An event which has raised more than a million dollars for the Royal Flying Doctor Service is back on track after being a casualty of COVID in 2020.
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The Rotary Club of Dubbo South is calling for registrations for Destination Outback.
Club member and event director George Richmond is confident it will be popular in 2021.
"Travel opportunities were denied to many people over the last 12 months so we expect the maximum of 50 entries will be taken up very quickly," he said.
"I look forward to another exciting event and I encourage people to act quickly to avoid disappointment."
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The event will start with registration at Wahroonga Park on Saturday, August 7, after which participants will make their own way to Tooraweenah.
"From there drivers and their passengers will be taken on an adventure through the outer reaches of NSW before ending up at Ivanhoe a week later," Mr Richmond said.
The club is asking people interested in taking part in the 2021 event to visit www.destinationoutback.com.au and "click on the register link".
Meanwhile, the club has drawn on its financial "reserves" after COVID limited its fundraising efforts in 2020 to give $20,000 to LeaderLife in support of Soil2Soul, a social enterprise work-readiness initiative.
Founder of LeaderLife Joh Leader said the money would help employ a social enterprise supervisor who would see to "further training, mentoring and supervising" of young people across a range of programs.
Club president Damien Mahon said it was pleased to help.
"When we see the exceptional work of organisations like LeaderLife in the community, it makes the entire club proud of the work that we do and the fact that we can help other organisations in some small way," he said.
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