G’day Legends,

I’m Mike Elliott — Outback trucker, car recycler, aussie battler, and a bloke who’s spent years driving the long red dirt roads of remote Australia.

Through my Cash for Cars work, I’ve travelled to communities most people will never see. Places hours from the nearest service. Places that don’t get regular clean-ups. Places that quietly carry the weight of neglect.

Tourists don’t see this side of the Outback. They see sunsets and spinifex. They don’t see the piles of jaggered junk mixed with dirt. Or the burned-out cars sitting for decades — rusting back into the earth like nobody cares.

I’ve stood there.

I’ve watched kids ride their bikes through scrap metal warzones like it’s normal.

It shouldn’t be normal.

When I roll into a town, I don’t just see waste or wrecks.

I see pride waiting to come back.

I see streets that could be safe again.

I see communities that deserve better than “out of sight, out of mind.”

And when we clean it up — when that last twisted shell gets hauled away — something changes.

You see it in the kids first.

They’re playing in clean streets.

Parents stand a bit taller.

The town feels lighter.

That feeling stays with you.

I’ve been doing this long enough to have thousands of genuine, lifelong mates across remote Australia. People who’ll vouch for me without hesitation. I do what I say I’ll do. I show up. I treat people right. I Always have.

But buying cars isn’t enough anymore.

My dream is bigger.

I want to build a dedicated Outback clean-up crew.

Fully equipped. Properly insured. Done right.

A crew that can:

• Remove scrap and dumped waste

• Clear neglected blocks

• Cut firebreaks

• Tidy yards

• Trim trees

• Restore land that’s been ignored for too long

To make this wholesome mission the real deal, I need serious gear, and some bloody serious backing - ill need:

• A Bobcat with a rake bucket

• A tractor with a slasher

• An excavator with a claw

• A high-sided semi trailer to haul it all

• Insurance, safety systems, auditing, wages and the bankroll to run it properly

And I want to build this clean up crew with my son Vincent, and my best mate Chris. I want my boy to grow up not just hearing about hard work — but living it. I want him to see that we don’t complain about problems in this country… We roll up our sleeves and fix them. I also want those two fellas to receive a fair wage, and thats why im asking for a big start.

Chris and Vincent are the right men for this job. They’ve learned this work beside me. They respect the land. They respect the people. And they deserve a fair wage for honest work.

Here’s the truth though.

Small operators like me don’t get handed big grants - believe me, I've spent years chasing dead end paperwork loops. The red tape wrapped around servicing remote Australia is thick enough to choke a scrub bull.

In the past five years, I’ve been told more than ten times that I should partner up with bigger suits just to cut through the paperwork.

That’s not me.

I bleed blue-collar blood.

I’m not selling out who I am, just to tick boxes in an ivory tower.

I don’t need to change who I am, to clean up the Outback. I will clear my own path, I will plant my own seeds.

An when this dream grows, believe me, ill be paying our own office staff to chase those grants we will need to keep going - year after year - community after community.

So I’m putting pride aside and asking for help.

Not for comfort.

Not for flash gear.

Not for luxury.

For impact.

Every dollar raised goes straight into equipment, fuel, wages, and building a clean-up operation that serves remote Australia properly — year after year, not just once for a photo opportunity.

Because if we don’t step up, the waste keeps piling up.

The communities stay overlooked.

The kids grow up thinking that’s just how it is.

And that doesn’t sit right with me.

This isn’t just a job for me.

It’s a calling.

I believe in it so much I put the first $1,000 in myself.

That’s me backing my own word.

This is me putting myself out there.

Help me help the Outback.

Let’s leave it better than we found it.

— Mike