Variety Postie Bike Dash stops in Gunnedah

Seventy-one dashers have taken part in this year's Variety - the Children's Charity event, which took off in Tamworth on November 1.

Gunnedah is their second last stop, before they end in Tamworth on Friday.

The fundraising dashers are part of a 90-person entourage travelling through the North West; the culmination of nine months of fundraising to support kids who are sick, disadvantaged or living with special needs in NSW.

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Local resident Megan Patton is one of the dashers, alongside four others, as part of the 'Dusty Sistas'.

This is her third year completing the event, and said the experience this year had been "fantastic" and "so much fun".

"My dad did one of the big bashes and did it 10 years ago and he was telling me how much fun he had, so I gave it a go," she said.

Usually the entourage stop in at schools where the donated money is being delivered, but with COVID-19 still about, this was unable to occur.

Ms Patton said this was disappointing as it was "rewarding" seeing where the money was going, but understood that it was necessary.

This is one of her favourite parts of the ride, as well as simply her love of riding her postie bike.

"We've just been stopping at RSL's and representatives from the schools have come down so it's a little bit different this time but a lot of the schools we've gone past have the kids out the front waving at us," she said.

"We went into Bellingen and there were all these preschoolers with streamers as we went past and they were having the best time.

"We're doing it for the kids, riding the miles for the smiles."

They've passed through and stopped in a number of towns, including Gloucester, Comboyne, Nambucca Heads, Glen Innes, Coutts Crossing and Bundarra.

With less than a day to go, Ms Patton said she and her fellow 'Dusty Sistas' had raised about $8000 for Variety.

"It's good when the community gets behind us and donates. It's been a tough year but still good to see that Variety hasn't been forgotten and people are still happy to put the little money they have this year into such a great cause," she said.

She said that it was "bittersweet" that it was coming to an end for another year.

"We're a bit sore and a bit tired, but at the same time, it's been a fun week so it's a bit sad it's ending," Ms Patton told the NVI.

The 'Dusty Sistas' are wanting to recruit more riders for next year's dash.

They don't have much of a social media presence yet but Ms Patton said this was something they were aiming to do.