Bear by Night Ball

This Saturday the PMH Foundation have their annual charity ball, the Bear by Night Ball. Bristow Helicopters have been very generous and purchased a table for the night, and invited a number of individuals to join in on the evenings entertainment.

The cost of the table goes to the PMH Foundation.



Thanks again to Bristow Helicopters Australia for getting behind this great cause.

 

 

You can see the total we have raised to date for both the PMH and Coolearth at the top of the blog. This figure does not yet include the money we raised in Karratha.

What a NIGHT!!!

What an outstanding turnout, the RSL was packed to the rafters. In fact we ran short on tables and chairs, resulting in a desperate dash to a nearby hotel to borrow some for the night!!!!!

Ian is still totalling up the dollars to see how much was raised for our charities, but we do know it was a good night. Details to follow shortly.

A very quick thank you to the RSL team for opening up the venue and running the bar. The McKenny family, all of you for making the night work, thank you.

Jo for 'wearing' the bear - certainly one way to lose weight - not recommended..

Quiz masters Ian and Neil - well..our microphone work needs more practise....but we didn't get lynched, so it must have been reasonable on the receiving end.

A very special thanks to all those individuals and businesses who gave us support on the night, and provided a huge amount of goodies to auction / raffle away.

And finally, a big thank you to those that turned up and took part. A very good natured bunch you were.

Karratha - a community to be very proud of...

Thank you.

The Teams - Kangakhann and WombatsKhan (Ian/Ruby/Jo and Neil)

Karratha Trivia Night TONIGHT

A whole lot of hard work has gone into tonight's Trivia Night in Karratha. Special thanks to Darrin McKenny for helping Ian put the event together. The volume of support from the local community is outstanding - great effort from all involved.

There are still a few (very few) tickets available. If you find yourself in Karratha tonight, with nothing to do - come along..it will be a fun filled night for sure.

Color Run done (Tick)

A great fun run, with paint powder. Jo (Wombat) Seabrook screamed off at the start, losing Neil (stopped for a wee). Jo shouted as she went off 'shouldnt be a problem picking each other out from the crowd at the finish line' - oh really....

The Start

The Finish

Short Video - Finish Line

The result

 

 

Great mornings exercise, followed by a massive Full English breakfast at our local eatery...perfect!!!

 

 

 

 

 



COLOR RUN PERTH

Well its upon us - the Color Run is tomorrow (Sunday 17th Feb). Jo (Wombat) Seabrook is all set to run, following up the rear (long way back) will be Neil (Backache) Seabrook. We are being joined now by Kylie Cardinal, as Jo Francois had to drop out.

Come on everyone, please get behind the intrepid trio and support the WombatsKhan team. Link on left side of the blog.

Adventurist Thoughts on Cars!!

As you might know the Mongol Rally has been going for 10 years. In that time we've had our fair share of weird & wonderful vehicles, with everything from the ridiculously crap to the ridiculously overqualified. This seems like an ideal opportunity to choose the ideal car to take on the might of the Mongol Rally, so we're looking for a bit of assistance from you to find us a champion.

If you are thinking of joining us on the Rally, what car would you bring and why? If you've already done the Rally; what car did you take, would you choose it again and what made you make that decision?

Folks often ask us what is the best car for the Rally, and we always tell them it depends what you want; if you want something reliable you should choose something Japanese or Korean, if you want something that will challenge your mechanical skills go with something French, if you want something true to the spirit of the Rally go for something under 1000cc, if you are a massive wuss it's probably best to take something 4x4 like a Daihatsu Terios. Today lets cast all the details aside, lets just work out what is the ultimate Mongol Rally car.

SMART CAR

We like this firstly it's very small, secondly because despite being built by a Swiss watchmaker it doesn't quite run like clockwork. There have been a few of these over the last couple of years and the closest one got to the finish line was being unceremoniously carted there on the back of a truck.

 

NISSAN MICRA

The Nissan Micra, beloved of Ralliers perhaps more than any other car, the epitome of 'granny-mobile'. Proven to be reliable to the point of being boring, is that its only disadvantage?

 

 SWIFT

This incarnation of the Suzuki Swift along with the K11 Micra and First Generation Fiat Panda made its last appearance on the 2012 Rally, now sadly falling foul of the 9 year old rule. But it will be fondly remembered as a Rally stalwart, another Japanese hero doing the Rally proud.

 PANDA

These boxy little beauties have a cult following in Italy and Italian Ralliers would consider little else, we had 26 of them on the 2012 Rally alone, is there anything that has done more Mongol Rally miles?

 

TERIOS

If you are a massive wuss this is the Rally car for you, not only does it have 4x4 but it even looks like a normal car. Only recommended for people with inflatable girlfriends.

 

RELIANT ROBIN

This is a really fucking stupid vehicle to take to the Rally in. You would have to be batshit crazy to take one of these on the Rally, which likely makes it the perfect Rally car. British engineering at its most bonkers.

 

 

WombatsKhan have a car

Our Nissan Micra 1.2 has arrived. Many many thanks to Graham Godley-McAvoy for his hard work in securing the car. Graham even had the car serviced for us........now to modify it.......