Many Make Us One

by Mark Mordue | Feb 11, 2022

Addi Road depends on its volunteers. Each one makes up the many, and the many come together to make us one.   Working in shifts, they naturally forge close friendships and unique teams that have their own personality and working style.   Without them we could not run...

The Soft Machine

by Mark Mordue | Dec 16, 2021

Thursday morning at Addi Road’s #HampersofHope and our packing logistics and volunteer numbers have been affected by concerns around rising covid infections in Sydney in the wake of OMICRON. Bondi Sunset Music set up a bluesy jazzy groove with Craig Foster guesting on...

All for One and One for All

by Mark Mordue | Dec 9, 2021

Morning tea for all our volunteers. Of course, it is pelting down raining again. So, the annual event is held under cover, appropriately enough inside our Gumbramorra Hall, better-known these days for having been converted into the Addi Road Food Relief Hub. The...

Jack and the Reindeer: A Xmas Story

by Mark Mordue | Nov 23, 2021

Annerie calls out, “Come and have a look at this!”   At first it is hard to figure out what the heck is going on. A gentleman by the name of Jack appears to be presenting Annerie with some type of psychedelic bouquet, a treasure-and-trash flower that is bursting out...

Hit the Road

by Mark Mordue | Oct 1, 2021

If you have ever played that woodblock puzzle game Jenga, you will have some idea of how tight and delicate a fit it can be stacking a semi-trailer full to the brim with pallets. So much space and, right down the centimetre, just enough room to get it done well. The...