As with many small towns & even large ones, the lack of people willing to help their community dries up eventually - especially if some get lumbered with it "forever."

If the Brook family & a couple of others were to pull out of Birdsville, there could be a similar issue with the races, Big Red Bash, etc.

And in our bird club in Townsville there are some people who don't get on with others, hold grudges - why they can't let bygones be bygones, I have no idea! We only live for a short time.