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The man on the land is still doing it tough, he is still in the grip of drought; and when things get tough, communities close ranks, band together and provide support for one another. This spirit is epitomised with a big hearted Aussie farmer by name of Brendan ‘ Bumpa’ Farrell.
Brendan Farrell has been active for the past 10 years trucking donated hay to the farmers in the NSW north west and Queensland south west.
The call went out again and Aussie farmers and truckies united to help their fellow farmers. This month has seen Brendan and his team complete their 10th trip to help their fellow farmers by taking feed for the stock which gives a ray of hope to those struggling because of drought.
On their 10th pilgrimage they formed the WORLDS BIGGEST TRUCK CONVOY which comprised of 258 trucks; 406 trailers carrying 6 Million dollars worth of hay.
They travelled 1800km to Ilfracombe with over 13,500 rounds & square bales of hay. All this to help 800 farmers feed 300,000 animals.
The trucks travelled from from NSW, QLD, VIC, SA & TAS to take part in this soul enriching mission. In addition, there were over 500 odd volunteers involved.
Numbers are scarce on how many communities made breakfast, lunch and dinner for these dedicated “hay”angels, but the communities everywhere, Rotarians, Lions and everyone else were in full admiration and full of support for the Burrumbuttock Hay Runners.
I was with my wife, Jo, visiting Dubbo when the convoy was on the road and on the Wednesday evening we visited the Rotary Club of Dubbo West at their weekly meeting at Club Dubbo. At the meeting I learned that some of the members of the Rotary Club of Dubbo West were packed and ready to leave for Cobar early the next morning so that they could get amongst the action to cook meals for the drivers. These Rotarians were taking food donated by Dubbo businesses to Cobar, a 600km return trip – sleeping under the stars, so that they could give a little bit back to these remarkable people on a mission which helps to restore hope to the farmers.
Many thanks to all of the Rotary Clubs and everyone of the supporters who made such an enormous difference
Congratulations Brendan Farrell, let us hope you earn the Aussie of the Year title and take this little project of yours to new heights.
All this is done unconditionally by these lion hearted people to help keep the dream alive for our Aussie Farmers.
Enormous respect to everyone involved, it makes me so incredibly proud to be an Aussie.
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