The Matter Buccaneers be no landlubbers!

Avast, t' shipmates at Matter Solutions be not afraid o' a charity challenge!

We be gettin' onboard with Children’s Cancer Support’s Talk Like a Pirate Day fundraiser, because let’s face it, who doesn’t want to be a pirate?

Here’s the course we be plotting, to raise $500 for this worthy cause:

A visit from Captain MetalBeard in his magnificent vessel.

The Galley will be full from a scurvy lunch of fish and potatoes from SwampDog and ye Pirate Ship Cake Bake-Off.

These creations via Flickr: pfenwick, treasuresandtiaras, rachelfordjames

Hours of paper craft with Jolly Roger MozBot and his evil Pirate Piggies.

Arrr your office funsters up for a Piratical Challenge?

Check out these cool ideas to have a jolly-roger good time on Friday 19 September:

• Chart a course to the official Pirate festivities in Captain Burke Park, at Kangaroo Point
• Set ye shipmates a Pirate Pop Quiz
• Send all your emails Pirate using this handy translator
• Pirate Lunch Recipes
• Editable Treasure Map - stash some gold doubloons around the office
• Pirate Selfies
• Knit yourselves a Pirate hat (we dare you!)
• Make a Pirate Vine:

But most importantly, donate some doubloons to Childhood Cancer Support, a great organisation helping children and families battling many different types of cancer.