MR.MICK 30th Anniversary Birthday Bash 11 to 18 AUGUST 2018 Bash Cars and Crews 2018 Bash Hall of Fame Bash Map and Route BASH Details MAGAZINE Grants and Projects 2017 HIGHEST FUNDRAISERS Car HOGS (Hogs) 2017 OUTRIGHT WINNERS 2017 HIGHEST VIRGIN TEAM FUNDRAISERS Car COP Car 193 (TED) 2015 SA VARIETY BASH PAGE 1 2 2018 SA VARIETY BASH Bash Chair Message I am so excited to bring you my first of raising money for kids in need in SA. Bash as Chair. I am taking you on a I know you have all done a great job. journey of some of my favourite areas Thank you. of South Australia. Over the eight days A huge thank you to our Platinum you will be travelling through Yorke Sponsor Tim Adams Wines/Mr Mick, Peninsula, the Mid North, some of who signed on again for the 7th the Flinders Ranges to the beautiful consecutive year. A great effort from Outback, then the Gawler Ranges, the Tim and Pam, who not only give so Middleback Ranges and down the Eyre much, but are great Bashers as well. Peninsula, finishing in the best part Also a big thank you to our amazing of our state (my personal opinion). I Gold Sponsors, Advance Robes, Bashers will then be free for the promise you great scenery and fantastic Cochrane’s, Codan, Kennards Hire, MGA afternoon to play tourist if they so wish. tracks. From the “City to the Sea” is Whittles, Odyssey Carpet One, Ramsey exactly what you will get. You will say Day 6 we leave Coober Pedy and Bros, Seeley International, Toyota and goodbye to the city and once you are on head down through station country Vili’s. Thank you for you continued the Yorke Peninsula you will get great for a remote lunch, then onto North support and help in making this possible. views of the sea before dirt becomes Well Station for our camp night. This the vision for most of the week, then the I need to acknowledge the property being the 30th Anniversary of the SA sea comes back into sight on Day 8. owners who have allowed us access Variety Bash, we need to celebrate that to their properties and private tracks. I effort and celebrate we will at North It is my duty to bring you a great Bash, believe it’s the private tracks that make Well Station, hosted by great Variety which is a huge responsibility and one I a good Bash, so without their support supporters, Matt and Lynly Kerin. On have not taken lightly. It has not always we would be just “hitting the roads.” this night we have the wonderful George been ideal being in Port Lincoln, away It has been a while since the Bash has Belperio and his team from the Adelaide from the Variety office, and unable been to the Yorke Peninsula and it’s Entertainment Centre catering. Steve to attend Bash fundraisers and other great that we are able to visit some of Babyszka and his crew will be providing Variety events, but I have done the best our Bash entrants home towns. You will the cocktail bar once again and I possibly can, as have you, the Bashers, enjoy lunch at the Port Victoria Hotel entertainment from top Adelaide DJ, Kai with your fundraisers. There has and dinner at the Coopers Alehouse in Ward. What a night this will be...don’t certainly been a huge effort put in this Wallaroo. Day 2 we are heading bush forget to glam up in your op shop finest year with so many different ways to Jamestown for lunch and then on to or drag something out of your wardrobe. Hawker. Day 3 sees us visit Beltana once Thanks again to George Belperio again for lunch and the iconic Marree and his team for breakfast on Day 7 Hotel for dinner. before we head off through the Gawler Ranges stopping for lunch at Pondanna Because we are covering so Outstation. This afternoon will see us much of the state, we are not have a special fun stop at Buckleboo able to have two nights in put on for us by Ramsey Bros, before one spot this year, but heading into Kimba for our “Bashers” we will enjoy a half day final dinner and awards night. at William Creek on Day 4. This is where Day 8 we will head south, through the we are holding our Middleback Ranges. I would love to be famous seafood able to see your faces when you climb lunch, which seems to the top of Mt Desperate and see the to be getting bigger view over Cowell, (where I grew up) and better every and the Spencer Gulf. If it is a clear day year, followed by (and it will be) you can see over the gulf our themed fun to where we last saw the sea on Day 2 afternoon. The as we left Wallaroo. Then we drive on next day we are off through farming country to Port Neill to Coober Pedy for and down the coast to Tumby Bay for a late (ish) lunch on lunch, home of the Fairies from Car track. 605. Here we will get the cars washed 2018 SA VARIETY BASH 3 Bash Chair Message continued off and form up in order for our run your patience and guidance. I know you support with his trucks and thanks to straight down the highway to the finish get a true picture of what life is like for Peter and David Ahola for driving them line in Port Lincoln. The Bash will be Tony and why he likes going out fishing around the countryside for us. completed at the final night dinner in a so much. Thanks to Karl and Merv in Car FUN. marquee on the foreshore. Also thanks to Greg Hall in OVZ with A huge thank you to Kay Badcock for I would like to say a huge thank you Dans, Wayne Richards, Graham Zacher gathering all the write ups for this to everyone in the Variety office but and John Pretty in RAD1, Curly and magazine. Phil and Kay have been especially Annie and Kate. They have Scruffy in RAD2, these are the absolute wonderful Variety supporters and done a great job in supporting me in backbone of running the Bash and the favourite OV’s for many of the Bashers. my first year. During this time it has event could not happen without them. We will miss you on the Bash Phil and also been Annie’s first year of being “in Annie and Kate in OV3 for great event Kay, don’t stay away too long. charge” and she has been dedicated, management skills, Rambo and Jude in A special mention must go to our professional and on the ball. Thank you OV4 for looking after the Virgins, the Medical Staff in OV10, 11 and 12. ladies. Seafood Lunch at William Creek and Thank you so much for your time and mentoring me, Albert and Orgy in OV5 Thank you to my Bash Committee. As dedication. We cannot forget those for fun-stops, (or whatever they do, I am Deb and I in OV1 are true “OV Virgins”, miracle workers, Geoff Kilford in MW1 really not too sure) Steve Cooling and I really appreciate you all stepping and his team of mechanics. Regardless Peter Lloyd in OV6 and their SV crew, up and taking on your roles without of how much work is put into getting for the two lunches they will provide. fuss. Brenton Dansie, thank you for cars ‘Bash ready’, they are old and things Edwina Nitschke and John DalCollo in break, but these wonderful mechanics OV8 for organising and running the are better than MacGyver and seem to Bash Bucks fun, Alex and Jane in OV9 fix anything. thanks for all the work with the AV and emcee’ing, and Mark McGill for Now sit back and enjoy the Bash, drive driving VC1 with our special VIP safe and have fun whilst celebrating a guests. busy year fundraising for Variety. And of course, where Cheers would we be without Bag Trucks 1 & 2? Special thanks again Sandra Lukin to Peter Cochrane Bash Chair for his amazing 4 2018 SA VARIETY BASH Sponsor’s Message Pam and I are delighted and honoured sponsorship of, or alignment with, a to be the Platinum sponsors of the 2018 charity. It is a great family with which to SA Variety Bash. This will be our 7th year be involved personally and on a business as the major sponsor. The contribution level. Variety SA makes to the community, Pam and I would like to thank every families and children is immeasurable. participant for coming on board in 2018. Events such as the Bash and the funds Your support changes lives and makes raised from this event are an important South Australia a better place. We part of helping to improve the quality of congratulate you on your fundraising life and life chances for disadvantaged efforts and look forward to catching up children. at one of the many events through the Tim Adams Wines, Mr Mick Cellar year. Door and the Mr Mick Kitchen are all Cheers, Tim Adams and Pam Goldsack. part of our family-owned and operated company located in the beautiful Clare Valley. Tim Adams Our involvement with Variety has Winemaker, Managing Director impacted positively on our business and and Owner, Tim Adams Wines we would strongly recommend Variety to companies who are considering Chair of Board’s Message This year we celebrate the 30th year of of you join us for some Bash fun.