Previously known as Team Barbie & Ken, featuring co-driver Louis Payne. The pair of us participated in the Spring 2024 Rally from Bendigo to Townsville. During our first ever rally, we raised a massive $16,750. This year Ken is taking a break, so he can kick some career goals, stepping aside for someone else who will have to put up with Barbie.
Introducing our new team, Barbie and the Sparky (Sarah Olson & Tom Beard) the two of us took part in the Spring 2025 Rally from Alice Springs to Gold Coast. After last years fundraising success, we aimed to raise a massive $25k.
Shitbox Rally is the largest community lead fundraiser for Cancer Council in Australia and is now in its 16th year. Part of the participation is that all teams have to raise a minimum of $5,000.
In an effort to reach our goal, we held a:
FUNDRAISING RAFFLE
HOW PEOPLE ENTERED: For every $10 donated, we allocated 1 'raffle ticket number' for our raffle draw - (NOTE: anonymous donations did not qualifying due to the unknown nature)
PRIZE 1: WINNER: TRACI EATHORNE
[Donated by Boutique Le Vin] 1 x Bottle of Mango Sparkling Wine
PRIZE 2: WIINNER: MARK OLSON
[Donated by Dan Murphy's] 1 x $25 Voucher
PRIZE 3: WIINNER: DANIEL WOJCIK
[Donated by Melbourne Cricket Club] 1 x Voucher for 4 guests to attend the MCG and Australian Sports Museum tour (RRP $192)
PRIZE 4: WIINNER: QUENTIN GLEISES
[Donated by Chef's Hat] 1 x Stanley Rogers 16pc Piper Black Cutlery Set & 1 x Ecology Ottawa 12pc Stone Dinner Set (RRP $428.95)
PRIZE 5: WIINNER: STEVE HUNT
[Donated by Chef's Hat] 1 x Stanley Rogers 16 pc Piper Black Cutlery Set & 1 x Maxwell and Williams 12pc Caviar Dinner Set (RRP $428.95)
PRIZE 6: WIINNER: XENIA BECKER
[For use at Chadstone] 3 x Valet Parking vouchers and 6 x Coffee cards (RRP $204)
PRIZE 7: WIINNER: KATERINA KARANIKAS
[Donated by Phil Vanderdrift] 1x Voucher for 2 consecutive hours of building maintenance and handyman services by Phil Vanderdrift of Homeward Bound (RRP $275)
PRIZE 8: WIINNER: TAD LOMBARDO
[Donated by Colin Moxey Hairdressing] 1 x Voucher (RRP $130)
PRIZE 9: WIINNER: CAROL NESBITT
[Donated by Team Dos Amigos from Zinus Australia] 1 x Benton Mid-Century Cognac Faux Leather 3-Seater Sofa (RRP $699)
PRIZE 10: WIINNER: LAINIE ANDERSON
[Donated by Cynthia Taplin] 10 X A4 Pet Portraits
PRIZE 11: WIINNER: JOAN REILLY
[Donated by DC Specialty Coffee Roasters] 1 x DC Keep Cup & 1 Mixed Coffee Box (RRP $100)
PRIZE 12: WIINNER: JUDITH MEADOWS
[Donated by DC Specialty Coffee Roasters] 1 x DC Keep Cup & 1 Mixed Coffee Box (RRP $100)
Thanks to the teams at Cobra Motors and Unique Smash Repairs & Tyres for helping us maintain our loved 2003 Mitsubishi Lancer - It made it across the line, with only 1 buckled rim!
HOT TIPS: Follow us on Instagram to keep up to date with our past and future rally adventures: barbie.and.the.sparky_shitbox
All our love and thanks for the support!
Barbie and the Sparky
xx
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.
$59 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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