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Big Desert Rally 1981 The first Big Desert Motorcycle Rally was held on 2-4 October 1981 at Broken Bucket Reserve in the Big Desert Wilderness Park, 52km northwest of Nhill, Victoria, Australia. The third and last event organised by the Mexican's Motorcycle Fraternity, after the Tequila Motorcycle Rallies of 1980 and 1981. Proceeds assisted Montrose House, a drug rehabilitation centre run by Truth & Liberation Concern, Bayswater, Victoria. Of the 400 plus entrants on motorcycles over 750cc capacity, 200 also completed an additional 28km to Moonlight Tank for the Sandgroper Trial.

Big Desert Rally 1982 The only Big Desert Motorcycle Rally to be held at The Springs, near the centre of the Big Desert Wilderness Park, was on 1-3 October 1982. Collaboratively organised by I.N.R.I. and the One Way M.C. of Victoria, a further $1,000 was donated to Montrose House.

http://www.visitmildura.com.au/big-desert-np.html