Support worker Fiona Betzien felt compelled to set up a gofundme page for long time Noosa resident Robert (Bobby) Aitken after seeing a Facebook post that he wanted to swap his car for a campervan that he can live in once his wife goes into a nursing home and to visit her.
Bobby won’t be able to afford to rent by himself on a pension when this happens.
Eighty year old Bobby who is “not one for taking donations” has been overwhelmed by Fiona’s action and “lost for words and eternally grateful for the amount of support this fund raiser has received”.
Bobby has been an integral part of the Noosa Community for more than 63 years.
“He first visited Noosa in 1961 and fell in love with the area and the great surf. He moved to Noosa in 1962 and has lived there ever since,” Fiona writes on her page.
“He has had over 100 jobs including working at the Beach House Guesthouse, managing Tingirana Motel, the Woods Caravan Park and Munna Point Campground, shaping surfboards with Trevor Hewston, fishing with the Massouds, dredging Hays Inlet to create Noosa Sound, running the riding school at Hoffman’s Ranch, and driving the school bus. He has been involved in competitive surfing and boardriding clubs and is a devoted longboarder. For a number of years, he was involved with the Noosa Coastguard. Over a period of 60 years, Bobby has made friends with and met a wide range of local characters. He has been involved in youthful high jinks, suffered tragic events, and witnessed some unexplainable phenomena.”
To view Fiona’s gofundme page visit gofundme.com/f/help-bobby-purchase-a-camper-or-van
