{"id":2802,"date":"2025-08-07T17:57:28","date_gmt":"2025-08-07T07:57:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rotaryclubofbuderim.com\/?p=2802"},"modified":"2025-08-07T17:57:28","modified_gmt":"2025-08-07T07:57:28","slug":"helping-qld-flood-stricken-farmers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rotaryclubofbuderim.com\/?p=2802","title":{"rendered":"HELPING QLD FLOOD-STRICKEN FARMERS"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Recently 4 of our members hooked up their caravans &amp; headed west to contribute to the Rotary District Flood Support &amp; @followersBlazeAid project by providing much-needed manpower to help repair the fencing, clean the facilities &amp; feed the hungry workers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"864\" src=\"https:\/\/rotaryclubofbuderim.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Floods-25-sunset-1024x864.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2803\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rotaryclubofbuderim.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Floods-25-sunset-1024x864.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/rotaryclubofbuderim.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Floods-25-sunset-300x253.jpg 300w, https:\/\/rotaryclubofbuderim.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Floods-25-sunset-768x648.jpg 768w, https:\/\/rotaryclubofbuderim.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Floods-25-sunset-1200x1012.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/rotaryclubofbuderim.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Floods-25-sunset.jpg 1423w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Ken, Liz, Malcolm &amp; Sarah didn&#8217;t hesitate to put their hands up when the call for help came through from Pay 4 a Panel &#8211; Gidgee Smith Flood Support &#8211; &amp; Rotary. The Club rallied behind the projects raising funds through a Bunnings BBQ.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1014\" src=\"https:\/\/rotaryclubofbuderim.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Malcolm-Ken-Quilpie-1024x1014.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2804\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rotaryclubofbuderim.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Malcolm-Ken-Quilpie-1024x1014.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/rotaryclubofbuderim.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Malcolm-Ken-Quilpie-300x297.jpg 300w, https:\/\/rotaryclubofbuderim.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Malcolm-Ken-Quilpie-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/rotaryclubofbuderim.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Malcolm-Ken-Quilpie-768x761.jpg 768w, https:\/\/rotaryclubofbuderim.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Malcolm-Ken-Quilpie-1536x1521.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/rotaryclubofbuderim.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Malcolm-Ken-Quilpie-2048x2029.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/rotaryclubofbuderim.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Malcolm-Ken-Quilpie-1200x1189.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The boys entertained us at Friday&#8217;s meeting with a very interesting presentation about their adventure (someone should have told them they can take the flynets off now).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/rotaryclubofbuderim.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Floods-25-crew-banner-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2805\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rotaryclubofbuderim.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Floods-25-crew-banner-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/rotaryclubofbuderim.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Floods-25-crew-banner-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/rotaryclubofbuderim.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Floods-25-crew-banner-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/rotaryclubofbuderim.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Floods-25-crew-banner-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/rotaryclubofbuderim.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Floods-25-crew-banner-1200x900.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/rotaryclubofbuderim.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Floods-25-crew-banner.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>This project was a great example of the ability of even small Rotary clubs to contribute in a meaningful way where they perceive a need. We are very proud of our members &amp; their willingness to put &#8216;Service Above Self&#8217;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Recently 4 of our members hooked up their caravans &amp; headed west to contribute to the Rotary District Flood Support &amp; @followersBlazeAid project by providing much-needed manpower to help repair the fencing, clean the facilities &amp; feed the hungry workers. Ken, Liz, Malcolm &amp; Sarah didn&#8217;t hesitate to put their hands up when the call &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/rotaryclubofbuderim.com\/?p=2802\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;HELPING QLD FLOOD-STRICKEN FARMERS&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rotaryclubofbuderim.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2802"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rotaryclubofbuderim.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rotaryclubofbuderim.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rotaryclubofbuderim.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rotaryclubofbuderim.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2802"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/rotaryclubofbuderim.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2802\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2806,"href":"https:\/\/rotaryclubofbuderim.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2802\/revisions\/2806"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rotaryclubofbuderim.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2802"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rotaryclubofbuderim.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2802"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rotaryclubofbuderim.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2802"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}