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The Winning Bid!
The Convoy :
Once a year , a local radio station hires a field near the back fo my house and rounds up trucking companies who wnat to donate. $25 is entry. They meet at a 45 min drive from here at a coal mine which feeds the steelworks , along with some motorbikes that are in the Convoy.It costs the mine over $500 000 to shut the mine for a morning for the Convoy.
They make the , normally, 45 min drive , through the tourist roads, horns and lights blazing and people completely line the streets for this event.
Trucking companies bid to be the first truck , and this year , it was the company i did my work experience with, Illawarra Truck Repairs and Spares, and their bid was $66 000 , and last year the winner was $70 000
Why:
For a charity called Camp Quality. All proceeds go to them, who use the money to take ill kids on camps and such.
What :
This year, 900+ Trucks and 700 Motorbikes
The event makes you proud to be a local ! and It is impossible NOT to smile when watching on side of the road.
I have been involved in 4 convoys in its 6 year history , in dad's truck , however last couple of years he has had no luck.
ALSO : I did 3 weeks work experience here as a Diesel Mechanic a year or two ago
The Winning Bid!
The Convoy :
Once a year , a local radio station hires a field near the back fo my house and rounds up trucking companies who wnat to donate. $25 is entry. They meet at a 45 min drive from here at a coal mine which feeds the steelworks , along with some motorbikes that are in the Convoy.It costs the mine over $500 000 to shut the mine for a morning for the Convoy.
They make the , normally, 45 min drive , through the tourist roads, horns and lights blazing and people completely line the streets for this event.
Trucking companies bid to be the first truck , and this year , it was the company i did my work experience with, Illawarra Truck Repairs and Spares, and their bid was $66 000 , and last year the winner was $70 000
Why:
For a charity called Camp Quality. All proceeds go to them, who use the money to take ill kids on camps and such.
What :
This year, 900+ Trucks and 700 Motorbikes
The event makes you proud to be a local ! and It is impossible NOT to smile when watching on side of the road.
I have been involved in 4 convoys in its 6 year history , in dad's truck , however last couple of years he has had no luck.
ALSO : I did 3 weeks work experience here as a Diesel Mechanic a year or two ago