{"id":235357,"date":"2019-05-13T19:45:52","date_gmt":"2019-05-13T09:45:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/?p=235357"},"modified":"2020-07-20T12:34:01","modified_gmt":"2020-07-20T02:34:01","slug":"rally-bosses-scope-region","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2019\/05\/13\/rally-bosses-scope-region\/","title":{"rendered":"Rally Bosses Scope Region"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_235375\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-235375\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/2019_road_boss2jpg.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-235375\" src=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/2019_road_boss2jpg.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"460\" srcset=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/2019_road_boss2jpg.jpg 620w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/2019_road_boss2jpg-300x186.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 740px) 100vw, 740px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-235375\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Road Boss Rally organiser Jamie Lawson and GIVIT drought manager Scott Barrett were at the Kingaroy Bowls Club last week as part of their final scoping effort for this year&#8217;s rally<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>May 13, 2019<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Road Boss Rally founder Jamie Lawson and GIVIT drought manager Scott Barrett paid a flying visit to Kingaroy last week as part of their final survey of 2019 Road Boss Rally route.<\/p>\n<p>The event, which was established by Jamie in 2016, will cover a 3500km course through outback NSW and Queensland, leaving Cowra on July 9 and finishing at Caloundra on July 18.<\/p>\n<p>On the way rally crews will overnight at Mt Hope, White Cliffs, Packsaddle and Tibooburra in NSW, and in Noccundra, Thargomindah, Noorama, Nindigully and Kingaroy in Queensland.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Jamie has spent a large part of his life with rallies &#8211; his father Allan came up with the idea for the now well-known Endeavour Rally in 1988.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>But after 28 years of involvement alongside his dad, Jamie decided it was time to strike out on his own three years ago with a different rally and a different good cause.<\/p>\n<p>The Road Boss Rally raises funds for GIVIT, a charity that focuses on helping Aussies undergoing all kinds of tough times including drought, floods and cyclones.<\/p>\n<p>Jamie said he&#8217;d chosen to partner with GIVIT because the charity was a great representative of what Road Boss rally participants are, and what they stand for.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;They are real hardworking Aussies who see a need and want to fill it,&#8221; Jamie said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;If you need a helping hand through a tough time, GIVIT can step in for you.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Jamie and Scott visited Kingaroy as part of their final planning for this year&#8217;s event, co-ordinating the logistics of accommodation, catering and fuel supplies with local suppliers.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Scott said preparing for the Road Boss Rally could take all year, and the pair have already started preparations for the 2020 event.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s a pretty hard, challenging rally,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s a 3500km 10-day journey through very remote parts of western NSW and western Queensland, and a lot of the course is off road.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s not a race or a speed event, but it&#8217;s pretty challenging and we try to alternate between bush camps and more fully-featured pit stops every two or three days.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;After you&#8217;ve been sleeping in bush camps for a few days, you really need a place where you can have a proper shower and a soft bed for the night, and Kingaroy is a place that can do both.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Jamie is no stranger to the South Burnett.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>He&#8217;s been through Kingaroy with Endeavour Rallies many times over the past few decades, and has a special fondness for the region.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Kingaroy is such a vibrant place,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s a really great community, very open and friendly, and has exactly the type of facilities we&#8217;re looking for.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The pair are also hoping to spread some joy when the rally comes to town in July, and Scott said he&#8217;s already started to contact charities in Kingaroy to see what GIVIT might be able to do for the South Burnett.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We&#8217;re a service that matches charities who are looking to give, with Aussies in need of a hand,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We try to buy stuff within the local community whenever we can because then we&#8217;re not only helping those in need, and the community as a whole.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Scott said if there were any South Burnett or Kingaroy charities who were interested in becoming involved with the Road Boss Rally this year, they could go to the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.givit.org.au\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>GIVIT website<\/b><\/a> for more information.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Road Boss Rally founder Jamie Lawson and GIVIT drought manager Scott Barrett paid a flying visit to Kingaroy last week as part of their final survey of 2019 Road Boss Rally route.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":235375,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v19.11 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Rally Bosses Scope Region - southburnett.com.au<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Road Boss Rally founder Jamie Lawson and GIVIT drought manager Scott Barrett paid a flying visit to Kingaroy last week as part of 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