After completing the 10-day charity fundraising tour, which this year was more than 2,500 kilometres and took in parts of Victoria and Tasmania, the Ararat trio were awarded the prestigious 65 Roses Award.

The award is the highest honour a participant can receive on the annual rally, with the trophy awarded to the participant who displays wonderful support and sportsmanship throughout the event, as voted by a panel of judges.

Mr Harris said taking out the major award came as a complete surprise.

"Each participant and official nominates a team and we were lucky enough to win it this year, which is a bit of a feather in the cap," he said.

"We have won other awards before like the 'best antics' and silly things like that, but this was the main award which was a massive shock."

Mr Harris said this year's event raised a massive $420,000 for Cystic Fibrosis Australia.

"The top fundraising car was $42,000 and we were 10th with $10,300 and that got us starting in the top 10 every day which was good," he said.

"The days were a lot shorter than previous years in terms of kilometres, but they took longer because it was mainly through steep hills in Tassie.

"Once again every day was different.

"We saw it all - farming land, the big tall trees, all the hills where you really had to be careful driving because there were steep drops, Cradle Mountain and all the mining in Queenstown that looks like the Moon."

After beginning in Shepparton, with an overnight stop at Alexandra, the rally made its way to Melbourne to catch the Spirit of Tasmania.

Mr Harris said the highlight of their time in Victoria included lunch at Bonnie Doon and driving around Lake Eildon - Victoria's largest artificial lake - however it was the overnight voyage to the Apple Isle that was the real standout.

"It was just a different element to the 12 rallies that I have been on and a great atmosphere," he said.

"We all dressed up as pirates and had music and karaoke - it was a bit of a rocky night on the boat, but was a lot of fun.

"Our car was perfect again, the battery moved once which shorted a few things out, but that wasn't a problem. The Black Caviar theme again was good, a few blokes asked whether we were going to change it next year because they reckon they are sick of hearing the races we play over the loud speakers, but the new ones loved it!"

Once they arrived in Devonport, the group headed west via some forests and open country where lots of potatoes are grown on route to Smithton.

Some of Tasmania's tourist attractions the Ararat crew took in included various national parks, Port Arthur and Beaconsfield, before finishing the rally in Hobart.

Mr Harris said he would continue to participate in the event, which is CF Australia's major fundraiser, and hopes that more Ararat people would join in the fun in 2015.

"We'd like another car from Ararat to get on board and do it too," he said.

"Some little towns started off with one car and now they've got three going. It is a lot harder to do fundraising, but you pool it all together anyway to help each other out, because at the end of the day it is still going towards the same great cause."