Volunteers from way out west visit Mountains

By Damien Madigan
July 23 2014 - 12:00am
Competition winners Simon Thuijs and Matt Norman, above at Winmalee Rural Fire Service Brigade on Sunday.
Competition winners Simon Thuijs and Matt Norman, above at Winmalee Rural Fire Service Brigade on Sunday.
Matt Norman and Simon Thuijs listen to Red Cross volunteers at Winmmalee on Sunday.
Matt Norman and Simon Thuijs listen to Red Cross volunteers at Winmmalee on Sunday.

Matt Norman and Simon Thuijs were on the other side of the country when the Blue Mountains bushfires struck last October but the spirit of volunteering that defined the response to the disaster brought them to Winmalee on Sunday.

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