Illawarra Convoy 2017 — almost $2 million raised

The original ACT report records 714 trucks, 927 motorbikes and $1,928,492 raised by the 2017 Illawarra Convoy.

Original ACT archive report, Issue 15 (2018). No individual writer or photographer is identified in the retained report.

i98 FM’s Illawarra Convoy hosted by Marty Haynes, Christie Hayes and Ryan Cram raised $1,928,492 on November 19th, 2017.

The event which is now in its 13th year, saw 714 trucks and 927 motorbikes travel 70 kilometres from Illawarra Coal’s West Cliff Colliery at Appin, through the streets of Illawarra, to finish up at the Croome Road Sporting Complex in Albion Park Rail.

Winning top spot with a bid of $302,000 was the ‘Dandaloo Boys’, a group consisting of local businesses, The Dandaloo Hotel, Coastal Windows & Doors, Doherty Transport, Illawarra Engineering Services and Snare Fabrication. In addition to the $302,000 winning donation, MJ Rowles contributed $213,447, Derek McMahon from the People’s Truck also contributed $172,000, along with Bingo Industries $100,000 and Illawarra Truck Repairs and Spares $90,000.

Leading the motorbikes in the Convoy with the winning amount of $70,513 was Carr brothers Motorcycles, followed by Caltex Illawarra at $42,000, Park Custom Bike & Tattoo Show $26,000 and the Mount Kembla & City Coast Motorcycles bid of $17,242.

It now means that a total of $11,450,158 has been raised in the Convoy’s 13 year history. From the team at Australian Custom Trucks magazine we take our hats off to the work done to make this event such a great success. It is a great day out for truckies and local families.

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