Kingaroy’s Les Porter and his famous “Flying Peanut” … ready to head out on another rally

February 10, 2014

Raising Dust and Dollars may be the slogan for the usual Endeavour Rally … but Saturday’s one-day effort was a lot more civilized.

The rally, which was flagged away at the Kingaroy Cricket Club after a sausage sizzle breakfast cooked by the Kingaroy Lions, stuck to the bitumen for most of the journey.

About 70 vehicles took part, including 47 from Brisbane.

Entrants each paid $50 for the privilege of about 300km of driving, heading to Kumbia, the Bunya Mountains, Cooyar and Maidenwell before heading back to Kingaroy.

A fun, social night was held at the Cricket Club after the rally.

Dick “Dastardly” Hegarty and Sam “Penelope Pitstop” Hegarty, from Boonah, with their Wacky Races XF Falcon

Cindy and Vince Ryland, from Widgee, with Bill Bishell, from Kingaroy 

Corky and Shaz, from CROW-FM, took Lily for a spin in their Beaut Ute 
Danni Wicks, Johnno Raffin, Mitch Schilling, Josh Wicks and Donna Raffin, from Kingaroy
And the rally wasn’t just for cars … Dave and Petra Butterfield, from Moffatdale, took part in their 1987 Yamaha XJ900 with sidecar 
The real reason for the rally … a group of Endeavour residents from Kurt Hubbers Lodge were on hand as the vehicles roared away

Manning the Maidenwell checkpoint were David Ward and Nic Kilah, from the Lockyer Valley, and Anna Lawson, from Toowoomba

Bill Shannon and Mike Barbe, from Toowoomba, with their entry “1080 Moving’ Dirt” at Maidenwell
Another car pulls out from the checkpoint at Maidenwell