It all started in 2022, a once-off trip to tick a long-held dream off my bucket list. Now it seems we're addicted! We are excited to announce we are taking part in our third rally- Shitbox Rally 2025 - Winter!
This year, we are driving our much-loved shitbox (Apples) from Perth to Darwin via The Gibb River Road!
Shitbox Rally is the largest community lead fundraiser for Cancer Council in Australia and is now in its 15th year. Funds raised from Shitbox Rally go directly to the Cancer Council, and we are extremely proud to be doing our part (along with your help) to support such a worthy charity.
You can't do a Shitbox Rally and not be touched by the stories you hear.
Every participant has someone they love fighting the beast, or that’s been lost to it, including us. The emotions are never far from the surface, and it makes you want to fight for a cure even more.
Every apple on our car holds the name of someone important—someone who has been changed by a cancer battle or who has lost their life to it.
Every name is spoken, every name is honoured, and in a way, it feels like every one of those people is at the rally with us.
So, thank you not only for donating but also for allowing us the honour of carrying the people you love with us.
Please make sure to follow our progress via this page, the SHE’LL BE APPLES! Facebook group and the blog post below.
In Loving Memory. Jeff Ham, Malcolm Curtis, Wayne Tomlinson, Craig Cummings, Bill Curtis, Trinity White, George White, Mary-Ann Eriksson, Paul O'Sullivan, Herbert Clifford, Hazel Clifford, John Goeldner, Errol Zipf, Adrian Binstead, Mal Jensen, Graham Murphy, Darryl Watt, Lesley Heron, Jim Lovell, Lusy Willis, Jean Astle, Marilyn Craig, Shirley Dolan, Wendy Fenwick, Arabella-Rose Fisk
Conquered or currently fighting. John Haynes, Paul Freney, Tony McLeod, Noelene Goeldner, Dawn Goeldner, Amy Julian, Brenda Riek, Pam McLeod, Sonia McLeod, Phil Hunter
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.
$50 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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