The 1200kms for Kids charity bike riders made their destination of Brisbane last week  after stops in the region including Wingen, Willow Tree, Tamworth, Armidale and Glen Innes.

In Tamworth, the riders presented Tamworth hospital general manager Brad Hansen with two Connex Vital Signs monitors with stands valued at $11,100.

The ride has previously donated $42,450 worth of medical equipment to Tamworth hospital including a paediatric Glidescope Baton, paediatric emergency cart and Giraffe Warmer.

The ride was born in 2005 by friends Trevelyan Bale and Gary Richardson to give back to the hospitals that help sick children in Australia. 

The inaugural ride took place in 2006 and the 1200kms for Kids charity bike ride has raised more than $1 million since then. 

The 1200kms for Kids riders have been supporting the Children’s Hospital Foundation since its inception in 2005 and this year the money will be used to support the work of the Queensland Children’s Tumour Bank that helps research teams find better treatments for childhood cancers. 

In 2011, the 1200kms for Kids riders began supporting the Humpty Dumpty Foundation and have donated 17 pieces of life-saving medical equipment to hospitals and health services. 

The ride rolled into the Royal Children’s Hospital in Brisbane on October 21 to mark the end of another epic fundraising tour from Sydney.

The hospital cares for more than 280,000 hospital visits from children from all over Queensland, northern NSW and beyond.