BUNBURY was awash with colourful characters running around the City trying to solve clues and complete challenges to win Bunbury’s Amazing Race – a Relay for Life fundraiser organised by Team Orange.
Teams set off from the Bunbury Football Club where they had to complete a crossword which led them to the Graham Bricknell Music Shell where they had to dance the Nutbush.
The teams then took a costume photo at Wicked Wardrobe before one member of the team took a swim at Koombana Beach.
Running along the beach, the teams tackled an acting challenge at the Dolphin Discovery Centre before throwing down some pins at the Bunbury Ten Pin Bowling centre.
Racing back to the Marlston Waterfront, team’s cut glass at the Lava Art Glass studio, hunted out priced items at Taffys and swallowed a seafood shot at Casellas restaurant.
Nine brave team members, including two women, had their heads shaved at City Barbers to allow them to skip two challenges while the rest chose to tackle the Michael Jackson tribute game at the Lighthouse and counted the steps at the Rotary Lookout Tower.
Heading back into the CBD, teams had to solve a puzzle at the Bunbury Post Office before making a floral arrangement at the Bunbury Flower Place.
Jumping back in the car for the final time, exhilarated teams crossed the finish line at the Bunbury Bowling Club where a charity auction was held in the evening.
Winning the race was team Triple J + 1 for team members Anastasia Ierace and Jordon, Jaymie, Jessie and Jamie Pacini.
Team Orange captain Aaron Pittard said the event raised more than $15,000 for charity which was a fantastic achievement.
On Sunday, the team went to Bunbury’s St John of God Hospital where they donated the floral arrangements to the patients in the new comprehensive cancer centre.
Nurse Unit manager Nicole Scott said the hospital was grateful to the team for their enthusiasm to help brighten the day of the patients.
“The donation of these flowers from the Amazing Race fundraiser event will brighten the day of patients from the South West as they visit the comprehensive cancer centre for their chemotherapy treatment,” Mrs Scott said.
