after watching the news last night, they said they already had tonnes of stuff and needed cash more then anything...
what seemed like a good idea to me and the truckies and others has now become a bit of a let down, they dont really need another whole truck load ontop of what has already been pledged and we dont want to take things down that wont be wanted/needed and will get in the way, so back to cash donations I suppose.
I really thought we could have done something bigger to help then just some cash donations, but ohh well, anything we can do is good.
Don't be put off. Warrnambol just did a similar thing, next to no publicity but word got around fast and the one truck that was going up ended up being 4 trucks and if there had been more they would've been full too.
There are a few things I've heard that are still needed - Mobile phones, boots and abc radio was cryin out for can openers - seems they had plenty of canned food and no way to get into it. We sent up 3 mobile phones that were working but we get a new one with each contract so they go in a box under the bed. Maybe you could try a 'mobile muster' and boots etc (most ppl have a spare pair of work boots somewhere & an old mobile). Just a thought.