Variety NT Buslink VIVO Bash 2016

This year Variety the Children’s Charity, Northern Territory (Variety NT) celebrates 25 years of supporting Territory children.  Our Bash will be an action filled seven day adventure through the Kimberley with a convoy of colourful classic cars like no other. This expedition takes place from 3-10 September . It begins in Broome, heading north to Cape Leveque and then winding it’s way across the Kimberley to Kununurra and Lake Argyle.

Around 110 Bash participants and support crew will come together in Broome on Saturday, 3^rd September to start the 1900km journey discovering pristine shores, stunning sunsets, rugged escarpments, and more of the Kimberley’s most breath-taking scenery. This is no ordinary journey – the Variety Bash is the culmination of some serious year long fund raising efforts by Bash teams to support Territory kids in need to live, laugh and learn.   The Variety NT Bash will visit at least 5 schools along the way, entertaining students and sharing the Variety message as well as gifting a range of practical items to support student needs.

The annual Variety Bash is Australia’s most successful charity motoring event, running in seven different States and Territories each year. It is the focal point of fund raising efforts for many hundreds of supporters of Variety. Funds raised in the NT stay here to support kids with ongoing illness, disability, disadvantage or special needs.  The Variety Bash was started by Dick Smith back in 1985 and since then Variety the Children’s Charity has raised over $210 million dollars nationally so that kids can reach their potential and lead full and happy lives.

DARWIN LEAD UP EVENTS

1. Our very own moving billboard for the Bash will be unveiled week beginning 15^th August, thanks to generous sponsors Buslink VIVO. A new 53 seater bus will be fully wrapped in the brightest of colours, complete with the faces of Variety NT kids. Buslink VIVO, as winners of our Bash Naming Rights Lottery have become an active partner for this years Bash, providing the bus and a host of other resources to assist in making the Bash a great experience for all.
2. Our friends from Variety Victoria arrive in Darwin on 19^th August, with an 80 car contingent and an afternoon parade through the city streets. Cars will finish up at Mindil Beach.
3. Mindil Markets Variety NT Bash Pitstop – 21^st August. The Sunday market will be adorned with Bash teams and their quirky themed cars from both Victoria and the NT. There will be art activity for special needs kids, along with the regular family entertainment. 4-9pm