What does BlazeAid do?
What does BlazeAid do?
Welcome to BlazeAid – a volunteer-based organisation that works with families and individuals in rural Australia after natural disasters such as fires and floods. Working alongside the rural families, our volunteers help to rebuild fences and other structures that have been damaged or destroyed.
Who Started Blaze Aid?
Who started Blaze Aid inc? Kilmore East farmers, Kevin and Rhonda Butler, out of the ashes of Black Saturday 2009.
What helps cobargo?
How to help Cobargo
- Help the Mardens rebuild their beloved yoga studio and help the community heal.
- Shop at the Bowerbird Community Op Shop, which donates all profits back to the community.
- Visit or buy a painting from the Lazy Lizard Gallery, which exhibits local artists and crafts people.
How do I donate to blaze aid?
You can donate in one of the following four ways:
- 1/ Direct Deposit. Account Name: BlazeAid Inc.
- 2/ Cheques or Money Orders. Pease make Cheques or Money Orders payable to:
- Post To: PO Box 73.
- 3/ Credit Over the Phone.
- 4/ Paypal.
How is BlazeAid funded?
“We’ve been relying on donations coming in, plus donated money that I’ve been allocated from BlazeAid itself. We’ve put in probably close to $50,000. So this takes the weight off that. “This money means that any money that would have gone to us could go to any of the other camps that are setting up.”
Is cobargo open?
cobargo tourist information centre Opening hours: 8.30am to 4pm Saturday. 10am to 4pm Sunday to Friday.
What is the population of Cobargo?
776 people
Cobargo is a village in the south-east area of the state of New South Wales in Australia in Bega Valley Shire. At the 2016 census, Cobargo had a population of 776 people. It is 386 km south of Sydney on the Princes Highway between Narooma and Bega.
What is the population of Bega?
70,054 people
In the 2016 Census, there were 70,054 people in Bega (State Electoral Divisions). Of these 49.0% were male and 51.0% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 4.4% of the population. The median age of people in Bega (State Electoral Divisions) was 52 years.
How big is cobargo?
At the 2016 census, Cobargo had a population of 776 people. It is 386 km south of Sydney on the Princes Highway between Narooma and Bega. The town suffered heavy losses during the 2019 bushfires.
Is Bega a good place to live?
Bega is a relaxed rural community that offers a tranquil lifestyle with an old fashioned country charm where the people are real. An ideal and safe community to raise a family, Bega has rolling green pastures, stunning National Parks and is a ten minute drive from the sapphire waters of the Far South Coast.
Is tathra a good place to live?
Taking full advantage of the sweeping Tathra Beach and the fishing haven of the Bega River, housing in Tathra has been built with the environment in mind. Only 7 hours from Melbourne, 6 hours from Sydney, and 3 hours from Canberra, Tathra is ideally located and a great place to live.
What is Merimbula like to live in?
Merimbula is a great place to live. It has beautiful beaches and national parks, plus lush (after rain) rolling hills inland. The area as a whole has something for everyone, and different areas attract a different set of people, but most are city escapees looking for a more relaxed lifestyle.
How can Blazeaid help you rebuild your fence?
Working together, we can clear your fence lines and re-stand, rebuild or replace your fences in a fraction of the time that it would take you to do on your own. Many friendships are formed among volunteers and families as they work together on the fence lines.
Who is Blazeaid and what do they do?
BlazeAid is a volunteer-based organization. We assist rural families and individuals to help clear, repair or replace fences that have been lost as a result of natural disasters such as bushfires, floods or cyclones.
What can Blazeaid do for you after a fire?
BlazeAid volunteers rebuild fences after fires, floods, drought and cyclones. | BlazeAid helping communities rebuild after Natural Disasters. BlazeAid volunteers rebuild fences after fires, floods, drought and cyclones.
How to register for a Blazeaid Basecamp?
If you live in a disaster-affected area that doesn’t currently have a basecamp, and would like to enquire about having BlazeAid volunteers working in your community, please read our Establishing a Basecamp page. Register to have BlazeAid volunteers working with you. Registration is easy, and you’ll be glad you did it.