an average age of 56, are from the Anglican
Their goal is to raise awareness on poverty in Australia and overseas and will be arriving in the Tweed today about 3.30pm as they head home to Sydney.
Smashing Cycles of Poverty cyclist Patrick Kennedy has pedalled 1600km over the last two weeks and said that motorists had given them an excellent reception so far.
"Motorists are waving, tooting their horns and getting right out of our way," he said.
They are being very gracious.
"We are now beginning the long trek back down the coast towards Sydney thinking about how we might win the next State of Origin series."
Anglican Aid CEO and team member David Mansfield said the group hoped to raise $1 million for the 1.3 billion people in the world who live on around $1 a day.
Aid Smashing Cycles of Poverty initiative and are riding the 2500km return trip from Sydney to Brisbane.
More here-
http://www.mydailynews.com.au/news/cycling-for-poverty-on-2500km-ride-across-the-coun/1827520/
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