Aussie Hay Runners, established in 2019, whilst being a nationwide effort, sources almost all of its drivers from across Victoria, demonstrating the community and care that keeps regional Victorian communities together in difficult times like these. The organisation’s fleet of 74 semi-trucks drops off haybales to farmers in need. A single truck can carry 34 rounds of hay to the farms they deliver to. The organisation also has three depot sites across the state when fires restrict access, and a fleet of 50 utes known affectionately as the ‘Cute-ute boys,’ deployed to go where trucks cannot. Donations from communities and subsidies from the NSW and SA governments fuel all the hay they supply to our farmers. Like so many teams on the ground supporting impacted communities right now, Aussie Hay Runners has been sustained since its inception by a team of volunteers.
