Costumed as though they’re fresh from throwing back a few tinnies, the Men at Work team will inject an ocker flavour into the light-hearted charity event which rolls over rugged terrain and through numerous outback towns.

With flags fluttering high on their Holden HR ‘66, they’ll join hundreds of other head-turning entries at the starting line for the 4000km trek in Blacktown tomorrow.

It will mark Sascha and Glyn’s first time buckling up together to raise money for the children’s charity Variety NSW.

“You’ve got 450 people in total (participating) and everybody is a mate,” said Sascha, a veteran ‘basher’ of eight years.

“It’s an addiction – once I started, I couldn’t stop.”

Sascha’s decision to kick-start his own campaign came after years of styling ‘bash’ cars for other teams through his Springwood business, Lotza Signs.

Having concocted striking designs involving congregating mermaids and a bee buzzing against a honeycomb bonnet, the pressure was on for Sascha to craft something truly special with Men at Work.

By all accounts, he’s succeeded. Incorporating images of Aussie flags, bold road signs and eskies topped with beer bottles, Sascha said the vehicle has grabbed scrutineers’ attention. Out on the road it never fails to elicit its fair share of toots and cheers.

“It’s been a team effort for us to get to the finished product,” said Sascha.

“(The car) stops traffic and that’s what (the Variety Bash) is about.”

And should whizz-bang navigational devices fail the pair on the epic journey, they can always refer to the rally route handily emblazoned on their car’s hood.

Admittedly its inclusion is more for the benefit of informing onlookers, but you never know.

“My first bash I got us lost for 60km,” grinned Sascha.

“I copped it.”

Visit the team’s web-site at www.bash14.com