The Raid Australia Committee has just met to discuss the future of Raid 2020, which is currently postponed to August 2022. The Committee has concluded that there are too many impediments and uncertainties for the Raid to proceed this year. Such things as State border closures, Australian Visa restrictions and the fact that the Omicron […]

Further to recent messages on the Raid Australia Facebook page, the committee has deliberated and concluded that there are too many impediments and unresolved issues for us to run the Raid in August 2021. These include: Australian Government restrictions on anyone entering Australia, meaning that they will have to self-isolate for 14 days, The possibility […]

UPDATE 24 January 2021: The committee has decided to postpone the 2020 raid to 2022. Read the update here After careful consideration the committee has concluded that there are too many impediments and unresolved issues for us to run the Raid in August 2020. These include: Australian Government restrictions on anyone entering Australia, meaning that […]

People have been enquiring about how the corona virus might affect the Raid and whether it might be cancelled. Your committee has been giving consideration to this and we are of the opinion that Raid 2020 should proceed as planned, if at all possible. There are many reasons for this such as the fact that […]

The following information relates to the start of Raid Australia 2020. Venue: Golden Ponds, 355 Mundijong Road, Baldivis WA 6171 Phone (08) 9524 1911 goldenponds@westnet.com.au Baldivis is approximately 40 km south of Perth in an outer suburban area. All raiders are booked into unpowered tent sites in the camp ground for the night of Saturday […]

Registrations are now open for Raid Australia 2020. They opened today and will close on 1 May 2020. There is a limit of 50 A series vehicles on a first come/first served basis. When that list is full we will create a reserve list in case of cancellations. The Raid would also like a small […]

Dear Interested Parties This is to advise that we expect that registrations for Raid Australia 2020 to open in the next 2 weeks. The committee is just finalising the costing of the event and the entry form and we are in the process of opening a bank account. The Raid will run from 1 to […]

Planning is now well underway for Raid 2020, with most of the route having been surveyed. The route and start/finish dates are now settled. See separate itinerary for the details. We have subtitled this raid as The Desert Raid as we will be passing through four deserts on the route, namely the Great Victoria Desert, […]

I would like to produce a detailed report for the Raid 2020 committee about the run, but have not yet done much. I guess my only excuse is that I have spent quite a lot of time doing the crash repairing, painting and reassembling of my 2CV after the altercation with the emu up near […]

Planning is underway for Raid Australia 2020 and the consensus is that it will be held in August 2020, however the exact dates haven’t been decided. A committee has (largely) been formed. The proposed route is a west/east crossing of the continent, with some similarities to the first raid, Raid 88. The proposed starting point […]