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RPC's Rustbucket to the Tip

By Alix Cluff

Please Help Me Reach My Goal

Raised

$110

My Goal

$25,000

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$25
Provides resources to help people in the workplace support a colleague diagnosed with cancer.
$50
Makes sure there’s a cancer nurse available on 13 11 20 to offer practical information and emotional support to callers.
$230
Provides a financial assistance grant to someone with cancer experiencing severe financial difficulties, to help them travel to their treatments, pay their rent or keep their lights on.
$900
Funds a high-performing science student working in a research lab for 3 weeks, enabling them to conduct ground-breaking research into new and better ways to prevent, diagnose and treat cancer.

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I’m doing it for cancer!

The night before Blake’s 30th birthday, he was diagnosed with Squamous Cell Carcinoma (SCC) — cancer on his tongue.

Today, a year later, Blake is cancer-free, which is incredible. But the road to get there involved major surgery, emotional tolls, and lifelong scars — some of which might have been avoided if it had been caught earlier.
Blake was unbelievably lucky. His dentist noticed something small that didn’t sit right and went above and beyond to follow it up — something he didn’t have to do. We’ll never stop being grateful for that. But if Blake and I had realised sooner that it could be cancer, or any serious illnes, things might have been different. It could’ve been treated months earlier. He might never have needed that surgery.

And that’s why we’re doing this.

Cancer doesn’t wait until you’re old. It hits young people too — when you’re meant to be invincible.

We want to raise awareness for young adult cancer, support life-saving research, and prove that you don’t need a $100K rig to do something bold and meaningful. This is about living life while we still can.
So we’re grabbing a budget rig and driving to one of the most beautiful locations in Australia. We’re going to have an adventure.

All donations will go directly to Cancer Council and Chris O’Brien Lifehouse — two organisations that made it possible for Blake and our family to get through to the other side.

My Updates

Shit Box to the Tip

Thursday 28th Aug

RAISING MONEY, RAISING AWARENESS, AND RAISING DUST FOR SOMETHING THAT MATTERS.

Late May 2026, RPC is hitting the road, driving a true-blue budget 4WD from Dubbo to the Tip of Aus. We invite local businesses, friends and family to donate, sponsor or join the convoy.

WHY ARE WE DOING IT?
For young people and families just like Blake’s. Cancer doesn’t discriminate against age, and we want more people to know that. We’re calling it Shitbox to the Tip – because that’s exactly what it is. No frills. Back to basics.

For more information, please refer to our website:
regionalpowerconnections.com.au

Thank you to my Supporters

$54.12

Brittany Hawthorne

What a great way to raise awareness xx

$27.81

Joseph Chant

$27.81

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