David Batterham could just about see the finish line of his 2,000-kilometre charity bike ride when he received the devastating news his brother had been killed in a bicycle accident in Far North Queensland.
But family tragedy, floods, detours, long days, sunburn and exhaustion couldn't dent the 57-year-old's determination to keep pedalling.
It was something he had to finish for his mum, who lives with dementia.
