by DRA | May 25, 2021 | Member Reflections, Operation Elliot Reflections, Operations, Veteran Reflection
A mate put me onto DRA, I have been looking for something different. I’m retired and spend a lot of time staying fit and traveling looking for something different. Now I have time to help other people. In the past I have been a bit selfish when I was always...
by DRA | May 13, 2021 | Community Stories, News, Operation Elliot News, Operation Elliot Reflections
Peta Pinson is the first woman elected to the role of Mayor in the region of Port Macquarie-Hastings, NSW. For her first term in office, she has witnessed two fires, an ongoing pandemic and is now overseeing the recovery of her community after the devastating...
by DRA | May 8, 2021 | Community Stories, Operation Elliot Reflections
The NSW floods have been a total disaster for us. We are usually up at 3am each day doing the milking and then we milk again later in the day. It is so exhausting keeping things going when you live on a farm. We don’t get weekends and holidays, the work is constant....
by DRA | May 7, 2021 | Member Reflections, Operation Elliot Reflections
I first heard about DRA through a member that I met whilst doing some work with St John. She sold it to me as something that made a difference with a good group of people so I thought it was worth a try. Over the last couple of years I have done quite a few things...
by DRA | May 4, 2021 | Member Reflections, Operation Elliot Reflections, Veteran Reflection
I first heard about DRA 3 years ago. Dean West and I worked together in the 5th/7th Battalion at Holsworthy in the 90’s. Opportunities for me at work had all but dried up and coincidentally I saw through Facebook that Westy was in the Virgin Islands, building a school...
by DRA | Apr 27, 2021 | Member Reflections, Operation Elliot Reflections
In my normal life I work as a security consultant. I currently work for myself as a private contractor and cover all parts of security, mainly in sport. Prior to that I was in the Police Force. I heard about DRA while I was working at Invictus Games. It seemed...
