Therese and Tony Smith are set for the adventure of a lifetime when on Saturday 16th August in Broken Hill, NSW they will join teams from all over the country in Mystery Box Rally. 300 participants will start their car engines and tackle a mystery five-day driving route where each night’s stop-over will only be unveiled to them at the start of each day, that’s the Mystery!
Cars must be older than 25 years, roadworthy with no 4WD or AWD and teams need to raise a minimum of $4,000 to participate with the overall fundraising target set at $1.5 million. The finish line will be back in Broken Hill, NSW on Wednesday 20th August.
No mechanical experience is needed, just willingness for good times and fundraising - This is the job description for participants!
The rally is part of Box Rallies, which includes Shitbox Rally and Lunchbox Rally; devised in 2009 by James Freeman after both his parents died of cancer within 12 months of each other. Box Rallies is now the leading individual fundraiser for Cancer Council nationally generating over $50.6 million to Cancer research plus media awareness for Cancer Council. This helps the lives of millions of Australians who are facing their unknown journeys.
James Freeman said, “Broken Hill is the gateway to the Southern Outback, the Flinders Ranges and the Gammon Ranges. Its position also lends itself to vast and interesting terrain to the South, East and West, so plenty of opportunities for a mystery route with what is expected to be a large percentage of unsealed roads to challenge all teams.
Mystery Box continues to be one of our favourite rallies of the year and I am sure the Broken Hill rally will deliver by showing the teams a huge variety in the roads taken and our selected stopovers from the oldest mine(ing) town in Australia.”
- Team Name -TAGS ALONG
- Driver 1 Therese Smith and Driver 2 Tony Smith, both retired nurses from Central Coast Health
- From SARATOGA, NSW
- Therese has had a recent diagnosis of Breast Cancer, for the third time. By participating in the Mystery Box rally, we will be raising awareness of Cancer and the importance of raising funds for ongoing Cancer research. For each stage of our rally journey, from pre-race fundraising, car selection and media posts, we hope to bring the community along with us in a positive and inclusive way as we prepare for the Mystery Box Rally. We are hoping to generate interest from the community. Therese has christened the car “Bertha” the Pink Flamingo, and we hope to decorate the car in a fun way, to reflect the car’s name, and create a talking point wherever we go. The pink theme is to represent our personal Breast Cancer journey.
- We are expecting the Mystery Box Rally to provide a unique challenge with lots of fun and friendship with other participants who may have been affected by cancer personally or know family or friends who have experienced Cancer. We are looking forward to the Rally being both a positive and challenging experience as we attempt to get Bertha the Pink Flamingo across the finish line reasonable unscathed, after five days navigating the challenge of outback roads.
“ The purpose of life is to live it. By participating in this rally, we hope to experience many memorable moments”, says Therese.
Quotes attributable to Federal Member for Robertson, Dr Gordon Reid MP:
“Tony and Therese are phenomenal Central Coast residents undertaking an incredible journey to raise much-needed funds for cancer research.
“I wish them all the very best and look forward to catching up with the couple after they complete their rally”.
To donate to team TAGS ALONG, visit:
https://events.boxrallies.com/wegive/oauth/23809
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