They are perhaps our State’s most frivolous dream chasers, those who put the call out to the public via online fundraising platforms asking for help to fund their private pursuits.

In the midst of the Israel Folau fundraising saga — he has raised about $2 million now — we trawled the depths of GoFundMe to find some of WA’s strangest support requests.

Perth teen Sivan Heyns, 19, asked for $8,000 in January to fund upgrades to her 60 series’ Landcruiser to help it “live up to it’s full potential”.

Heyns promised to donate $10 towards local foundations for every $100 raised. In six months she raised $155.

It is a similar story for Kununurra’s Shannon Hunter, who asked in March for the same amount to build her dream car out of a smashed up old Landcruiser. She promised to donate most of the funds raised to charity.

Up in Broome, two travelling women asked the public to pitch in $2,000 so they can take themselves on a sightseeing and skydiving holiday in Perth.

Sticking with the Kimberley theme, aspiring young gamer Simon Yuto sought to defy his parents’ advice by raising $2,500 for a computer to help him turn his hobby into a profession.

Yuto said his parents would not buy him such a computer as they did not believe it was an advisable career path.

In Kununurra — yes there is a strong Kimberley theme here — Charlotte Kilcoyne was so concerned about the loss of her friend, Marc’s, hat she attempted to raise $200 to buy him a new one.

Camera Icon Marc really needs a new hat. Credit: GoFundMe.

For the sake of not picking on the Kimberley, potential donors have a few cracking options to choose from elsewhere in WA too.

One of the most perplexing requests comes courtesy of a harrowing tale from Bunbury.

“I was out walking when suddenly a magpie flew down at me,” Chaewon Lee said.

“I only had my phone with me and no head protection, so tried to get away from trees to avoid being near a nest it was protecting.

“I was going to call my husband to pick me up, when a car with two ladies who had seen me being swooped stopped and very kindly drove me home.”

Ms Lee asked for $1,200 in public assistance in March. No reason was given as to why the money was needed.

Camera Icon Need a boob job? Be like Kalgoorlie resident Harper Watson and set up a GoFundMe. Credit: GoFundMe

In Karratha Latif Whyte wanted $1,000 to ensure he had a backup supply of beer in case bottleshops were closed.

Fellow Karratha resident Kel Christensen asked for $2,000 on June 24 so he could “sharb Bali”.

Urban Dictionary defines sharb as not well put together, so what Mr Christensen means by ‘sharbing’ Bali is beyond us.

Kalgoorlie’s Harper Watson saved $70,000 for a boob job, but decided she needed to hit up GoFundMe for an extra $1,000 to make it happen.

Back in Bunbury, “poor” resident Maddi Lucas was pretty keen to buy a dog in 2018. She raised $92 of her $3,000 requested.

Ms Heyns’ $155 bounty and the $92 for Ms Lucas’ dog aside, there is one theme which ties all these dreamers together. None of their efforts on GoFundMe managed to raise a cent.