This week’s Good Deed goes to the local fire service team who came to the rescue of a car that got stuck on its own driveway. The driveway in question is made of pebblecrete, a notoriously slippery material when wet, and in this weather it's no wonder the car couldn’t keep a grip.
Using bricks and rocks to stop the ute form sliding further, the fire team managed to haul the four-door ute back into alignment on the driveway. It had slid so far down sideways that it was dangerously close to going through the fence and into the lower gardens. It was very confronting when Sindy, one of the owners of the car, came home and found her car like that.
“I honestly don't know what we would have done without their assistance. RAC did not want to know and just drove away.” Sindy said on her Facebook post about the incident.
The ute was almost horizontal across the drive, unable to keep traction on the slippery and steep driveway. If your home has a pebblecrete driveway, make sure to gurney it when you can to avoid algae and mould buildup, this is what can cause the slippery surface.
Thank you to Rees the Station Officer for supervising, Blair and Gus for operating the winch and Chris for building up the rock supports, you all played a pivotal role in the rescue and the owners can’t thank you enough.
Gus, Rees and Chris working to support the ute with Blair off-camera by the winch. Photo Sourced: Sindy Dowden’s Facebook
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