Toyota Material Handling Australia raised over $132,000 in this year’s Bash B to B race
Toyota Material Handling Australia (TMHA) has once again competed in the 2025 Variety Bash B to B, which took place August 3–13.
TMHA raised a total of $132,804 for Variety the Children’s Charity, to directly help children who are sick, experiencing disadvantage or living with disability.
TMHA was also the recipient of the 2025 Platinum Tray Award, which is awarded to teams or individual cars who raise more than $100,000.
The Variety event is a fund-raising initiative that saw over 80 vehicles driving across Australia, with sponsored donations made via the Variety Club website. The total route of the 2025 was 3,600 kilometres travelled.
Starting in Bomaderry NSW, the Variety Bash B to B registered cars traversed over 11 days and 21 stops including Goulburn (NSW), Moyston (VIC), Adelaide (SA), Ouyen (VIC), Finley (NSW) before finishing in St Marys (NSW).
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Adelaide was a central point in this year’s Bash, which saw a major celebration commemorating Variety’s 50th year in Australia.
Stops were also made to schools with donations of items and equipment, along with grants to regional communities.
This was the third year that TMHA has participated in the Variety Bash B to B, with two cars entered in the Bash this year – both 1976 Toyota Crown Super Salon Sedans, named the Toyota Forklifts Legends cars. They were driven by TMHA employees from both head office and TMHA’s branch network.
Unique to the TMHA cars was custom livery comprising Toyota forklifts and Australian animals, including a koala, kangaroo, platypus and echidna. The cars were also decorated with a space theme and were designed to be ‘coloured in’, with kids at each of the stops given permanent markers to colour in a section of the car.
TMHA president and CEO Steve Takacs says TMHA is proud to have once again taken part in such an important fund- raising activity and to support a children’s charity as vital as the Variety Club.
“We were delighted to again raise such as significant amount of funds to support Variety, and thank all our valued sponsors for their support in this achievement,” he says.
“We also appreciated the opportunity to engage with kids and having them colour in a section of our Toyota Forklift Legends cars as a memento of our participation in this worthy cause.”