A British leukaemia patient rolled into Sydney after a gruelling fundraising ride on a vintage penny farthing bicycle across the Australian outback.
Lloyd Scott, 43, set out from Perth in Western Australia on October 13 on what many saw as a crazy mission to raise one million pounds (1.9 million dollars) for the British charity, Children with Leukaemia.
To do it, he had to cross the hot Nullarbor Plain on his awkward, uncomfortable bike for 12 hours a day along the longest, straightest road in the world.
The penny farthing, an ungainly-looking bicycle with a front wheel much larger than the back one, was popular during the nineteenth century.
As he reached Sydney’s Bondi Beach seven weeks and one day after he began, Scott admitted he was only one third of the way toward his financial target, but still hopeful of reaching it.
"It’s worth the pain because there’s a very personal message from me as well, the fact that I actually had leukaemia."
The former firefighter was diagnosed with Chronic Myeloid Leukaemia in 1987. Following a successful transplant which sent the disease into remission, he dedicated himself to raising money for Children with Leukaemia through a series of endurance events.
In a previous charity effort he completed the London Marathon in a deep-sea diving suit.
