COMMENT: Peel region's kindness shines in tough time for nation

In unfortunate circumstances, when your fellow man is completely down on their luck, that's when you're going to see people throw out their hands in support.

That's been the case across the entirety of Australia these past few months, and to see it happening here in our Peel region is both encouraging and heartwarming.

The bushfires that have swept across our nation have torn down homes, incinerated forests and even claimed lives, but in the wake of the devastation, the kindness of the Australian people has shone through.

This rings particularly true in our community.

Over the past fortnight the Mandurah Mail has been inundated with reports of fundraising efforts, as detailed in our two-page spread last week and on page four of today's edition.

We've seen the Madora Bay community come out in droves to provide supplies to firefighters on the front line, and we're seeing the Peel Zoo drumming up donations to raise funds for wildlife rescue centres.

There's a bunch of other examples I could give you to show how deep the Peel region is digging to help out our neighbouring communities, but you get the picture.

It's these acts of kindness that highlight just how great the city we live in can be.

Nobody is forcing these people to go out of their way and spearhead these fundraising drives, they simply do it on the back of their own generosity, fueled with a desire to do good.

And even if their contribution seems just a drop in the ocean, it's worth all the praise in the world.

Justin Rake is a journalist at the Mandurah Mail