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Rallying around for cancer By KYLIE WILSON
KEEN FUNDRAISERS:
Jan and Barry Morey as they prepared for the ‘Shitbox Rally’. PHOTO: Wendy Stephens
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FROM lying dormant in a paddock to driving across some of the most challenging terrain in Australia – a humble 1994 Mitsubishi Magna helped Beechworth father and son Barry and Bernard Morey and their family raise thousands of dollars for the Cancer Council recently. The car, donated to the family by Stanley farmer Harry Borchard, helped the pair compete in the fondly named ‘Shitbox Rally’, a challenge to drive cars worth no more than $1000 across some of Australia’s most arduous roads, all in the name of raising money for the Cancer Council. The Morey family collaborated to form the Morey’s Mission team, with Jan and daughter Lisa driving the car to Mackay for the start of the race, and Bernard and Barry taking up rally driving duties from Mackay to the finish line in Hobart. Barry said that the rally was an unforgettable experience and is not a race, rather more of a driving challenge and an exercise in teamwork, with teams driving together in small groups to ensure everyone reached their destination safely and had fun. And have fun they did, from dressing in tennis whites and playing impromptu games of tennis in the middle of the outback, to donning pirate garb aboard the Spirit of Tasmania. “It isn’t a race, it’s something you’re doing as a group,” Barry said. And given the rough and ready nature of the vehicles involved, he said there was plenty of pushing of stalled cars, and many roadside repair stops. Barry laughed as he recalled the team all having to help each other out of the mud at one stop, having all become bogged at the same time. continued page |
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