Farewell from Retro Rock-It

Retro Rock-It has rocked its last Camp Quality esCarpade...  

With a few too many clunks and shudders, and a busted brake booster thrown into the mix, the cost of getting Retro Rock-It ready for the 2024 Camp Quality esCarpade outweighs the value of it, so it's farewell from Retro Rock-It...

Massive thanks go to all the sponsors and people who have donated over the years - the boys couldn't have done it without you!

The fundraising link will still take you to the appropriate site, so please continue to donate, because...

It's not the end of the line for Damian and Hoges... 

The boys have a new car in the pipeline with a new theme... so keep on donating and helping the boys raise much needed funds for Camp Quality!

Once the new blog is up and running, Damian will post a link to it...  stay tuned!

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esCarpade Day 7 - Dinner

With the driving all done and dusted, it was time for the boys to head to the final night celebration dinner... It was still beaming with sunshine when they left, making their pre-dinner selfie a little on the ridiculous side!

Walking down to dinner at the opposite end of the same street.

Impressive footpath art...

Narrabri Court House...

Foliage.

Looks like they are in the right place!

Definitely!

Artistic table shot...

People filed in...

Gordy from MW1 has completed an incredible 30 esCarpades... and now, he's "retiring" from the event.

Thank you certificates were handed out...

The fundraising total for esCarpade 2023 was $1,172,800!!

Drumroll for the 2024 route announcement...

Canberra to Geelong... via Echuca!  This is a very, VERY long way from Queensland!

Giggle made a special guest appearance also...

And with that, it is all over bar the shouting!  The boys are off to bed, with an 8 hour drive ahead of them in the morning to get home...

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2022 esCarpade Day 7 - Dinner and Fundraising Results

The 2022 Camp Quality esCarpade was officially coming to a close... the boys donned some suitable clothing for a dinner in NSW and headed to the party... 

esCarpadians in a room...

The boys trying to work out how these picture frames work...

Ohhhh... works better up the right way!

Jason from Tru Blue and Jason from Retro Rock-It...

Silent Auction in progress...

Jason's been framed!

As has Damian, who looks a bit surprised about it!!

Damian and Jamie aka Batman!

Damian and Jason with their Thank You certificates...

And drumroll...

Congratulations everyone...

The fundraising total for 41 cars on esCarpade 2022 was $1,118,912!!  

And the 2023 esCarpade Route has been announced... Starting in Lismore, finishing in Narrabri and travelling via Rockhampton!

Thanks to everyone who supported Retro Rock-It and all the other teams on esCarpade!

And Retro Rock-It's fundraising total?  After a few last-minute donations, the boys reached

$16733

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Four days to go... Packing time!

Retro Rock-It was quietly kicking back in the shed chatting to Booger Mobile about the upcoming esCarpade...

Damian decided that the tyres might as well be nice and shiny for the first day of the trip, so he shined them with some instant-shine-in-a-can!

With just four days to go until Damian and Jason head off to the 2022 Camp Quality esCarpade, it was time to start getting the boot packed with the various spares and tools that hopefully won't be required on the trip!

There seems to be an awful lot of room in this boot... a combination of Damian removing some of the items he used to pack in "just in case" (meaning naturally this year he will wish that he had them), and the fact that the boot is about twice the size of Booger Mobile's boot (maybe even bigger)!

Cover up the greasy stuff, and the boot is ready for the boys to put their bags in on Thursday morning.

Damian's friends Paul and Catherine also dropped around during the afternoon, bringing with them a container filled with notes and coins - Paul, Catherine and Catherine's mother Denise's donation towards Retro Rock-It's fuel costs during esCarpade.

Damian stacked and counted the money, which came to the fabulous total of $402.60!  Thanks to Paul, Catherine and Denise, that's probably 2-3 tanks of fuel for Retro Rock-It... it should get the boys to the starting line!

Damian now has three days of work to go, then a quick nap before heading off in the early hours of Thursday morning...  Buckle up people, the blog posts are about to increase!

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2019 esCarpade Thank You Event

While Cara and Rach from the Camp Quality head office were on their way through the Admin Survey for the 2020 esCarpade, they decided to catch up with Queensland teams to say thanks for their efforts during the 2019 Camp Quality esCarpade...

Not wanting to take Retro Rock-It, Damian at least wore his fancy socks!

Quick selfie with some of the Queensland entrants from 2019...

But where was Jo?  She had cheekily ducked behind Damian when he took the selfie, so she gets one of her own!!  Regular blog readers would remember Jo from the 2011 esCarpade (Bendigo to Bright), as Jo-Anne (who is Angus' wife) accompanied Damian in Booger Mobile that year!

Cara posing as only Cara could... no amount of coaxing could get her to provide Jo with a live performance of the banana song!!

Thanks Damian and Angus (with Rach from the office handing out plaques).

The 2019 plaque to commemorate Damian's 10th and Angus' 5th esCarpade...

Time to start thinking about the 2020 esCarpade, really!!  Mostly in Queensland this year (although it does start and finish in northern NSW).

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