On Friday the 12th of December, a man from the Mt Riverview area of the Blue Mountains was reported to be missing. The Police were worried for the man’s welfare, due to the fact he had been missing since Tuesday and executed a search and rescue operation. This involved over 80 personnel including the police, […]
Beyond the Square is a non-profit organisation set up for persons working towards creativity with disabilities. Every 12 months around Christmas time, they hold an event at Riverside Theatre in Parramatta. On Wednesday the 19th of November 2014, RRT helped at Parramatta Riverside Theatre catering for the 400 persons with disabilities and their support personnel. […]
On a bitterly cold afternoon a Peterhead Fish factory explodes into a ball of fire close to the town centre. At 1435 on Saturday 17th January a plume of thick black smoke was seen rising hundreds of feet over the cloudless skyline of Peterhead, Scotland. Further investigations by the RRT revealed that one of the […]
Dandenong is a suburb of Melbourne, located approximately 30 kilometres southeast of the city centre. It is a highly multicultural city with around half of its residents born overseas and representing a diverse range of ethnic groups, including large populations of resettled refugees. Data released by The Australian Bureau of Statistics shows that Greater Dandenong […]
Rapid Relief Teams from Warrenpoint, Londonderry, Dublin and Belfast in Ireland were honoured to provide assistance at yet another charity marathon in the region. The event was called Tollymore Trail marathon 2014 (TTM14). It was located in Tollymore Forest Park in the Mourn Mountains in Northern Ireland. The nearest town is Newcastle. The RRT volunteers […]
With weather predictions of high temperatures and strong winds, residents of the Blue Mountains braced themselves for another long summer with the events of last summer still freshly etched in their memories. Friday 14th of November was a hot day, reaching to 40⁰C by early afternoon. Hearts sunk when telltale smoke began to rise from […]
The 2UE Radiothon at The Westmead Children’s Hospital is a fundraising event to help fund staff, equipment, education and technology for the hospital. RRT Ermington offered its services to provide food and drinks for the event, which was gratefully accepted. The day started early for the RRT team, who arrived at the Westmead Children’s Hospital […]