{"id":57128,"date":"2014-02-15T01:12:12","date_gmt":"2014-02-14T15:12:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/?p=57128"},"modified":"2020-12-07T11:03:26","modified_gmt":"2020-12-07T01:03:26","slug":"murgon-sends-out-hope-and-hay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2014\/02\/15\/murgon-sends-out-hope-and-hay\/","title":{"rendered":"Murgon Sends Out Hope And Hay"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_57135\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-57135\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/20140214drought1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-57135\" title=\"20140214 Eat Dirt Drought\" src=\"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/20140214drought1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"460\" srcset=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/20140214drought1.jpg 620w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/20140214drought1-300x186.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 740px) 100vw, 740px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-57135\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Redgate farmer Albert Stretton was supervising the loading of the trucks on his property<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_57138\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-57138\" style=\"width: 250px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/20140214drought4.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-57138\" title=\"20140214 Eat Dirt Drought\" src=\"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/20140214drought4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"335\" srcset=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/20140214drought4.jpg 250w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/20140214drought4-224x300.jpg 224w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-57138\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The movers and shakers behind Eat Dirt Drought &#8230; Paul and Julie Kemp, from the Murgon Baptist Church (Photo:\u00a0Jessie Hodgson)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>February 15, 2014<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Loaded with hay and hampers, baked goods and biscuits, the \u00a0Murgon Baptist Church&#8217;s <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/eatdirtdrought\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Eat Dirt Drought<\/a><\/strong> convoy rolled out of town on Friday afternoon headed for drought-stricken western Queensland.<\/p>\n<p>Headed by a roadtrain, the small team of vehicles made it safely into Roma on Friday night on Day 1 of their journey of hope to Longreach.<\/p>\n<p>(<strong><strong>UPDATE 1:30pm:\u00a0<\/strong>The convoy hopes to arrive at Longreach about 3:30pm today)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The appeal, started by Paul and Julie Kemp, sparked the imagination of the Murgon community with local people putting up their hands to help.<\/p>\n<p>And after some publicity, help also started coming in from much further afield.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I am so proud of the Murgon-ites, the South Burnett-ites, in fact Australians. Support has come in from all over Australia,&#8221; Murgon Baptist Church parishioner Kerry Baldwin told <strong>southburnett.com.au<\/strong>, pausing as she added some home-made baked goods to another food hamper.<\/p>\n<p>More than 1000 hay bales as well as dog food and cattle licks were loaded onto the trucks at Albert Stretton&#8217;s Redgate farm on Thursday and Friday.<\/p>\n<p>Twelve hampers also hitched a ride with the convoy to be distributed to families between Longreach and Winton.<\/p>\n<p>Kerry said the Uniting Church at Longreach &#8211; and former Murgon Pastor Jenny Coombes who recently moved to the town &#8211; would be handling the distribution of the donations at the other end of the journey.<\/p>\n<p>And although the convoy is on its way, it&#8217;s not too late to help.<\/p>\n<p>The Murgon District Baptist Church is still accepting donations to purchase more hay.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Direct deposits can be made to:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Murgon District Baptist Church<br \/>\nBSB \u2013 034102<br \/>\nAccount number \u2013 140499<br \/>\nReference \u2013 HAY<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Related article: <a href=\"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2014\/02\/roadtrain-of-hope-heading-west\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Roadtrain Of Hope Heading West<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>[Photos by Jessie Hodgson and southburnett.com.au]<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: red;\">UPDATE February 17: The convoy made it safely into Longreach on Saturday afternoon and are now back safely home in the South Burnett.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_57137\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-57137\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/20140214drought3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-57137\" title=\"20140214 Eat Dirt Drought\" src=\"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/20140214drought3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"460\" srcset=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/20140214drought3.jpg 620w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/20140214drought3-300x186.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 740px) 100vw, 740px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-57137\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Loading hay bales onto the semi-trailer, the first part of the road train (Photo:\u00a0Jessie Hodgson)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<table width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"3\" cellpadding=\"3\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><figure id=\"attachment_57142\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-57142\" style=\"width: 360px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/20140214drought8.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-57142\" title=\"20140214 Eat Dirt Drought\" src=\"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/20140214drought8.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"360\" height=\"240\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-57142\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Albert Stretton, Howard Kingston, Bob Baldwin and Greg Birch help load another trailer\u00a0<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/td>\n<td>\n<p><figure id=\"attachment_57141\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-57141\" style=\"width: 360px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/20140214drought7.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-57141\" title=\"20140214 Eat Dirt Drought\" src=\"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/20140214drought7.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"360\" height=\"240\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-57141\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Part 2 of the road train ready to roll &#8230; it was added to the semi-trailer at Durong\u00a0<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<figure id=\"attachment_57136\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-57136\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/20140214drought2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-57136\" title=\"20140214 Eat Dirt Drought\" src=\"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/20140214drought2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"377\" srcset=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/20140214drought2.jpg 620w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/20140214drought2-300x153.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 740px) 100vw, 740px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-57136\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Can we fit a little bit more aboard? \u00a0Bags of lucerne chaff are added to the body truck<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_57139\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-57139\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/20140214drought5.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-57139\" title=\"20140214 Eat Dirt Drought\" src=\"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/20140214drought5.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"460\" srcset=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/20140214drought5.jpg 620w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/20140214drought5-300x186.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 740px) 100vw, 740px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-57139\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kerry Baldwin, from Charlestown, packing hampers at the Murgon Baptist Church hall\u00a0<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_57140\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-57140\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/20140214drought6.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-57140\" title=\"20140214 Eat Dirt Drought\" src=\"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/20140214drought6.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"460\" srcset=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/20140214drought6.jpg 620w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/20140214drought6-300x186.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 740px) 100vw, 740px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-57140\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Robert Baldwin, from Charlestown, was helping to load the trucks\u00a0<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_57143\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-57143\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/20140214drought9.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-57143\" title=\"20140214 Eat Dirt Drought\" src=\"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/20140214drought9.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"460\" srcset=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/20140214drought9.jpg 620w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/20140214drought9-300x186.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 740px) 100vw, 740px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-57143\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Margaret Kingston and Megan Kingston, 15, from the Murgon Baptist Church with Claire Ziegeler, from Germany, and \u00a0Robert Baldwin were helping to load at the Redgate farm<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_57134\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-57134\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/20140214drought10.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-57134\" title=\"20140214 Eat Dirt Drought\" src=\"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/20140214drought10.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"460\" srcset=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/20140214drought10.jpg 620w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/20140214drought10-300x186.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 740px) 100vw, 740px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-57134\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Hard at work loading the trucks &#8230; back row, from left, Robert Baldwin, Albert Stretton, Ray Pidgeon and Lindsey Christoffel; front row, Dennis Wolter and Terry Lear (Photo:\u00a0Jessie Hodgson)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Loaded with hay and hampers, baked goods and biscuits, the  Murgon Baptist 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