The central west and north-west of NSW became a pit stop for truck drivers making their way to Ilfracombe in Queensland to help drought stricken farmers.
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As part of the latest Burrumbuttock Hay Run, which will arrive at Ilfracombe on Friday, Moruya resident Bruce Reid and his team made a few important stops along the way.
They travelled through Parkes on Wednesday, made a quick stop at Dubbo on Thursday morning to pick up a dolly road train from Rod Pilon Transport and met up with the other convoy of trucks at Bourke later that afternoon to reach their final destination in Queensland.
This was the first time Bruce Reid had been a part of the record breaking hay run, which he described as 'pretty amazing'.
He, along with his son Denny Reid, and Dan Piggott, Ben Hill, Shane Roche and Elle Dubbelaar, drove three trucks to transport about 300 bales of hay.
"It's just mind blowing," he said of being a part of the hay run.
When Fairfax Media spoke to Mr Reid on Wednesday, he had just begun his voyage.
"It's been a good trip so far, we left home this morning at 4am," he said.
He said he was humbled by all of the support, including the Rotary Club of Parkes who cooked a barbecue and to Rod Pilon for the generous support of the road train dolly.
Earlier this year Mr Reid and his team raised more than $29,000 for the fuel needed for the trucks in the latest Burrumbuttock Hay Run.
"That money was raised for the overall fund," he said.
"So that every truck on this hay run received the same amount of fuel."
