LORD Howe Island resident Neil de Rusett has again issued the call for the Tacking Point Lions Club to send him their famous Christmas cakes.
So on Monday morning, 1 December, club members delivered 20 cakes to Birdon’s Island Trader wharf on the Hastings River.
The cakes were sailed to the island to become Christmas gifts.
The Island Trader makes a fortnightly supply run to Lord Howe Island, which is approximately 600kms east of Port Macquarie.
“One cake, together with some of my wife’s homemade rum balls, will return to the Island Trader as a gift for the crew,” Neil said.
Tacking Point Lions President Max Carrick said, “The request and the supply was a rather poignant reminder of how heavily Pacific Island residents rely on regular supply ships.”
According to the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) there are 445 permanent residents of Lord Howe Island, and fewer than 400 tourists are allowed to visit at any one time.
In the Hastings, it is much easier to buy a Christmas cake.
To find Tacking Point Lions Club cakes and puddings go to facebook.com/tackingpointlions.
By Pauline CAIN
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