Hundreds of privately owned historic commercial vehicles took to the Old Hume Highway in convoy on Saturday. More than 400, some said. “That may be a bit of truckie talk,” laughed lead organiser Bruce Gunter. “They tend to do that!”
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“We ended up registering 308 vehicles on this, which was a record, but I don’t know how many trucks we’ve actually got as so many join in and follow us without entering,” he said.
It was the fourth bi-annual “Haulin’ the Hume” for the Western Sydney Historical Truck Club, from Sydney to Yass on April 8. The event raises funds and awareness for Aspect [Autism Spectrum Australia] and children with special needs.
“My 13-year-old son has autism,” Mr Gunter said. “He was diagnosed when he was three. My wife and I always said we wanted to give something back, because we were helped.
“I’m big on putting a bit of money back into the country areas, where we’ve heard there are issues with getting funding, so the Challenge Foundation [in Goulburn] will be getting a donation, as we did last time we held it, and we’re putting some money back into Yass, into a disabled playground. The bulk of it goes to Aspect.”
Having assembled at Clarendon at 5am and arrived in Goulburn between 11am and 2pm via the Southern Highlands, the convoy was rolling on to Yass, for a dinner and auction with 280 guests.
“The turnout from people is great. We get enormous community support. Brian Webb, who does the [Goulburn] Convoy for Kids, is our backbone here. I can’t do it without the support of people like him.”