Goal $6,000
Fundraising for Cancer Council
Cancer Council
Shitbox Rally Autumn 2024
$6,734
Raised
112%
Our Story …

Gus and Lucia are pleased to announce that they are taking part in S#*tbox Rally, Autumn 2024! This year, all the teams are driving their S#*tbox old cars from Adelaide to Perth through the centre of Australia!!


Let's face it we all have someone close who has got the S#*t end of the stick with the big C. S#*tbox Rally is the largest community lead fundraiser for Cancer Council in Australia and is now in its 14th year. The 2024 rally target set at $2,000,000 plus!!! We need your help!


With a Budget of $1500 for a registered bucket of bolts, we knew our choice for cars was going to be limited. Not wanting to make it easy for ourselves we picked up this sweet 1985 NISSAN EXA TURBO!!! we are talking cutting edge sequential injection all run by a 1985 computer. this car has been run into the ground by its long list of previous owners with almost 400,000 kms on the clock. What could go wrong??


These funds go to 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 size donation you can give is greatly appreciated. Please make sure to follow our progress via this page and the blog post below.

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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.

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Mick Ryan gave $100.00.
This will be an awesome trip and a great cause👏
10 months ago
Off to a good start!! thanks mate
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Andrew Glover gave $100.00.
Good luck team, enjoy the desert.
10 months ago
Thank you Globsy!
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Anonymous gave $200.00.
Good luck and have fun guys.
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Sean Galbraith gave $100.00.
Get it done.
10 months ago
Legend Sean!! thanks for the support
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Anonymous gave $100.00.
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Richard Smith gave $100.00.
Good luck shit boxers
10 months ago
Thanks mate!! hope to have some epic stories from this one.
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John Maccormack gave $50.00.
Best of luck mate
10 months ago
Bloody legend !!! owe you a beer
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Adam Dobson gave $100.00.
Good luck 🤞
10 months ago
Thanks for your donation Dobo! :)
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Alex Doumis gave $100.00.
Goodluck 🤗
10 months ago
Thanks!!! your the best!!! :)
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Dave Summers gave $200.00.
Good luck guys, 3885km, get a comfortable Shitbox!!!
10 months ago
Cheers mate, your an inspiration!!
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Anthony Damian gave $120.00.
An extra $20 for a set of taxi cab beads, you’ll both need em
10 months ago
Is that for prayer beads of the rear-view mirror or those lovely, beaded seat covers you used to see in every old Volvo? Thanks heaps mate!
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Stuart Fitzmaurice gave $50.00.
Good luck
10 months ago
Cheers mate, appreciate it, ill shout you a few home brews at the workshop!
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Dan Carew-Gibson gave $100.00.
Awesome work guys. Great cause and I’m sure it will be quite the adventure. Good luck!!
10 months ago
Legend thanks Mate, I'm sure well have a few laughs and there will be some stories after/ if we make it.
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Jason Bindon gave $100.00.
Goodluck in the shitbox rally Gus and Lucia. Have fun, it will be awesome!
10 months ago
Cheers Bindo, much appreciated!
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Chris Hanlon gave $50.00.
Just keep all the rods in the block ehh. Good luck.
10 months ago
HAHA, you know me mate, no promises on the rods. Ill try my best. Thanks for the generosity.
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Tony Cooke gave $100.00.
Not sure if you will find a Hemi powered Shitbox for your Quest !!! All the Best from Tassie. Cookey & Kath
10 months ago
Hemi is way out of our budget !! but we all know that would have been a crowd pleaser. Perhaps we can deck the 80's hatch back up as a superbird in Petty blue???
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Jamie Lewin gave $80.00.
Best of luck mate hope it goes well, best of luck to you both
10 months ago
Thanks Jim Jam ! legend
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Pete Rautenbach gave $100.00.
Nice work Gus and Lucia!
10 months ago
Cheers Pete, good to be doing something for a worthy charity and have a laugh
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Michael Haynes gave $200.00.
Good luck
10 months ago
Thank you mate,
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Paul Baruffi gave $100.00.
Great job Spanners. Enjoy the journey.
10 months ago
Thanks Baruffi, very generous and appreciated.
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Tristan Rees gave $100.00.
Good luck gents, be sensible and keep it sideways ;P
10 months ago
It is a rally, well do our best. Thanks mate!
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Anonymous gave $111.00.
I'll see if I can get some P/L for your fuel tanks!!!!
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Todd Jordan gave $100.00.
Give them hell in Terraplane #2
10 months ago
I doubt well have the HP in this car, so lead to believe if you don't slow down for the corners you can make up some good ground. Cheers and thankyou mate
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Anonymous gave $50.00.
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Ian wood gave $200.00.
10 months ago
Legend mate!!, thank you so much. need to swing by and test out some of those jet engines in your shed. Cheers
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Wayne Smith gave $100.00.
Good luck, sounds like fun, for a great cause. We’d love to do it!
10 months ago
Thanks Mate!! See you at speed week!!
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Offshore Essentials gave $50.00.
10 months ago
Cheers, great to have you onboard!!
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Hasthricka Abeywardene gave $50.00.
Good luck guys! Will be great fun
10 months ago
Thanks Has, appreciate the support. Beers soon !!
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Anonymous gave $100.00.
Have fun!! WR
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Dean Clark gave $100.00.
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Onya Clarky!!
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Sam McLennan gave $100.00.
10 months ago
Hey Sam!! thanks heaps mate. Your support is appreciated.
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Astand.com.au gave $500.00.
Good luck, stay safe and have fun
10 months ago
Thanks David, we appreciate the support to the cause. Catch up soon, cheers.
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Arthur Adamos gave $50.00.
Heh Gus , if u need a cook to tag along 😀
8 months ago
Thanks heaps Putt! Should be a blast. And if we had room for a cook in our 2 door Nissan we would bring ya along. Cheers mate 👍
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Benjamin Craker gave $100.00.
Looks like so much fun!
8 months ago
Thanks mate, im sure it will be fun and a challenge with our 1985 Nissan EXA!!
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Luke Robilliard gave $50.00.
8 months ago
Hey mate!!! Thanks so much for chipping in, cheers! 🍻 👏 ✌️
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Justin Fountain gave $100.00.
Good on you guys 👌
8 months ago
Legend, thanks Justin. I thi k we have our car now. 1985 NIssan EXA Turbo!!! 🔥😎🔥
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Tim Mars gave $50.00.
Good luck
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<p>Yep, I think we have a shitbox. 1985 Nissan EXA!! Turbo EFI what could go wrong?? </p>
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Mark Antcliff gave $50.00.
May your shitbox live long and strong.....
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Kevin Campbell gave $7.63.
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Brett Reid gave $100.00.
Good Luck, you're going to need it! Have Fun..
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Kevin Campbell gave $3.29.
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Josh Stock gave $50.00.
Good luck!
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Brad Proctor gave $100.00.
Good luck with the drive. Sounds like good fun!
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Dylan St Jack gave $50.00.
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Mark Polkinghorne gave $100.00.
Good Luck!
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Brian McCaffery gave $100.00.
All the best Gus, what a great challenge, exciting times ahead. Don't forgot your PDT :-)
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sam macdonald gave $50.00.
Good luck team, hopefully you make it!!!!!
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Tony Drake-Brockman gave $100.00.
Safe travels and have fun!
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Dave Fiori gave $250.00.
Go you good thing.
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Darren Elsdon gave $100.00.
Good Luck
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Keith Clifford gave $100.00.
Best of luck to you’s , enjoy the trip👍
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Aisake O hAilpin gave $100.00.
All the best on your journey team. Great cause. Zak
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Kevin Campbell gave $12.34.
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Iain Stewart gave $100.00.
Good luck team
5 months ago
Thanks mate! appreciated
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Gus Cooper gave $350.00.
Chocolate fund-raising!!!! Thanks to all the sweet tooths on the CPF. Cheers 🍻
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ADAM Bauman gave $50.00.
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David Artis gave $100.00.
All the best for the preparation and the rally it will come around quick. Remember to pack super light and test your bedding out early.
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Michael Soulsby gave $100.00.
Good luck Spanners! Butcher 👍👊
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Anonymous gave $250.00.
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Time Warp Racing Pty Ltd gave $50.00.
Have fun guys !!!
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Greg Wapling gave $50.00.
Appreciate what you are doing and hope you have a blast. In memory of my cousin Rob
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Ben Hickman gave $100.00.
Watch out for Lee Harvey Oswald.
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Alexander Galbraith gave $50.00.
Hope you get off the start line,good luck have fun
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Steve Nocholson gave $100.00.
Great cause you two, look forward to hearing and seeing some of the stories
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Paul and Simone Campbell gave $100.00.
Loving the updates. Hope its been a wonderful experience for a great cause.
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The Impact, Outcomes & Charity

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.

$41 million over the past 13 years has been raised by Box Rallies to date, supporting ground-breaking projects such as:

  • A research study to develop a vaccine that protects against lymphoma cancers.
  • A research trial to standardise international guidelines on melanoma removal.
  • A research grant to revolutionise the treatment of pancreatic cancer.

These projects wouldn’t be possible without your support.