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Subscriber only The Westpac Rescue Helicopter Service will be able to take to the skies more easily thanks to new maintenance equipment. The Lismore base has received two custom-built stands to help its engineers do daily maintenance and pre-flight safety checks of the familiar yellow and red Augusta Westland AW 139 chopper. Lismore MP Janelle Saffin visited the service s South Lismore headquarters this week to see how senior base engineer Darryl Stevens and his team of three engineers were putting the work stands to good use. Ms Saffin said these stands - one for the helicopter tail platform and another crossover stand for the cockpit area - were funded by a $10,249 small grant under the NSW Government s Community Building Partnership Program 2020, one which she was very pleased to be able to help deliver.
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Subscriber only THE popular Outdoor Leisure Show, which is run by the Westpac Rescue Helicopter Service as its main fundraising event, will not go ahead this year. This is the second year in a row the event has been cancelled. Last year s event was cancelled because of the COVID-19 pandemic, but there were plans to bring it back for 2021 at the Bangalow Showgrounds. The Outdoor Leisure Show usually has more than 100 exhibitors and manufacturers from all over Australia. It was the largest event of its kind in regional NSW. However the service s regional marketing manager, Zeke Huish, said a difficult decision had to be made.
public relations professional, Meg Purser.
Meg built up the successful Purser Corporate Communications business, founded by her father Bob – representing many high end clients in the city.
She was remembered for her charitable and behind the scenes work for organisations such as the Westpac Rescue Helicopter Service, Hunter Breast Screen and Got Your Back Sister.
Ms Purser died last week, after an 18-month battle with breast cancer – she was 53.
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