BATHURST will play a starring role in this year’s Camp Quality esCarpade fundraiser with the week-long rally to leave from Mount Panorama on October 20.
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About 90 cars are expected to take part in the rally to Lightning Ridge and Wagga Wagga to support Australian children with cancer.
The first esCarpade was run in 1992 when 25 teams raised $75,000 for Camp Quality but since then the fundraising tally has ballooned to more than $18 million and rally participants have driven more than 60,000km.
Cars entered in the rally must be at least 20 years old and each team must have at least one driver and one navigator. Each team must also raise at least $5000 to take part in the rally.
Bathurst Regional Council is throwing its support behind esCarpade, agreeing to waive around $5000 worth of hire fees for organisers and to pay for a banner to be hung across William Street to promote the event.
A report to councillors by corporate services and finance director Aaron Jones said esCarpade was expected to bring about 220 rally participants to stay overnight in Bathurst before the start.
Council’s support for the fundraiser will include:
- Waiving the hire fees for a drivers’ briefing, dinner and mayoral reception at Bathurst Memorial Entertainment Centre on the Friday evening (about $2374).
- Waiving hire fees for use of the volunteers’ shed on Mount Panorama for a barbecue breakfast on Saturday before the start of the rally (about $1904). The rally will start with a lap of the Mount circuit with the public invited to view the convoy from the grandstand.
- Waiving fees to hang a banner across William Street to promote esCarpade ($622). Council has also agreed to pay for the banner (about $500).
- Helping to promote the event through council’s social media channels.
This year’s rally will also include stopovers in Dubbo, Bourke, Lightning Ridge, Nyngan and West Wyalong.
