A colourful, eye-catching tractor made its way down Dandaloo Street yesterday as Ken Tuckey and his wife Joyce drove into town.
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The pair is renowned in the Central West for its charity fundraising efforts over the years.
The colourful tractor is the latest charity venture as the couple aims to raise $50,000 for CareFlight, Westpac Life Saving Helicopter and Kids Cancer Research Trust.
The Tuckeys, orginally from Coolah, are on their way to Dubbo for the last 500 kilometres of their first leg from Coolah to Mount Surprise in Queensland and back.
"We're doing 25,000 kilometres around Australia in a Sonlika Indian tractor," Mr Tuckey said.
"It was donated from Dr David Morris of Boorowa Developing."
Dr Morris isn't the only one who has donated to the charitable couple.
Businesses from the trip have donated fridges, household items and food goods to keep them going.
The trailer they pull is completely self-sufficent.
"By the time we get to Coolah I'll have done 10,500 kilometres," Mr Tuckey said.
"I've raised around $16,000 so far and driven for 350 hours."
It's not just charity donations Mr Tuckey is looking for.
"I need a crew. Either two women or a male and a female, but they have to be on the ball, clean and respectable."
The couple has been away since May 2 and will return home on Friday.
"I start again at Henty Field Days in September. I've been asked to go down there and speak," he said.
This isn't the first time Mr Tuckey has been through Narromine as he's passed through for other charity expeditions.
"This is the fourth time I've been through Narromine, I've been through with camels and quad bike rides, I've walked all around Australia," he said.
"I walked 16,000 kilometres with the camels. But I've thought of doing a tractor trek for a while."
Mr Tuckey's reasoning behind the fundraising is simple.
"I believe God has given me time to do what he wants me to do," he said.
Seventy-six-year-old Mr Tuckey and his wife have retired. Previously Mr Tuckey has been a house painter, a truck driver, a warder at Long Bay prison and a councillor in the Coolah Shire.
Mr Tuckey believes his brightly coloured tractor and the camels have made the biggest impression.
After their break the Tuckeys ventures will continue into southern NSW, Victoria, South Australia, Western Australia and back to Boorowa. Mr Tuckey made a point of thanking Ruth Simmons from Optical Options for her support.
The Tuckeys will be at Tyre Right in Dubbo this morning at 10am.
