The 2025 Variety Bomaderry to Blacktown (B to B) Bash sets off from underneath the ‘Start Arch’ at Bomaderry Shoalhaven Indoor Sports Centre on Sunday (August 3), in what has become a tradition for the many participants.

Preparing for his 30th year in the event, Shoalhaven local Brian Muller is looking forward to the rubber hitting the road and the fanfare beginning.

“There is a lot of fun out on the road, we will stop and have a bit of chat and party and move on,” Muller said.

The B to B Bash is what has been described as the “ultimate road trip”, with the meaning of the name simply with the bash beginning at a suburb or town with B and completed at B.

This year the NSW and ACT component will be beginning from Bomaderry, heading to Adelaide, where there will be a major event celebrating the milestone of the B 2 B Bash with all states, and then heading back to Sydney, finishing at Blacktown.

“We know the destination, we know the lunchtime destination, and we know the town we are going to for the night,” Muller said.

“But we get given the route instructions at breakfast. That will tell us to through the start and then turn left.”

Part of the novelty component for the Bash is the great lengths the teams go to with the kid-inspired themes for their cars, along with their drivers’ own outfits.

“We were just throwing it around the table, and we talked about [the name] skittles and then someone said, ‘oh M&Ms’ and that is how it started,” Muller said.

“So, I am the blue one [M&M], my wife Joanne is the green one, and Gary and his wife are red and orange ones.

“It is always great to see the kids there and they get really excited when they see the bash cars and the bashers dressed up in all their theme. So, it is wonderful.”

The B to B Bash allows the remote townships, that might not get the necessary awareness from other kind of charitable organisations the chance to be seen and apply for grants through the parent charity Variety Children’s Charity.

“We do a lot of lunches and breakfasts at schools, and Variety donates things that [the] school might need,” Muller said.

Unfortunately, for those who have transferred over to electric vehicles, they are not eligible to partake with the conditions of entry being 30 years old for eligibility.

“We’ve got a 1969 ZB Ford Fairlane, fully optioned up with power steering, air conditioning and heating for this one,” he said.

Having raised over $500,000 for the Variety charity in the 30 years of partaking, Muller is humble when talking about the fundraising process explaining that it is year-round.

“The bash is hard work and [goes] all year round,” Muller said.

“As soon as you get back from one year into fundraising, you’re onto the next one.

“The bash is actually a celebration of the fundraising you do; it is all about raising money for the kids.”

This year the Bash runs from 3-13 August, has 264 participants registered and has raised a whopping $1,190,061 so far.

Aussie entrepreneur and philanthropist Dick Smith began the B to B Bash back in 1985 and raised $250,000 in the maiden event which was donated to Variety Children’s Charity.

Since then, over $250 million has been raised with over 189,000 kms covered in the 40 years of its running.

On Saturday, August 2 at Nowra Showground, the celebrations begin with a fun and inclusive event for families where the Bash cars will be on show with activities for kids.

For more information on the event head to https://www.variety.org.au/nsw/event/variety-family-fun-day-25/.

To help Brian Muller reach his goal of $30,000 head to https://fundraise.varietynswact.org.au/fundraisers/brianmuller/btobbash25.