Our Story …
This is Gus’s second attempt at finishing the drive in Mystery Box Rally, this time with his son, Neil:
We’re teaming up to join the Rally in 2019 to raise more funds to support the awesome work the Cancer Council does helping people with cancer, and enabling important research.
Sadly we’ve seen more than our share of cancer hitting our circles, with Gus’s mum, sister and nephew all having beaten cancer. His brother, Steve was taken in 2017, and his brother in law, Sebastian and mother in law, Louise lost their cancer battles some years before. Of course these are Neil’s family too, his grandmothers, uncles, aunt and cousin. There are also several friends who are or have been affected by this insidious disease. Steve’s passing still feels fresh, and his public crusade to raise awareness of liver cancer and encourage people at risk to have checks has had an impact on many.
This year’s rally is over five days driving in a loop from Byron Bay to Byron Bay, and we won’t know where we’ll be going in between, we’ll be covering about 2500 kilometres with all the other details kept under wraps, and only given to the teams each morning. We do expect dirt roads, dust and the unknown, driving along a mystery route in this 5 day challenge, all in the name of cancer research.
We also have to have our own 25+ year old car to participate, and we’ll probably take a little 1991 Toyota Seca, sister to last year’s entrant, this time without air conditioning (!!!).
It’s an extremely worthy cause, and it should be lots of fun for our father and son team. To join the rally, we, like all teams, need to raise at least $3500 for the Cancer Council, so any donation you can give is greatly appreciated. You’ll be able to follow our progress via this page, and maybe even our Facebook pages.
In memory of Steve Doszpot, Sebastian Hollai, and Louise Boros
