Driver Reviver - Ormeau Fair and Ormeau Lions

Driver Reviver

Ormeau Lions Club - Increasing Safety On Our Australian Roads

Driver Reviver and our local Ormeau Volunteers

The Driver Reviver is such an important part of Australia's history and every single family in Australia that has been on a road trip will understand the value of this great rest spot. Many lives have been saved as a result of the great volunteer work enabling people to get home safe on those long trips.

At the Ormeau Lions club we provide a beautiful rest spot and some great conversation to ensure every family that stops by gets home safely. The slogan 'Stop, Revive, Survive' is entrenched in all our minds and the importance of resting every 2 hours cannot be overstated.

Here is a recent picture taken from our driver reviver stand.

Here is what they had to say about the friendly service...

Dear Ann & Ken

Please find below the two photos I took of you both with my son and French niece on our road trip south from the Sunshine Coast to Canberra.

Thank you so much for your welcome and friendliness to us when we stopped. My son's first comment as we pulled in was "Why are we stopping here when we can go to a roadhouse?" My response to him was well and truly affirmed by the wonderful way you treated us.

I said to him that apart from it being time to stop to have a stretch after the stress of the motorway and not wanting to hold out for when the next service station appeared, I wanted Raphi to have the cultural experience of our friendly Aussie Driver Reviver stops and to understand the importance of them to travellers in keeping down our road toll. (Raphaelle is with us for 9 months as a student exchange scholar at our local Canberra college).

You didn't let us down!! The cuppas were great; you were so very friendly and I really enjoyed our chat and especially the hints about developing a school market garden re: the example. of Pimpama State School.

Thank you for your time looking after us and volunteering for such a worthwhile community cause. You and Ormeau Lions need to be well and truly congratulated for the terrific job you do! All the best.

Lee Chapuis - Ormeau

Great volunteering and friendly work guys.