The image above shows Richard Ollerton, Cathy Olsen (lHillston Central School teacher) and Sandie Neale in the driveway of Rob and Wendy Silver in Hillston in April 1977.
We arranged with Rob Silver, Pastor of Hillston Baptist Church, and his wife Wendy to spend a week in Hillston running coffee shops and activities for teenagers and children. In July 1976 we got together with some other Christian bands from the Sutherland Shire and held the 'Concert for Hillston' at our home church Caringbah Gospel Chapel. That concert rasied money for food and petrol for the trip. Ray Christison, Richard Ollerton, Peter Aroney, Grame McWilliams and Sandra Neale conducted three coffee shops in the Baptist Church at Hillston on 6, 8 and 10 September 1976.
The image above shows Robyn Rodger, Peter Aroney, Ray Christison and Glen Rodger doing the Botabolar Boogie at Hillston Baptist Church on the second trip.
We also helped organise a picnic for the Sunday School children on the banks of the Lachlan River and travelled to Lake Cargelligo for a Sunday evening church service in the CWA Hall. That trip involved a drive of 1.5 hours along a dirt road that followed the Lachlan River. On the way back we had about three kangaroo spotters looking out for the teeming mobs of roos along the river country. On the Thursday we headed down to Griffith for some great pizza and a bit of shopping.
Richard Ollerton and Sandie Neale. What a duo!
The teenagers in Hillston really appreciated that we had gone out to provide them with school holiday entertainment and were keen for us to return. On the Anzac Day weekend in 1977 another team of band members including Ray Christison, Richard Ollerton, Peter Aroney, Glenn and Robyn Rodger, Sandie Neale, Jenni Quinn and Kerry Taylor went out for more fun and entertainment. The trip home proved to be eventful when Glenn's Commodore blew a head gasket between Rankin Springs and Yalgogrin North. The only mechanic was in West Wyalong and he was busy in the Anzac Day two-up game!
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