By JOHN VAN KLAVEREN
A GEELONG fire fighter has been the driving force behind a $1.2 million fundraising calendar to be published in Victoria for the first time.
The fire fighters calendar has proven enormously popular in New South Wales and Queensland for more than 20 years.
Avalon Airport fire fighter Luke Wood will feature in the 2015 calendar, set for release later this year.
“I’m confident it’ll do well – there’s been a lot of interest in it,” Mr Wood said.
“I actually applied to be in the northern calendar twice and got knocked back because I was from Victoria and there wasn’t enough southern interest, so I thought we’d better generate some interest and started making a few calls and getting Victorian firies involved.”
Mr Wood’s interest in body building and personal training stood him in good stead for the photo shoot, held in Queensland last week.
“We got some pretty hot shots. The photography set was actually a shed set alight as the background, so we were fire fighters as well as models,” he laughed.
All proceeds from the sale of the calendar go to the Melbourne Burns Unit at Royal Children’s Hospital and sending a team to the world fire fighting games.
