Cutting-edge entertainment in lawn mower racing took place in Wodonga on Saturday to support a Rotary Club of Wodonga West project.
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And it could become an annual event.
The Rotary Club is holding a series of events to collect $200,000 and bring a Peace Bell to Albury-Wodonga.
The World Peace Bell Association is a Japanese organisation that tries to raise awareness of the world peace movement by casting and installing Japanese temple bells in locations around the world.
Rotary project co-ordinator Jos Weemaes hoped the project would bring people together.
"We want the bell to be a focal point in a place like Belvoir Park for peace, not just in the world but at home," he said.
"We're fundraising today through entry and the barbecue.
"If we raise $1500, we'll be happy."
Rotary Club secretary Clive Faul hopes to involve schools in the movement and said Saturday's event at the Albury Wodonga Kart Club on Sheathers Road was a great partnership with the Australian Ride On Lawn Mower Racing Association.
"I happened to come across an advertisement somewhere, and I thought 'what a wonderful alternate way of raising money'," he said.
"I contacted the association and then went to Cobram to look at a race.
"They've been great to deal with.
"We're talking to them about future dates."
Mr Faul hopes to bring the Association back, which came to Wodonga for the first time.
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"They've been close - they were at Ettamogah, but they come from all over the place, like Lakes Entrance and Young," he said.
The next major fundraiser will be a black-tie Peace Bell dinner at The Cube Wodonga.
It will take place on Saturday, July 24.
