Caravan Convoy Heads For Nyngan
Sydney Morning Herald
Friday May 11, 1990
The first convoy of caravans needed to assist homeless Nyngan residents left Sydney last night.
Twenty caravans, donated by Great Western Caravans and transported by TNT, were bound for Dubbo, where they will remain until road conditions allow them to be towed to Nyngan.
With the town's recovery about to begin in earnest, caravans will allow families to remain in the town while their homes are repaired, instead of travelling 160 kilometres a day to Dubbo.
A spokeswoman for the Disaster Welfare Recovery Centre said residents were still looking for another 50 caravans. "We're not fully aware of who will be able to move back into their homes yet," she said.
The Minister for Family and Community Services, Mrs Chadwick, said she hoped a company might be able to supply the caravans.
Anyone who can assist with caravans should contact the Appeals Co-ordinator, Mr Max Hogg, on (068) 84 3438.
* Flood victims in Western Queensland can afford to wait no longer than a week for relief, a Charleville businessman has claimed.
Mr Bert Webster, a member of the local chamber of commerce, said his motor vehicle repair business had lost about $100,000 in the past three weeks.
The Premier, Mr Goss, told representatives of the Charleville business community that he expected negotiations with Canberra on special assistance to be finalised within a week.
Floodwaters from Cooper Creek, which cut off Windorah, about 1,000 kilometres west of Brisbane, for seven weeks, have entered Nappamerrie, the last cattle property on the Queensland side of the border with South Australia.
At Innamincka, a tourist haven about 36 kilometres inside the South Australian border, residents are bracing for the second major flood in a year
* A door-to-door salesman, aged 46, has been charged with fraud by Bathurst police after allegedly trying to raise $1,200 by selling $2 tickets in a fake raffle for Nyngan flood victims.
The man was released on bail to appear at Bathurst Local Court on June 4.
© 1990 Sydney Morning Herald