Port Douglas the starting point for cancer sh**box rally

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The map shows the route the cars will take to Adelaide. Picture: Submitted

500 people in teams of two will leave Port Douglas on October 14 bound for their eventual destination of Adelaide.

The journey will take seven days and span almost 3000km before they eventually arrive in South Australia.

However, some of the starting cars simply won’t make it. 

Cars must be worth $1,500 or less (hence the name of the rally), roadworthy, registered with no 4WD or AWD  allowed, and teams need to raise a minimum of $5,000 to participate.

Dress up themes provide amusement and the reward of making camp each night is an evening spent under the stars in rural and remote locations.

While breakdowns are guaranteed, this challenges teams to work together to make the finish line after their adventure through the outback. 

The fundraising goal for Sh*tbox Rally 2023 is $2M with teams almost hitting that target!

Box rallies is now the leading individual fundraiser for Cancer Council nationally generating over $40M to Cancer research plus media awareness for Cancer Council.

This helps the lives of millions of Australians who are facing their unknown journeys:

"For the first time ever, we are starting in Port Douglas in Far North Queensland," James Freeman, who created the event after losing both of his parents to cancer within 12 months of each other," said.

"This is in fact the most Northern start line in our history of rallies

"The route takes us from humidity and heat, into the dry Outback diagonally crossing  both Queensland and South Australia in what will prove a very challenging and very visually striking rally. This will be  a very special rally indeed.

"Teams not only pull together to help each other through the challenges associated with driving a $1,500 car on these  remote outback tracks, but also help and support each other through openness, mateship and camaraderie from  people who have gone through similar hardships with their own cancer stories."

Start line: October 14, Port Douglas, QLD  

Finish line: October 20, Adelaide, SA  

 

 

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