Joan and George Harriman RFDS Local Hero finalists
Organisers Reedybrook Ashes
George and Joan Harriman have been running the Reedybrook Ashes on their property for the past 35 years, raising thousands of dollars for the Royal Flying Doctor Service.
George and Joan are the True Blue Australians that have raised an incredible amount of money for the Royal Flying Doctors and charities in the Charters Towers Regional Shire, with the Legendry Reedybrook Ashes.
RFDS Local Hero finalists - Joan and George Harriman
Local Hero Award Winner – Joan and George Harriman (Cairns Region)
They have now been recognised for their contribution for the running the Reedybrook Ashes on their property for the past 35 years, raising thousands of dollars for the Royal Flying Doctor Service.
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George and Joan have really seen it all Joan recalls the time Cyclone Yasi hit Reedybrook.
The property suffered extensive damage to fencing, windmills, tanks and yards. Joan Harriman said it will take months to repair the fences before they can start to muster and assess cattle losses. “The whole area has lost 50% of the ironbark trees plus a percentage of the after timber”, Joan said. Fortunately all of the homes in the area were spared but some experienced minor damage and lost shed roofs. Joan said many of their paddocks were inaccessible due to fallen timber and will need bulldozers to clear pathways for the cattle to come through.
We did feel like the “forgotten people”, Joan said, as whole area had no communications and no one come inland to check on the properties. “We were completely isolated, it took 3 days to clear the fallen trees from the road”, Joan said.
Cyclone Yasi hit Reedybrook
At the 25th anniversary of the Ashes they had special shirts made and a celebration book and raised $52,000 profit to top the anniversary off.
The contribution both George and Joan have gave to the local community has been tremendous the time when two well-known friends Kerry Fennamore and RDF Manager for Cairns Mike Lacey organised Greenvale to have a Defibrillator after the death of a local identity money was raised from the Reedybrook ashes.
George is a Life member of the Australian Brahman Breeders Association and he has also entered cattle in the Fat section of the Cairns show for the past 57 years.
