Goal $5,000
Do it for Stu

Do it for Stu
Fundraising for Cancer Council
Cancer Council
Shitbox Rally Spring 2025
$7,610
Raised
152%
Our Story …

PLEASE GO TO THE FOLLOWING LINK TO FIND OUR BLOG AND UPDATES

https://doitforstu.wordpress.com/


Brain Cancer is the leading cause of cancer related death in children. More research is needed into ending the devastating impact of brain cancer.


We are really pleased to announce that we're taking part in Shitbox Rally 2025 - Spring! This year, all the teams are driving their shitboxes from Alice Springs to Gold Coast.


Shitbox Rally is the largest community lead fundraiser for Cancer Council in Australia and is now in its 15th year.


The money raised goes to the Cancer Council Australia and we are extremely proud to be doing our part to support a charity that directly funds research into cancer. Fundraising is the hardest part, so any donation you can give is greatly appreciated. Please make sure to follow our progress via this page and the blog post below.


Do it for Stu consists of Aidan "Skip" Skipsey and Alex "AlDav" Davenport.


There are many reasons we are fundraising but primarily it is in honour of our mate Stu. Stu died in 2020 of Anaplastic Astrocytoma, a devastating brain cancer. Losing a good friend has had a huge impact on our lives and even impacted Alex's Career direction. Alex is a scientist working in Immunotherapy (using the immune system to fight cancer). In 2022 Alex returned to Australia to find new cures for brain cancer. Specialising in Kid's Brain Cancer, Alex is developing new therapies for kids that have no hope.


Aidan has tinkered with mechanics over the years and can be useful with a set of tools to make the journey complete. Being in the Fire industry by day and volunteering at the local CFA as an active firefighter at night, giving back to the community is a big part of our lives.


There has been no improvement in treatment for patients suffering with brain cancer, adults or children in decades. Our current treatments are so toxic, that many patients refuse to complete the full course. This needs to change. With your help, we can all make a small but powerful impact.


Please help us reach our goal of raising a minimum of $5,000 AUD for Cancer Research and in particular, these grants help fund brain cancer research.


No amount is too small and below is to give you an idea of what your money goes to help support:

$5 - Important PPE to keep the scientists safe and the samples sterile.

$50 - Flasks and tubes to grow cancer cells.

$100 - Reagents to allow us to look at the DNA/RNA of cancer cells.

$500 - A tube of specialised coloured labels to help us identify cancer specific targets.

$1,000 - Reagents and microscopy time on state of the art microscopes allowing us to look at the tumour in it's environment

$5,000 - A full mouse experiment where we can test our treatments

$40,000 - A PhD stipend (Salary) student full-time for one year.


Research is expensive, and times are hard for everyone. Small amounts add up, and research requires dollars. The amount you give today, exponentially impacts the lives of those impacted with cancer in the future.


We thank everyone for their contribution and together we can make a difference.


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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.

raised: $2,587,834
target: $2,000,000
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Raelene Skipsey gave $20.00.
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Brylie Johnson gave $50.00.
Well done Skip amd Al Dav, we're so proud of you both! Keep doing it for Stu! 👍 From, Adam and Brylie.
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Dale Skipsey gave $50.00.
Great job cuz!
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Good luck in the quest xx
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Amazing! He was lovable & laughable! Good Luck boys.
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Best of British to you cuz xxx
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Go Team! 🙌🏻
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Alissa Skipsey gave $50.00.
Heck yeah! Well done guys, a worthy cause!
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Miranda, Jay and Charli Ball gave $50.00.
You guys are amazing! Stu would love this! I'm sure he'll be riding shotgun in spirit. Love and all the best from Manda, Jay and Charli xx
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Samantha Holt gave $20.00.
Go Team 💪 Great work x
1 year ago
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Mark My Words Trademark Services Pty Ltd gave $200.00.
Obviously a cause close to my heart. Thank you both for your support for such an important cause. Hopefully the shitbox makes it ;) Good luck x
11 months ago
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Ashleigh Hannelly gave $50.00.
What an amazing thing to do. Cancer truly sucks. Often think of Stu. Good luck and have fun!
11 months ago
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Sam Keating gave $50.00.
Proud of you brother! Go hard! Sam.
11 months ago
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Watts Watt Bequest Fund donated $1,000.00
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Stuart Kenny gave $100.00.
Good luck my friend, look forward to seeing you at the end.
11 months ago
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Erin Jurangpathy gave $100.00.
Amazing effort in honour of our much loved friend
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Saskia Freytag gave $100.00.
Go go go!
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Alison Stevens gave $100.00.
A worthy cause. Good luck guys x
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Little Joey’s ELC gave $200.00.
What an incredible way to honour your friend Stu. Good luck and all the best from Little Joey’s!
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Kim Wark gave $100.00.
Go Alex. Don't forget to have fun as well along the way!. Such a worthy cause and a great way to honour Stu.
10 months ago
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Angela Stagg gave $30.00.
Have fun and good luck 😊
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Andrew Backway gave $150.00.
Such an amazing cause guys
9 months ago
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Wayne Taylor gave $100.00.
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<p>We are on the board thanks to a kind local who donated this 2001 Magna for the Spring box rally 2025. Now lets get into mechanical prep, service and maintenance....keep posted for more to come!</p>
8 months ago
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Sarah Foda gave $100.00.
Go team, you're helping so many people and Stu would love this! Love from the Goudas
8 months ago
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Roger & Sue Skipsey gave $100.00.
Good luck guys. Have fun. We’ll see you on GC
7 months ago
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Tony Worsteling gave $200.00.
Its a worthwhile cause close to your career and a fitting tribute to Stu.
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Catherine King gave $100.00.
Lovely cause and great idea to raise money!
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All the best with the drive!
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Catherine Bach gave $50.00.
All the best to the team in October!
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Emma Mitchell gave $100.00.
Thanks Al, for doing all of this. It is really special
6 months ago
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Alicia Johnston gave $50.00.
4 months ago
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Kath Skipsey gave $100.00.
Good luck and have fun!
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Shannon Reilly gave $200.00.
Go you good thing!
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<p>It's been a long road but we made our total!</p><p></p><p>A huge thank you to all who have helped us reach our target of $5000. We are however, still taking donations and any small amount adds up to a large total!</p><p></p><p>Skip and I will leave for the rally Saturday 18th and we plan on making updates all along the way. So the first trip update will be that evening. The rally updates themselves will start 25th October. Please keep an eye on this page for those updates!</p><p></p><p>A big thank you to all those who signed the back of our car and to the kids who made some lovely drawings to send us off in style! Also a big shout out to Pip who drew Bender from Futurama - a firm favourite of ours.</p><p></p><p>Once the final decals have gone on, we will post more photos of the final shitbox with a spedcial thankyou to all those who have given us inkind donations to get this bad boy road legal and rady to roar!</p><p></p><p>Until then and in the words of Bender "Cancer can bite our shiny metal asses"</p><p></p><p></p>
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<p>NEW UPDATE:</p><p>I will be blogging at this link here: https://doitforstu.wordpress.com/</p><p></p><p>This is because the fundraising blogging capabilities are limited and I'd prefer to give you better photos than restrict their size!</p><p></p><p>I'll put a link on the fundraising page too to make it easier</p><p></p><p>Alex</p>
4 months ago
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Ashlee Taylor gave $50.00.
All the best Skip! Have fun!
4 months ago
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Aiden Taylor gave $75.00.
Good luck with the journey Skip!
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The Florence Fam gave $30.00.
Amazing effort guys! 💖
4 months ago
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Jess Goudey gave $225.00.
We're so proud of you both! Have so much fun!
4 months ago
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Yasmin Murray-naylor gave $200.00.
Amazing work friends, we are so proud of you both Much love, Taz, Yaz and Maynie x
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Peter Toogood gave $100.00.
Good luck! I still can't believe Candice said yes to this.
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Anonymous gave $100.00.
So proud of you legends
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Renee Skipsey gave $50.00.
Go get em!! 🍀 See you on the flip side. ☀️ 🌊 Craig, Renee & boys. 🚗 🏁
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Paul Johnson gave $50.00.
Best of luck fellas.
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Peter & Ilse Jenke gave $100.00.
Save Travel, enjoy you Trip. Good on you for doing this .
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Anonymous gave $50.00.
Good luck Al. Love the New Forest lot x
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Misty Jenkins gave $100.00.
All the best boys for an awesome trip - stay alive! Misty
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Melissa Tovey gave $50.00.
Great effort for a worthy cause. Have a fantastic time!
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Jude Cyril gave $50.00.
Go get 'em crew! Good stuff.
3 months ago
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Barry Skipsey gave $120.00.
Wonderful to meet you both for the first time. Even better to do that over dinner & 🍷 wine 😉 Cathy & I wish you every success with your participation in this very worthy 🤔 cause. Have a bloody good time and safe travels. Cheers Barry (another SKIP) & Cathy Skipsey.
3 months ago
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Sarah Greenway gave $120.00.
Better late than never - seems like a such an adventure so far, keep up the awesome skillz & spirit, congrats 👏
3 months ago
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Adam Davis gave $30.00.
Great work guys, what a worthy cause.
3 months ago
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Michael Davenport gave $200.00.
Proud to support such an important cause, doing it for Stu and everyone fighting the fight 💪 Massive respect to Alex and the whole team for taking this on.
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Brian Jecks gave $60.00.
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Melinda Iliopoulos gave $20.00.
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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.

$59 million over the past 15 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.