A renowned convoy of quirky cars, crazy costumes and committed crews has brought a mix of fun and stimulus as they visited Wellington.
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The more than 100 vehicles were unmistakable as they arrived in town on Monday, the fourth day of the 2016 Variety Bash.
Local children were impressed with the colour and noise of the cars in this year’s event.
The teams set out from Warwick in Queensland on Friday and are ultimately on their way to Bathurst, after spending the past two nights at Lake Burrendong.
As the event takes place it injects $3 million into the rural communities it visits across the 10 days, the Variety Bash reports.
On Monday they stopped for lunch at St Mary’s Catholic School and to meet local families.
St Mary’s P and F jumped at the chance to cater for the more than 350 people in the group as a fundraising activity.
“We’re very grateful to them for choosing our school and community to stop at for lunch,” president Pip Smith said.
Variety motoring events director Rob Goodwin was in Wellington for the bash, his final event after 12 years in the role.
“We are a children’s charity and we grant money to children’s organisations all through the year,” he said.
“Hopefully we’ll make about $1.4 million from this event.”
He said it was great to see the local people who had turned out to wave and cheer them.
A family from the Sunshine Coast was making its 10th Variety Bash trek.
They were travelling in an old Kombi and on Monday were dressed in bright pink habits in the theme of ‘nuns on the rum’.
“We are family, we have a great time and it’s raising money for the kids,” Annie Howard said.
“It gets into your heart.”