The huge W.A. - S.A. Hay Run - the "Convoy of Compassion"

[onetrack]

I don't know how much this hay convoy has made the mainstream news - but to those who know nothing about it - a sizeable number of W.A. farmers have donated a huge amount of hay to drought-affected farmers in S.A. -and are delivering it, free, as well.

 

This is a sterling and worthy effort, and it's good to see wealthy people helping out those who are battling major adversity. I actually know a number of these people personally, and the Lucchesi family are past clients of mine.

The sheer effort in organising the collection and delivery is monumental, with a lot of bio-security roadblocks and bureaucratic hurdles to overcome. Full kudos to Samantha Starcevich for her organising and rallying ability. 

 

The Starcevichs are well known in the Eastern Wheatbelt, and a close mate (a local truckie) is one of them, too. He was born and raised in Merredin where a lot of the Starcevichs were originally located. Les ("Tom") Starcevich, the WW2 VC winner, is one of the Merredin area Starcevich mob.

 

The sheer amount of driving to be done is colossal, and a number of individual truck drivers are driving the road trains for free, easing the burden on the farmers who have contributed the free hay and their trucks. I drove a truck from Echuca to the W.A. Wheatbelt in May 2024, and I can tell you, it's a BLOODY LONG WAY! - with a lot of endless road, and driving boredom to deal with.

 

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-07-25/convoy-of-compassion-wa-farmers-hay-to-sa/105564054

[facthunter]

A very Generous and welcome thing to do. It's been well covered on the sources I watch. Looks to be good hay too.  Nev

[red750]

A B double with a load of hay rolled on a corner colliding with a school bus, causing it to roll on its roof.

 

[onetrack]

That's simply careless driving on the truck drivers part. There's no excuse for rolling a loaded truck, truck drivers are supposed to be professionals. 

 

It also appears this hay truck in the rollover, is not part of the W.A. convoy.

[onetrack]

In an ironic turn of events, heavy rain has come with the hay runners, to the extent that some farms are now too wet to get the trucks into them - so the hay will be delivered to other points in S.A.

 

This rain may turn out to be the point in time, where this dreadful S.A. drought ended. Here's hoping.

 

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-07-27/hay-convoy-delivering-drought-relief-reaches-eyre-peninsula/105576844

[facthunter]

It wasn't part of the convoy and the accident was in Victoria I believe.  Bus Driver Injured Kids OK.

[red750]

After being locked out of Facebook, I created a new account using my middle name as a surname. One of the first photos to come up was this:

 

[red750]

Some more from another post.

 

[onetrack]

That's because FB has been tracking what you're looking at on your computer - even though they won't let you in!!

[nomadpete]

25 minutes ago, onetrack said:

That's because FB has been tracking what you're looking at on your computer - even though they won't let you in!!

So FB didn't need to obtain your picture to verify you!

 

Big Brudder is watching you!

[Marty_d]

He's more like a "strange uncle" than big brother, if we're talking about Zuckerberg 

[facthunter]

Watch out or HE will zuck you bigtime. Nev

[facthunter]

 Did lifting ALL that hay out of WA cause the Earthquake?  Nev

[onetrack]

I never even felt it!  I was sleeping the sleep of the just, warm and comfortable.

[nomadpete]

1 hour ago, onetrack said:

..... the just, warm and comfortable.

I'm looking forward getting 'just warm and comfortable' .........

In a couple of months