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...