
Mike and Dave are taking part in Shitbox Rally 2023 Autumn!! We will be driving our shitbox from Newcastle to Townsville on some formidable outback roads via Betoota.
We fund the car, its preparation, our accommodation and all other costs associated with our entry in the rally. We are asking you to help us raise funds to enable further Cancer Research.
Box Rallies is one of the largest community led fundraising events for the Cancer Council in Australia having raised over $34 million in the last 13 years. This Rally alone is hoping to raise in excess of $2 million.
Our entry is dedicated to Pennie Zwar and Mark Dunkerton, two wonderful people who we lost too early in their lives. We hope ongoing research will help our friends who are presently facing the threat of cancer, and those close to them that feel so helpless.
We will be driving Dave's Australian built 26 year old Toyota Corolla (a "shitbox" ridiculously unsuitable for the Australian Bush...... ) along remote outback roads. We will (hopefully!) do approximately 3,500kms in 7 days.
The National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) is the primary source of funding for groundbreaking cancer research projects, but their budget only goes so far. Box Rallies is now the second highest source of funding after the NHMRC. This means that Box Rallies will fund some of the most exciting cancer research projects across the country with the highest potential to significantly impact those affected by cancer.
Funds raised by us go to the Cancer Council and we are extremely proud to be doing our part to support such a worthy charity. The fundraising is the hard part, so any donation you can give is greatly appreciated.
Please make sure to follow our progress via this page and the blog post below.
Shitbox Rally is the adventure of a lifetime challenging participants and their cars, worth no more than $1,500, on a 7 day drive across Australia to raise money for cancer research.
The rally is not a race – it’s a fun, colourful, unpredictable adventure with participants travelling at their own pace in smaller groups. Vehicles often break down but “we never leave anyone behind” and each night is spent camping beneath the stars and celebrating the day’s achievements. It all adds up to an incredible opportunity to see Australia’s vast and beautiful countryside and make lifelong friends, many brought together after experiencing cancer themselves or seeing cancer impact family and friends.
Since it’s inception the rally has been the largest fundraiser for the Cancer Council nationally.
Shitbox Rally is a dedicated fundraising event for cancer research with funds going to Cancer Council.
Cancer Council is one of the largest non-government funders of cancer research in Australia. We conduct and fund research studies across all cancers and all stages of the cancer journey.
Thanks to the community funds raised such as Shitbox Rally we can fund world-class research that reduces the impact of cancer for everyone.
$50 million over the past 15 years has been raised by Box Rallies to date, supporting ground-breaking projects such as:
These projects wouldn’t be possible without your support.
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