Variety Bash 2026 is Coming
Starting Sunday 9 August 2026 at Bella Vista, NSW, and travelling to Berry Springs, NT—it’s a true outback odyssey.
Variety Bash 2024
Variety Bash Donations
Our goal was to raise $20,000 for Variety Bash 2024. The following Lions Clubs donated $1,000 or more:
- Algester Parkinson — $1,000
- Brisbane Chinese — $1,000
- Ballina Lions — $1,000
- Burleigh Heads — $1,000
- Cabarita Pottsville — $1,000
- Capalaba — $1,000
- Southport — $1,000
- Rosewood Lions — $1,000
Total for these clubs: $8,000
We also recognise support from Beaudesert Lions, Brisbane Holland Park Lions, Lions Kingscliff, Upper Coomera Lions, Mt Gravatt/Mansfield Lions, Goondiwindi Lions, Redland Bay Lions and Tamborine Village Lions.
Additional Lions Clubs: $2,500
Total Lions Clubs: $10,500
Business Community Support
- Adviso QA — $350
- All Over Oz — $250
- All Suburbs Real Estate — $250
- Arrow — $500
- Containers for Change — $250
- Curtis Street Vet — $200
- Dunrite Decon — $500
- Goldings — $1,000
- Hatton Garden Jeweller — $500
- Logan Village Bakery — $500
- Qld Car Carriers — $500
- Qld Engineering Supplies — $1,000
- Rasmussen — $1,000
- RACQ — $500
- Select Tanks — $1,000
- Three Minds — $3,000
- Tracs Qld Pty Ltd — $1,002
- Wiley & Co — $1,000
- Wayne Norman Timber — $500
Total Corporate: $13,802
Total to 31 August 2024: $21,803
Projects — Variety
Why Variety?
Variety provides grants to individuals and organisations in need. Grants are available for medical and mobility supplies and equipment, technology, educational resources, and essential personal items such as nappies and feeding appliances.
The Variety Bash is an effective fundraising project for disadvantaged children and supports Lions District Q1’s Big Audacious Mission. The car also increases our visibility locally and helps raise the Club’s profile.
District Q1 Supports Variety
The Variety Bash is an annual adventure with mates driving cars more than 30 years old through regional Australia. The 2023 Bash was a ten-day event from Toowoomba to Cairns that raised more than $1 million to help give Aussie kids a fair go. In 2024 the event travelled from Goondiwindi to the Gold Coast.
Fundraising
In 2023 our Club raised more than $15,000 and donated the funds through sponsorship of car 1104, pictured at registration in Toowoomba. We committed to entering the 2024 Bash and made the car available for other Lions Clubs to use with support from District Q1.
Donating to Worthwhile Causes
Variety, the Children’s Charity
Through our entry in the Bash, we have donated more than $30,000 to Variety. In 2024 alone we donated more than $17,500.
Other Charities
Our fundraising also enables us to donate to a wide range of local charities and worthwhile causes.