Return to Cobar
By VW Bro Geoff Dryland
Coast to Cobar 2020 As reported in the June 2020 edition of Freemason, in December 2019 VW Bro Geoff Dryland PGDIW and his wife Pat made a trip to Cobar. Here is Geoff’s report of a second trip to Cobar a year later.
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he trip was an effort to help the farming communities who were having some very tough times because of the ongoing drought. Although some of these areas have recently had rain others are still in drought and the road to recovery will be a long one for everyone. We decided to travel to Cobar again. We left on 2 December and returned on 7 December. This time we took a truck load of donations from family and friends and $9,000 donations in cash. The goods, including Christmas presents for the children of the farming community, were distributed to those in
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The people of Cobar send their thanks.
need and the cash was spent purchasing vouchers in Cobar’s small businesses. These were distributed throughout the farming community and were very much appreciated. We paid our own expenses, so 100% of the collection went to the farmers.
Kennard’s Hire Corrimal once again donated the use of a truck to deliver our donations and Fairy Meadow Self Storage generously provided a shed to house our collection. We very much appreciate the support of local lodges from District 26, several of whom helped us financially and with the donation of goods for the farmers. Several lodge members from the district were also generous in their support which helped to make this venture a success. The people of Cobar send their thanks.
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