Orange Sky Laundry offers free washing service for Sydney's homeless

By Rachel Browne
Updated November 12 2015 - 10:13am, first published November 7 2015 - 1:47am
Homeless man Pete de Graaf welcomes the opportunity to regularly washes his clothes for free. Photo: Brendan Esposito
Homeless man Pete de Graaf welcomes the opportunity to regularly washes his clothes for free. Photo: Brendan Esposito
Brisbane friends Lucas Patchett (left) and Nicholas Marchesi are helping the homeless was their clothes via a van fitted out with a washing machine and dryer. Photo: Brendan Esposito
Brisbane friends Lucas Patchett (left) and Nicholas Marchesi are helping the homeless was their clothes via a van fitted out with a washing machine and dryer. Photo: Brendan Esposito
Theo Smith washes his clothes in the back of the van for free.  Photo: Brendan Esposito
Theo Smith washes his clothes in the back of the van for free. Photo: Brendan Esposito
Homeless man Pete de Graaf welcomes the opportunity to regularly washes his clothes for free. Photo: Brendan Esposito
Homeless man Pete de Graaf welcomes the opportunity to regularly washes his clothes for free. Photo: Brendan Esposito
Brisbane friends Lucas Patchett (left) and Nicholas Marchesi are helping the homeless was their clothes via a van fitted out with a washing machine and dryer. Photo: Brendan Esposito
Brisbane friends Lucas Patchett (left) and Nicholas Marchesi are helping the homeless was their clothes via a van fitted out with a washing machine and dryer. Photo: Brendan Esposito
Theo Smith washes his clothes in the back of the van for free. Photo: Brendan Esposito
Theo Smith washes his clothes in the back of the van for free. Photo: Brendan Esposito

Theo Smith's home for the past year has been a tent in a Woolloomooloo park and in that time he's made a few improvements, using a solar generator to run a small fridge-freezer, a kettle and a 32-inch TV.

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