For most people, a 20-something-year-old car with hundreds of thousands of kilometres on its odometer wouldn't be the first choice of transportation to cross the Australian countryside.
But today, more than 400 people, driving cars worth less than $1,500, will start the almost 4,000-kilometre road trip from Newcastle in New South Wales to Townsville in north Queensland via the small inland town of Betoota.
Known as the Shitbox Rally, the bi-annual event raises money for the Cancer Council.
