West Australians have dug deep into their pockets to help make this year’s Telethon the “best ever”, with the money raised through donations by individual members of the community soaring to an all-time high.

While major cheques from the big side of town helped reach the astonishing biggest ever total of $90.16 million — another record was broken by families at home making donations via the call centre and online.

More than 15 generous donations to the PerthNow Call Centre were $10,000 or more, with the two largest donations worth $30,000 each.

The number of donations from outside WA also hit a record high, increasingly significantly on last year, with those interstate able to watch the 26-hour broadcast on 7flix for the first time or stream it on 7plus.

Donations also rolled in from a

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