Help with planning a car rally??

Oh and I forgot to mention, if it goes well, I was thinking of teeing one up as a gathering for Brisbanites later on this year! So thinking caps on gentlemen(read: gentlepeople) ;-)

Cheers again!
Scoey!

I've participated in a similar rally before, was a lot of fun.

1) try and make waypoint directions as clear and accurate as possible (read unambiguous)...more than likely people will get lost anyway lol....so there is no need to help them.

2) Drive it yourself, and maybe with a backup to test it.

3) make sure each vehicle has some form of communication to contact yourself 'the organiser' in case they get lost or have a problem.

4) have a small first prize (honourary more than value)...and wooden spoon to add some fun.

Rev

For a bit more fun, make the clues cryptic, and give the contestants a sealed envelope containing the location of the final destination if the get totally lost.

Did one of these years ago in the Subaru 4WD club of Vic for a Christmas rally/BBQ. A lot of fun, particularly if you get a chance to map out all the different spots and send ppl to different places (with different clues for some of the same spots) in different orders, so noone can cheat by following someone else, as everyone will be heading in all directions = TOTAL CHAOS LOLOLOL!!!

The winner is the person that arrives with the most number of correct answers to Q's.

Give me an email on c k g 612003 at yahell.con.au, corrected to the obvious (- spaces, + spelling), and Ill give you a few of the more general clues and answers we used... Lots of fun to make four ppl face each other at an intersection hehehehe.

DO NOT call it a rally. Email me on stevesub@dodo.com.au and leave your phone number and I will call you. I have participated and run dozens of this type of event in New Zealand (and have the trophys to prove it).

They are easy to organize if you know how and I can give you some tips. We are on Bribie.

Steve

I know of some people in qld who organise and run weekend rallys to fundraise for the Endeavour.
If you consider delegating any of the work you may want to consider this alternative.

cackles

Hi Scoey,

I have been in many "rally's" in my rural youth club days. My one piece of advise is to make the clues things that can not be nicked or changed by others, otherwise those behind will be very lost.

eg. once we had to look up the name of a street in a phone book to go to the next clue. One of the first cars nicked every phone public phone book in the country town the rally was in. nobody could finish the rally. Or another time they organisers had a sign taped to a pole to show where to turn on an un-named farm track, again someone lifted the sign so nobody else could finish.

have fun

Ellen

Have set up lots of these over the years . Just get in your car and go for a drive and map a course.

Some tips

every question is worth points ok

First Line , is read all the questions before you start your car, then ask them towards the end , something like , how many briges did you pass. I garantee that most didn't read the questions first lol . Dont make it to Kriptic as it can make it borring,

Make sure you outline that there is no time and that you have times the course and know how long i ttakes to finnish on thespeed limit. If this time is broken , you get disqualified.

Have scouts on the side of the road with cameras or video and show these at presentation of everyones face in a hard part of the course for laughs later