If you see a pair of clowns around the Manning Great Lakes area soon you could be forgiven for thinking the circus is back in town.
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Team CIRCUScision (aka Fiona and Katrina Stanfield) is one of 160 teams from around Australia participating in the Mystery Box Rally in November dressed as clowns.
The sisters are supporting the Cancer Council by raising much-needed funds for cancer research.
“Our target is to raise $20,000 through sponsorship of our Clown Rally Mobile, a major raffle and various fundraising events over the next few months including Taree Envirofair,” Fiona said.
“We’re two girls from the bush who enjoy clowning around and we want to put the FUN into FUNdraising, hence the circus theme. We aim to CIRCUScise our community for cancer research.
“So many people we know have been affected by cancer or are caring for someone who has. This is our way of helping to make a difference.”
The Mystery Box Rally is an offshoot of the Shit Box Rally and will see teams drive 2500 kilometres over mainly unsealed roads in western New South Wales at the end of November. Rally vehicles must be at least 25 years old and must be two-wheel drive. The challenge is not to finish first – just to finish.
“Finding a suitable vehicle was a major challenge until we met up with Ronnie Cavickas at Buffalo Motors Cundletown. As our major sponsor he has been incredible in finding a vehicle, registering and insuring it and getting it ready for us to get on the road,” Taree resident Katrina said.
“The mystery of the Mystery Box Rally is that we don’t know exactly where we’ll be going. All we know is that it starts and finishes in Dubbo. Each morning we’ll have a briefing and be given directions for that day.”
“To support us please like and follow Team CIRCUScision on Facebook for news about upcoming events and competitions. To become a sponsor – email teamcircuscision2017@hotmail.com. You can also donate on-line. Donations are tax deductible and can be made directly at https://mysterybox2017.everydayhero.com/au/circuscision.