For most people, driving from Sydney to Brisbane is enough of a chore, let alone making the trip on the back of a bike.

But for a group of riders travelling in support of Anglican Aid, the job is already half done.

The team of riders, including Anglican Aid NSW director David Mansfield, and laymen Mr Ron Balderston from Helensburgh and Mr David Langley from Dapto, are now on the southbound leg of their 2500km bike ride, at time of writing en route from Brisbane to Tweed Heads in north-east New South Wales.

The ride is to raise awareness for Anglican Aid's Grace to the World appeal, to drawn attention and support for those most in need in Australia and around the world.

The riding roster has changed a couple of times, with George Whitefield College lecturer Rev Ross Anderson starting with the team for half the ride, before returning home to Cape Town. South Turramurra Anglican rector Rev Tom Henderson-Brooks stepped into the breach for the return leg - just in time to celebrate his 50th birthday.

“It has been hard work but God has blessed us with great weather without hardly a drop of rain in my five days I was with the team," says Mr Henderson-Brooks.

“My only problem on the trip was when I broke two wheel spokes…one team member joked that I could not be a ‘spokesperson!’ The Dalby bike shop owner not only opened the shop on a Sunday to fix my wheel so we could get back on the road he refused to charge me. That was a great contribution to the trip."

The team left St Andrew's Cathedral in March, and will arrive back where it started on the 25th of April.

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