charity car rally australia

Thinking of a charity car rally in Australia? You’re spoiled for dusty choices: Shitbox Rally (for Cancer Council), Variety Bash (for Variety – the Children’s Charity), Mystery Box Rally and more, all mixing outback tracks with fancy dress and fundraising.

Expect to source a cheap, road-legal runabout, hit a minimum fundraising target (often several thousand dollars), and spend a week or two bouncing between remote towns under the watchful gaze of a very patient service crew.

Prep the car with fresh cooling system bits, decent tyres, a proper spare (or two), and a sense of humour big enough to tow a road train.

Hunting the perfect $1,500-ish nugget? Tradingpost is a happy hunting ground for old Falcons, Commodores and Camrys that refuse to die.

Check each event’s current rules and itinerary—they change by year, and your costume will be judged almost as harshly as your sump guard.