Event: Halloween Cruise for Charity 2 sponsored by
SpeedFMDate: Saturday, 27 October 2007Event Description: The Halloween Cruise is on again, including a new haunting competition and finishing with a costume dance party!
Tis the night when the un-dead rise from their graves to haunt the village of ye olde BrisVegas. Ghosts and goblins will scour the city searching for gifts to appease the angry gods. They will take a secret path, scaring peasants along the way to their ritual dance and music ceremony.
Start Location: Sherrin Motorsport3 / 218 Fison Ave West, Eagle Farm
Check out their website for a map.
Doors open from
6:30pm so grab a coffee and check it out.
Make sure you're gassed up and ready to go before you arrive.
Departure Time: 7:30pmCruise Directions: Available from 7:00pm at the Start Location when you pay your donation.
Distance approximately 35 km or 1hr 30 minutes driving. Co-pilot who can read will be very helpful with directions, haunting competition and to split the donation!
Donations: Cruise and Party -
$10 per car (sign the waiver to get you and up to 3 of your friends on the VIP list for free party entry)
Party only -
$5 per person at the doorHaunting Competition: * In order to win, cruisers in costume must collect an item from 1 bar/caf/restaurant at each of the 4 popular Brisbane strips along the route.
* Items may be business cards, cups, coasters or napkins, but they must have the bar/caf/restaurant's brand to identify them.
* Each item must be branded by a different bar/caf/restaurant (eg: you can't have a Coffee Club cup AND a Coffee Club napkin)
* Bring them all to the party at the Lakeside Caf function room and you'll be in the running to be drawn out of a pumpkin for the prizes.
* Caf Strips for haunting will be announced in the directions.
* Haunting Competition items must be presented at the Lakeside Caf by 10pm, which is heaps of time.
* Participation in the competition is optional.
This is not a time pressured event so there's no need to speed or take unnecessary risks with your driving.Competition Prizes: To be eligible contestants must be in costume and have all 4 caf/bar/restaurant items in the bag provided:
1st Prize - $50
2nd Prize - $30
3rd Prize - $20
Costume Dance Party Location: Party at the Lakeside Caf function room in the Botanical Gardens at the base of Mt Coot-tha. Doors open at 8:30pm. Costumes are optional, but it's a lot more fun and you might feel left out without one.
A drinks bar will be available at the dance party, including freshly brewed coffee or alcohol for those over 18yrs and not driving. Bar drinks not included in purchase price.
Finish Time: Midnight
Cruise Leader: Scott - Mach 1 Mustang 0418 184 552
Charity: Citizens Against Road Slaughter (C.A.R.S.) C.A.R.S. is a Queensland road accident victims' support group started in 1984. The charity provides counselling, victim advocacy to bereaved families and has performed extensive research into road trauma prevention. It even provides free accommodation in Brisbane for families when a family member is in hospital or under medical treatment as a result of a road accident.
Please remember, this cruise has been organised to help people that are in a very bad way. Any selfish behaviour that might wreck the event for everyone else may be reported to the police or other authorities. So please, no skids, burnouts, drifting or racing as it will not be tolerated and take any rubbish with you when you leave a location.
