Chew the Brews

Finally we get around to starting our news feed for the most epic experience of our lives!

We are well on track with our plan, but a few hiccups along the way. Our dream car is no longer so the hunt for a shitbox is back on. We would have loved to take this beauty across the desert but it wasn't meant to be. There's an equally enticing shitbox out there, we just need to find her.

So the car hunt went into overdrive this weekend. Despite having hangovers that would have killed an elephant having watched Jimmy Barnes perform and then stayed up drinking tequila in the spa, we finally got on the road to check out some motors. Whilst we didn't purchase, we can confirm they were definitely shitboxes. We also worked out that second hand car salesmen are definitely not the way to go when buying a shitbox!!

SO WE HAVE A SHITBOX! And it is very much a shitbox. Whilst we would have loved to get a really cool, retro car we ended up acknowledging we don't know anywhere near enough about cars to fix them up. So, out of the blue, this dodgy Magna came along. It was close to home, it seemed shitty enough and it was big enough to carry all the unnecessary crap we plan on taking. Congratulations to Kerrie who sold us the car, you got the much better end of the sale!

So we kicked off the New Year with a Bunnings BBQ. So cool to chat to the local community about what we're doing and why. Loads of stories from people that really confirmed why we are doing this. The best bit of advice we received was to ditch the car we have and buy anything different, wise words considering it broke down on our way to Bunnings! Great day, thanks for the support from our local community.

WE ARE OVER HALF WAY!!!

Thank you to everybody who has donated so far, we are truly humbled with your generosity.

We are now only $3,500 away from our target of $10,000.

Thank you everybody, we are so grateful for your help.

So only a couple of months from the trip of a lifetime and everything is coming together. Huge thanks to Simon from Spartan Creative for getting some stickers sorted for the car, Bridgestone Moss Val for sorting some tyres and everyone who has helped us get to $7500!!

As you can see, Maggie is still being a bitch, but hey, that's what you need in a Shitbox.

It's only four weeks until we leave on our epic adventure and it's getting nerves a little jittery. The car is looking great, in an awful kind of way, and fingers crossed she has one last journey in her to make it across. Stickers go on next week, she'll be looking the part, then final push to raise the funds.

An historic day today as we pick up our newly wrapped and decorated car! She looks absolutely amazing, better than we imagined. Loving the beer theme that Simon and his team at Spartan Creative came up with. Just sensational, we are so pumped about this, one step closer to having Maggie Beer ready to go!