Thursday,
2 October 2025
Volunteer veteran watches Parkes SES enter new era

NSW SES volunteer Allan Draper remembers a time when they were self-funded, built their own equipment and had next to no training.

"We made more lamingtons than we trained," he recalled.

Now the 81-year-old is about to witness a new chapter for the local organisation he's been so passionate about for 42 years and he's thrilled.

That is, to see the construction of a new $4.8 million purpose-built Park...

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