Theodore Welcomes The Long Drive for Drought Convoy

The Long Drive for Drought convoy made their way into Theodore, Banana Shire, home of the Sandstone Wonders, on Saturday the 28th of August as part of their 3000-kilometre Queensland roadtrip to raise much-needed funds for drought-stricken farmers.

The convoy travelled to Theodore via the Eidsvold-Theodore road, stopping at the iconic Cracow pub for lunch, before heading to Theodore for an overnight stay. Members of the public were invited to attend an event at the Theodore Bowls Club on Saturday evening to meet the drivers and share their own experiences of the prolonged drought. Theodore Community Link is organised breakfast for the convoy on Sunday morning, before farewelling them as they headed off to Springsure on the backroads of outback Queensland.

Banana Shire Mayor Nev Ferrier said, “It’s a great pleasure to welcome The Long Drive for Drought to Theodore. Banana Shire has been greatly effected by the drought and events like these can really give our communities a great boost”.

The Local Government Association of Queensland’s (LGAQ) commercial entity Peak Services is supporting Queensland-based charity Drought Angels to provide some relief to farmers and communities in the 65 per cent of Queensland that remains drought-declared.

A Long Drive for Drought founder and Peak Services Managing Director and CEO Brent Reeman says with more than 30 participant vehicles and 60 people taking part it’s shaping up to be a big event. “I thank everyone for their great support of this important initiative – keeping drought front of mind and raising much-needed funds to support the wonderful work that Drought Angels do for Queensland communities that are doing it tough,” Mr Reeman said.

“We are overwhelmed with the support we are receiving this year. We have some excellent partners who really care about the communities affected by the ongoing drought including Hastings Deering, Toyota Fleet Management, Telstra, QRL, Queensland Outback Tourism and RACQ Foundation. We have many other generous sponsors and donors who we are so appreciative of.”

In its inaugural year in 2020, Long Drive for Drought raised $52,000 for Drought Angels, which provided tangible support to those who would not normally reach out in the form of personalised, practical, heartfelt and discreet assistance. It is hoped this years event will raise $80,000.

The group of thirty 40-Series LandCruisers – an icon of the bush – left Brisbane on Friday the 27th of August and will be heading out as far as Ilfracombe and Tambo before looping back to the capital on Saturday September the 4th to raise funds and inject money into regional towns along the way.