The QLD clean up started today

This morning we started our cleaning of some of the effected area's in QLD

We started the morning at Gatton and ended up at Murphy's creek help the national parks and wild life services.

This afternoon we ended up at a house in Goodna in Brisbane road.

Goodna is one of the worse hit towns in the region the town looks absolutely devastated.

You listen to people on the TV talk about the smell, the smell is really bad and there isn't

really a way to describe it.

All of people's life possession's are bundled up on the street waiting to be collected by the garbage truck

there are a lot of people helping and offering their services any way they could.

There are people walking round delivering lunch and cool drinks all day, we even had a the 

XXXX truck turn up and give us a case of beer for helping out.

The true Aussie spirit is shining through in QLD with people helping there mates.

We cleaned the inside of a house today that had no walls it was just a shell and we 

had to pressure wash the frame ready for the new gip rock.

This is one of the washed out river's at Murphy's Creek

This is all that is left of a house at Postman's Ridge only the slab

This is a house in Goodna with a garbage bin still on the roof.

This is the Brisbane River behind the house we cleaned at Goodna

Cleaning the frames and Trusses in the bare house.

Plenty of cleaning still to go.

This is the bottom floor getting cleaned by Jason

Team BSL and friends are off to QLD to help with the cleaning after the flood

Members of Team BSL are off to QLD to help in the 

cleaning after the terrible floods that have effected over 75% 

of QLD, we are leaving at 4:00am on Tuesday morning.

There are a number of people who we need to thank that made this happen

firstly BlueScope Steel for sponsoring us to go and with supplies, we where going to use the Kombi 

but due to the recent fire we are unable to use her for the week.

Next is a number of companies that donated goods to the cause.

They where :-

Micheal Edgar from Blackwoods at Unanderra

Trevor Bates and the team at BOC gas and Gear at Unanderra

Coats Hire at Port Kembla and Wollongong

Shane Lee and the team at True Blue Chemicals Port Kembla

LakeLine Butchery at Dapto

Peter Hollier and his team at Eurest Port Kembla Steel Works

Mt Kembla Village Hotel

TCR Team Cullen Racing for the use of the 4WD

These people where so great we told them what we where going to do

and they just gave us the supplies we needed to help clean some of the 

devastation in QLD,  Peoples generosity was just outstanding today it was unbelievable how 

quick we where supplied and ready to go.

We are going to use the BLOG to update daily

what we have been doing and to keep in touch with our families

Please if you like, leave us some comments over the next week while we are away.

Rebecca caught fire on the weekend and is already being repaired

Rebecca suffered a fire in the engine bay on Friday which has taken her out of action

for a few weeks. She was being used at the Illawarra folk festival and suffered we think

an electrical fire, there is damage to the motor and the paint work on the rear that will need to be

fixed, she has been in worse condition.

This fire prevented a group of Bluescope employees from taking her to Qld to help with the

Flood releif effort this coming Tuesday (tomorrow).

This is just another chapter in the Kombi book.

Here are some photo's of the damage.

 This is what we saw on Friday Night all cables damaged.

Yes the Motor is already out and getting repaired.

Some of the damaged cables.

Simon and Darren trying to work out where the fire may have started, we where very lucky it 

wasn't a fuel fire, very lucky.

No Motor in the engine bay.

This is a top View of the motor still in the car, there used to be an air box there.

Thanks to Nigel from Wollongong car Carriers for picking up the kombi and
allowing us to use his workshop to remove the motor.
Wollongong Car Carriers are again an official sponsor for 2011 Team BSL esCarpade team.

Thankyou Mt Kembla Village Hotel for becoming a 2011 esCarpade sponsor

Thankyou Mt Kembla Village Hotel for becoming an official 2011 esCarpade sponsor of Team BSL.

Mt Kembla Village Hotel will be hosting a large number of our

fundraising functions for our 2011 esCarpade team

Keep checking this web site for up and coming events the first one will be in

April.

Come and help us raise funds at the award winning Mt Kembla Village Hotel.



Thankyou Southern IML Pathology for becoming a 2011 esCarpade sponsor

Thankyou to Southern IML Pathology for becoming an official sponsor

for Team BSL in the 2011 Camp Quality esCarpade.

A huge thankyou to the people who work in SRA and Data entry for your

fund raising efforts.

Look for some photo's to be added shortly!!!!

Its that time again

Its that time again to start building up momentum and raise money for the 2011 Camp Quality esCarpade.

This year we are hoping to have our own team which will be Team BSL

consisting of our beloved 1975 VW kombi Named Rebecca and a 1988 735il BMW there is also another car on the way..

Keep checking this site for fund rasing events that we will be holding.

We are planning on having a number of social events at Mt Kembla Village Hotel.

Details and Dates will be released shortly.

We also still have our e-mail account teambsl01@gmail.com

If you would like any details or information please e-mail us.

We are aiming high this year with the hope of at least doubling what we raised in 2010.

Our Awesome Sponsors

Thankyou to all the great sponsors listed Below.

Without your support what we wouldd't have acheived what we did in such a short time.

And Bluescope Steel for allowing us to use the Car andsupporting us.

Some more Pictures of Rebecca in the Convoy

Here are some Pictures taken by Sam Thompson yesterday of Rebecca in the i98 fm camp quality convoy.

Rebecca coming down Mt Ousley.

This is at Shellharbour

If you look close you will see the Thompsons giving us a wave near Red Rooster at Shellharbour.

Thanks for the Photo's Sam & Sarah.

Rebecca's was in the i98 camp quality convoy

Rebecca was in the 2010 Camp Quality Convoy.

What a great Day there where trucks, bikes and people everywhere.

Here are some photo's and highlights of the day.

We donated more money today our total is well over $33000

If you have any more pictures of Rebecca in the convoy or out and about please send them to 

teambsl01@gmail.com

A massive thank you to Nigel, Peter and the guys who work at Wollongong Car Carriers for not only sponsoring Rebecca but for taking her in the Convoy

Rebecca on the back of the Wollongong Car Carriers Truck waiting to leave the Depot

Carly Excited, Peter getting ready for a day of  convoy action.

All 3 Wollongong Car Carriers trucks loaded and ready to move at the Cataract scout camp.

Rebecca with the treatment room Banner on the side ready for the convoy.
 The treatment room is one of our sponsors.

Carly waiting for the action to start all the trucks have started to move.

Still in the line waiting to go.

This is the people line up at Warrawong supporting the trucks on there way past.

There are massive amounts of people supporting the Convoy all waving as we went past.

Here are some of the signs on Windang Bridge.

Another

These are the trucks heading down past Shellharbour Square, this was the longest part of the trip, this strip of road nearly took a hour to get through.

Another picture different angle.

I had enough time to get out of the truck and take some pictures of the 3 Wollongong Car Carriers trucks fully loaded.

This is Sarah Thompson owner of the Treatment room getting on Board the truck for a picture.

What a fantastic day today was, it was great to see everyone out supporting Camp Quality, we have raised alot of money for Camp Quality in such a short time this year. I would like to thank all the people who helped us raising the money this year with out our sponsors and supporters we wouldn't have raised as much as we did.

AGAIN THANK YOU.

Here is Rebecca at the 2010 City to Gong ride.

Parked where the riders enter Stuart Park at North Wollongong.

Some of the riders going past on the track.

Watch out this weekend for the i98 Camp Qualty Convoy as Rebecca has a place on the back of a tow truck, I will update the blog with Photo's from this event.

Some extra stickers was gathered on our trip

There where a number of cars that entered this years esCarpade which felt the need to put their sponsor stickers on other peoples car's we also did this with we love the gong stickers here a few that we managed to pick up on the 8 days we where away.

This sticker is for the Brisbane convoy for camp quality which only get about 300 trucks, they are so impressed about the convoy we have in the Illawarra this year the Illawarra convoy has been limited to 700 trucks. Go the Illawarra!!!

This "Fixed by team OKA" sticker means that we needed the assistance of the mobile work shop every car they help gets to wear this sticker, we allowed them to put the sticker on as we really only needed to use their trolley jack.

Jims Jerky they had awsome cabbanossi you should try some.

Swim wear galore

This is the Hervey bay sticker we though most Kombi's have some of these on the car we thought we would start Rebecca's collection of towns she has been too.

Dial before you dig



This is the Illawarra Ambo's sticker.

Photo sent in by Emma

Here is a Photo from Emma via our e-mail account

teambsl01@gmail.com

This is Emma and Peter a couple of weeks before we left on the esCarpade.

Peter had the Kombi to get ready for the trip.

If anyne has pictures of the Kombi out and about we will be more then happy to put them on the blog, send them in.

Rebecca's up and coming events

Up and coming events

Hello all Rebecca will be in the City to Gong this weekend, she will also be on the back of a tow truck for this years Camp Quality Convoy to be held on the 21st of November.

If you see Rebecca out there and you take a photo of her send it to our e-mail address which is 

teambsl01@gmail.com

And we will try and publish the photo on this Blog.

Also we will update the blog when ever Rebecca is out and about promoting our fantastic sponsors, we will also use the blog to advertise up and coming fundraiser's for next years esCarpade which should kick in around early December, we will keep you posted.

Us at the finish line again "We Made It"