Blue Mountains Life

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w hile many of us prefer to spend our weekends at home, relaxing with friends and family, Graeme Hutchinson of KRE (Metal and More) in Windsor, chooses to spend his spare time at Cowra Airport in his aircraft hangar, with a bunch of kids who’ve hit on hard times. The East Kurrajong resident founded Cowra Break Away - an all-expense-paid family holiday style weekend away for underprivileged kids and their carers - 8 years ago.

“I do it because I want to give back to other people,” Graeme says of the program which has been running since 2000 and works with care organisations approved by FACs such as Barnardo’s

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