By JOLENE OGLE
FOR the Varty family, a new car couldn’t have come at a better time, especially one that is free.
The Vartys are the lucky winners of the St Thomas More raffle held to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the school’s fete, and drove away from Cricks Noosa in a brand new Nissan MY15 ST Micra last week.
Peter and Penn Varty, who live in Black Mountain with their five children, said their work car was just about to die, so the win is perfectly timed.
“The kids go to three different schools, so we drive a lot,” Penn said.
“Our run around car was just about to die, so this is great.”
Baeli, 10, Ella-Jade, 7, Lilly, 6, and Chace, 4, said the car was great and couldn’t wait to jump in and have a look around.
The eldest Varty child, Rylie, 13, would have to wait until after school finished.
St Thomas More principal Patrick Colley said the raffle was well received with over 14,000 tickets sold.
Second prize was won by David Jones who will ride away on an Electra cruiser bike, thanks to Jeremy Peterson of Venture Cycles.
