Mayor Peter Petty said the end of the queue met him at Sexton and Green, but ultimately he thinks only a handful of vehicles left empty and he didn’t hear any derogatory comments.

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There were no more donated small bales but one from the second shipment of 40 large bales of rhodes grass along with a dry lick block were loaded onto each vehicle, and many drivers stuck around for the free breakfast courtesy of the Salvation Army.

MP Thomas George spent an hour-and-a-half, chatting with the farmers to get a first-hand account of conditions. The former stock and station agent is well-acquainted with the challenges of life on the land, and is continuing to investigate more opportunities to relieve the feed shortage in the west of his electorate.