Kind Regards

by Mark Mordue | Sep 17, 2021

So how are things going, Rosanna? Is there a new philosophy or vision emerging beneath everything happening now? Big questions. Maybe they don’t have an answer.Rosanna is slow and quiet, at first, in response. It’s mid-afternoon in Marrickville for the CEO of the...

Grains of Rice

by Mark Mordue | Sep 14, 2021

Addi Road Food Relief Hub is in full swing. Up on what used to be the stage of our now converted Gumbramorra Hall, a group of people are scooping rice into 600gm bags.   The woman who seems to be in charge of the rice brigade calls out, “We just hit 500!”   “Only...

Who Was That Masked Man?

by Mark Mordue | Aug 19, 2021

Matthew is a volunteer here at Addi Road’s Food Relief Hub. He’s been working with us now for a year and a half, right from when “the whole COVID thing” first started to have an impact on Sydney back in March 2020. He takes a generous view of why he has kept returning...

Here Comes the Night

by Mark Mordue | Aug 11, 2021

Another end of day, only a trace of last bird call to see us into the evening. This place is a home to a lot of people, and a backstop to many more.   Right now, Addi Road is serving as a linchpin between the larger food relief organisations and a plethora of civil...

Control of the Game

by Mark Mordue | Aug 5, 2021

The playlist in the hall rocks along to Johnny Cash’s ‘Ring of Fire’ and Creedence Clearwater Revival’s ‘Down on the Corner’.  Someone must like their old classics. Volunteers packing hampers inside the Addi Road Food Relief Hub pick up on the musical tempo. They’re...