The raffle is a good idea, but why dont you sell tickets for $2, then say 500 members bought the, the winner could win $500, and the rest go into getting dc registered.
Maybe, we could get some of the site sponsors, to put together prize packs, like ajps could do a shock and spring pack, other sponsors could put up a set of whitline raer lights etc etc.
You could also have quarterly raffles, then have a annual mega raffles.
Do not move to sydney rio, its a hole, and should be blown up, when I do my trip around oz in january, I'm going to find some out back country town to live in.
NZ is supposed to be rather boring, well thats what my kiwi mates use an excuse to move over here.