General News
10 March, 2024
Your chance to support Cancer Council
WITH the 2024 ‘Shitbox Rally’ fast approaching, two local entrants are calling on the community to help them raise their $15,000 target for the Cancer Council.
Warrnambool mates Stan McCullagh and Greg Bos will drive their 2007 Toyota Camry from Adelaide to Perth next month across some of the toughest roads in the land.
They will join an anticipated “cast of hundreds” for the rally, which raises much-needed funds for Cancer Council.
To date they have raised around $13,000 but are hoping the community will support their last raffle to get them to their target.
“We’re currently selling raffle tickets in Koroit Street each Saturday morning and they are also available at the George Taylor’s stores,” Stan said.
“We have been extremely well supported by some very generous local businesses who have not only bought tickets but provided some wonderful raffle prizes, for which we’re very grateful.
“The raffle will be drawn on Saturday, March 23 so we’re hoping we can sell quite a few more tickets before then.”
The Shitbox Rally is not a race. It’s a challenge to drive cars worth no more than $1,500 and this year it will start in Adelaide.
Participants will take three days to travel the Oodnadatta Track to Uluru, past Kata Tjuta and towards the Gibson Desert for the journey down the Great Central Road to the southwest and their final destination, Perth.
The route has several unsealed roads and includes a stretch of over 1,000 kilometres where participants won’t have access to fuel.
“Hopefully our car holds together long enough to get us to the end,” Greg said.
“We’re looking forward to meeting some amazing people, going past some equally amazing landmarks, all the while raising important funds for Cancer Council.”
