Camp Quality Convoy rolls to new record

By Angela Thompson
Updated November 6 2012 - 2:45am, first published November 20 2011 - 10:53am
Camp Quality Convoy rolls to new record
Camp Quality Convoy rolls to new record

They shattered yesterday's quiet and clogged roads, but could do no wrong in the eyes of the hundreds of roadside spectators who gathered to spur them on.The Camp Quality Convoy rolled through the Illawarra yesterday with 720 trucks and 700 motorbikes - a riot of chrome, streamers, flags and stuffed animals on the ride of their lives.Many rigs carried children given licence to honk the horns: none was shy.The annual i98FM event ended at Croome Rd Sporting Complex under a heady scent of fried onions, garlic prawns and sunscreen.

  • Convoy photo galleryCamp Quality area manager Anne Tanks praised the new record $426,000 raised from the event so far, including $66,000 from Illawarra Truck Repairs and Spares, for leading honours, but added: "It doesn't matter if they're just being there, smiling, being happy; or giving over $66,000. Everybody is giving in their own way".After seven years organising the event, breakfast host Marty Haynes was still touched by one child's story in particular this year.Barrack Heights teen Keely Payne usually rides in one of trucks but was too sick this year. Haynes spotted her watching from the sidelines in Shellharbour."We just pulled the truck up in the middle of the road to give her a hug. That brought a tear to my eye," he said.
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