WE have to do something.
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That's what Bathurst Combined Pensioners and Superannuants Association (CPSA) member Les May thought when he heard Boorowa cafe owner Judy Mitchell describing how the drought was knocking her around.
So Mr May organised a Bathurst CPSA bus trip to the little South West Slopes town to provide some business and some hope for Ms Mitchell as she battles through the big dry.
Mr May said he heard Ms Mitchell, who has a farm as well as a cafe, speaking on the ABC's Australia All Over program a few weeks ago.
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"She can't sell the shop and she's devastated," Mr May said. "You can't sell the shop unless you're making a profit and no-one's coming in because all the farmers are broke.
"As a truck driver, I went through Boorowa a lot. I know the little town because I always stopped there to have a meal.
"It got me thinking that we have to do something. We have to help these people."
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The bus trip that Mr May organised left Bathurst on Wednesday morning.
First stop was for morning tea at a cafe at Lyndhurst that has also been battered by the drought, where Mr May and his crew also left a donation, and then it was on to Boorowa.
Mr May said he contacted Ms Mitchell to let her know the Bathurst CPSA members were coming and she was very grateful.
"You get a lump in your throat when people do things for you, so it was pretty hard for her to talk," he said.
Bathurst CPSA gave Ms Mitchell six bales of hay for her farm and donated the money that was left over after they had bought their meals.
