Bruce Patton sees a lot of desperate people in his job but what this family did when he turned up even surprised him.
A mother and her four children have their arms full of containers. Mr Patton is used to filling up massive water tanks with his 28,500 litre load so containers aren’t going to cut it.
When Mr Patton pulls the hose from the tank, litres are wasted when what’s left in the hose drains out.“They were treating it like it was liquid gold,” Mr Patton tells news.com.au.Swatting off flies in the dry heat, he explains it costs $4000 to feed the sheep. He only makes $3000 carting water.The area has been in drought for three years, the worst anyone has ever seen.
“The last 12 months have been the worst,” he says. “It’s gradually getting worse and worse. It’s terrible. It’s the worst I’ve had in 40 years because it’s going into a third year. This time Mr Patton is taking a load to Peter and Nola Page. The couple have never had to ask for water and they’ve had their property since 1985.People who deposit their bottles and cans at return and earn stations are able to donate the 10c to the bush.
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