DRENCHING rain could not deter a dedicated band of locals from pounding the pavement to help raise more than $28,000 – another record-breaking effort – for this year’s Royal Children’s Hospital Good Friday Appeal.

Despite more than 24 millimetres of rain hitting the town overnight and the heavens well and truly open at 9am on Friday, the volunteer ‘tin rattle team’ turned up at Island Park for the annual appeal door knock.