Shitbox Rally

  • Team Top Gun returns

    Team Top Gun returns

    For David Tyquin and his son Calvin, the 2026 Shitbox Rally isn’t just about driving a $1500 car across Australia, it’s about driving hope. The Kyneton and Malmsbury father-son team is returning to the rally to raise funds for the Cancer Council in support of families impacted by cancer. From May 1-9, they’ll tackle some…

  • Gisborne locals drive a shitbox

    Gisborne locals drive a shitbox

    Two Gisborne families have joined a car rally across Australia in vehicles worth less than $1500 in memory of a loved one and to raise funds for the fight against cancer. Bevan Goodwin died aged 54 in 2011 from cancer and left behind two young boys and wife Vicki, who said ”he was the most…

  • Top Gun team to rally

    Top Gun team to rally

    Father-son team Top Gun will take on the Shitbox Rally in a bid to raise funds for the Cancer Council. The pair behind the pilot caps and aviators is Kyneton resident David Tyquin and son, Calvin, from Malmsbury. Together they will tackle the challenge to achieve the unthinkable: driving their ‘shitbox’ across Australia via some…

  • Hitting the open road

    Hitting the open road

    All of us have owned a ‘shitbox’ at one stage of our lives and have probably been grateful if it simply got us from A to B. There is a brave band of adventurers, however, who like to push the limits of their ‘shitboxes’ in the bi-annual Shitbox Rally across the wide open expanses of…