Our Story - Team Beers & Gears
We’re James and Shaun, and we’re thrilled to announce that "Beers & Gears" is hitting the road for Shitbox Rally 2025 – Spring! This year, we’ll be navigating our trusty (and likely rusty) shitbox from Alice Springs to the Gold Coast, via Silverton...a distance of nearly 4000km. All in the name of raising funds for the Cancer Council Australia.
Like most people, cancer has touched our lives in deeply personal ways. Both of us have lost loved ones to this terrible disease and continue to support family and friends who are currently undergoing treatment. That’s why this rally isn’t just about the adventure – it’s about making a real difference in the fight against cancer.
As Beers & Gears, we love nothing more than driving cars, talking bollocks, and enjoying a cold beer at the end of the day. But if we can help make the world a better place while doing what we love, we’re all in.
The fundraising is the hard part, so any donation you can give means the world to us. Follow our journey here – from ridiculous car decorations to the antics along the way – and help us reach our goal of raising $5,000 (or more!) for cancer research.
Let’s do this together!
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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