When the rain came through before the Easter break, it stopped work on the detour road over the Wilton River and cut-off large truck access to the Roper Highway, preventing us from getting a food delivery in via our barge. As a result, the store has run out of food. This is on top of running out of Unloaded Opal fuel two weeks ago as well – the fuel our barge runs on.

Thankfully today, that’s changed. A barge has come in from Darwin delivering fuel for the Power Station. They’ve also delivered a truck of Unleaded Fuel as well. This means we can get our local barge up and running again and deliver food into the community over the coming days.

Special thanks goes to Veronica of the Roper Bar Store for assisting us with fuel and engine repairs for our barge.