We are really pleased to announce that we went on the Shitbox Rally Spring 2024 as team 5w Thinker Fluid! The Shitbox Rally has been running for the past 14 years and is the largest community lead fundraiser for Cancer Council in Australia.

Cancer is something that has affected family and friends of both Mav and Peter. Be they currently undergoing treatment for cancer, cancer survivors and those that didn’t make it.

Having witnessed first hand the severe physical pain that goes through the body of a loved one with cancer in their bones, there is clearly room for improvement.

At the close of the rally donation timeframe, 2 weeks after arriving in Townsville, we’ve (all teams grouped together) raised close to $2.4 million.

Team 5W Thinker Fluid would like to give a big shout out to our donors and team sponsors as together, team 5Wthinkerfluid has been able to raise over $9,000!

We drove our Petrol powered Moan- deo 2wd shitbox from Bendigo to Townsville over lots of rough roads.

How did it go?

Honestly, it didn’t miss a beat despite the 40+ degree hear, all of the sump and tyre threatening rocks on certain roads in our low slung car.

The only things to break were the 2 front mud flaps which fell off during the first bit of dirt and the handbrake cable mount broke….. Nothing a small zip tie couldn’t rectify. With it’s 70 litre fuel tank and an average of around 8-9l per 100kms depending on the roads, we didn’t even need to touch the jerry cans we were carrying – though we did donate some fuel to other teams along the way.

It went so well that Mav is going to keep it and sell some other cars in the meantime.

Below is a video of a similar rally from last year for a little context about the event. Will up date the video embed when our is up

Cheers

Mav and Pete