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Rapid Ascent Victorian mountain bike race schedule
If you prefer your tyres knobby and your adrenaline flowing, then you’ll be keen to lock the
Otway Odyssey Mountain Bike Marathon and Bike Buller MTB Festival into your 2011 race schedule.
The 2011 Otway Odyssey – Australia’s ultimate MTB marathon will be held on Saturday February
19th and will once again include the premier 100km Odyssey from Apollo Bay to Forrest,
the 50km Otway Shorty starting and finishing in Forrest and the introductory 15km Otway Pioneer.
This event has grown to be a ‘must do’ race for any mountain biker, so mark this date in
your diary and entries open at some point in late August ... {Click here for full story.}
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Winter Holiday in Far North Queensland and Papa New Guinea
Race Director and adventure specialist John Jacoby tells us of his latest adventure tales.
David Moffatt called me a few months ago with an idea to celebrate his 50th birthday.
“Let’s ride MTB’s from Cape Tribulation to Cape York, paddle sea kayaks to PNG and
then traverse the Kokoda Tk., all in 2 weeks.” I instantly thought it sounded like a
great idea. My long term aim of visiting as many countries as I am years old was
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ARea 51 offers some great specials
Get geared up and ready for the Denmark Adventure Race! Australia’s leading Adventure
Racing equipment store www.area51.net.au is offering a great gear package deal valued at over $300 for only
$199 (including FREE postage) So what do you get? You will get the best
selling MTB mapboard – the Intrepid AR51 Mapboard, a Silva mapboard compass,
plus a range of very popular ARea 51 products.
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Marysville to Melbourne attracts its first entrant – all the way from Botswana!
The Marysville to Melbourne Multisport Challenge (M2M) is quickly building
sky-high awareness amongst all athletes and we are stoked to announce our very first
entrant into our newest event – Kelby Murray from Botswana. Not only is he the first entrant,
but Kelby will probably have the furthest to travel to take part in this iconic event as well.
We were of course fascinated to hear more about the adventure scene in Botswana and to suss
out just who this guy is and what makes him want to come and race M2M.
... {Click here for full story.}
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Dirt Works 100km Classic – VIC 7th November 2010
The Dirt Works VIC (formerly the BMC 100km Classic) is back for a third year set amongst
the fantastic trails of the Wombat State Forest. The event is staged from the picturesque
Cammeray Waters at Woodend in Victoria, only one hour’s drive from central Melbourne and
40 minutes from the airport. The course includes a mix of fast fire trail, pine forest single
track, 4wd trails and up to 50% technical and flowing single track. There is absolutely
no tarmac, guaranteed!
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2010 Racing the Planet - the Kimberly’s, an account by Robbie Adams
The Racing the Planet is a unique category of rough country footraces
that take place over seven days and some 250 kilometers in some rugged
and remote parts of the world. This international series saw an event
take place in the Kimberley’s in April and this is an account of that
race by West Australian adventure racer Robbie Adams. Robbie has kindly
let us circulate this article in our Rapid Ascent newsletter after I
received it via e-mail and was captivated by his story back in early June.
Happy reading. ... {Click here for full story.}
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Mix up your events with an interstate Anaconda – now even easier for Victorians to get to
Why wait until December for your next adventure race hit when it is so easy to get to Race #1 at the Gold
Coast in September, and Race #2 at Augusta WA in November with our boat transportation services.
The Gold Coast is truly divine in early September, with mid twenty temperatures, warm water and
tropical terrain the Anaconda Adventure Race on September 5th is well worth consideration.
This is made even easier with our boat transportation service, where we’ll collect your
boat in Victoria and take it straight to the start of the paddle leg, and then collect
it at the end of the paddle leg when you’re done.
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Anaconda Junior Survivor Challenge – an action event for kids!
It is with great enthusiasm that we invite all the kids on the Gold
Coast to join us for an adventure event designed especially for them – The
Anaconda Junior Survivor Challenge that is set to take place from the Palm
Beach Parklands on September 4th, 2010. The Anaconda Junior Survivor is a
super fun adventure challenge event designed and run especially for
children aged between 5 and 13 years of age.
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Espresso 24-Hour Adventure Race
The fourth episode of the Espresso 24 hour Adventure race in Western Australia
is coming again on the last weekend of 29th August 2010. he Espresso
is a non-stop, unsupported 24-hour challenge for teams of 4. Teams will be required
to trek, mountain bike, paddle, scramble, climb and navigate their way through the
picturesque (and hilly) south-west of Western Australia.
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Winter motivations – join us for a race in the sunshine at Gold Coast Anaconda Adventure Race
Do you need a mid winter target, a reason to maintain your fitness and enjoy being out and about though
the winter gloom – then come and race in the sunshine at the Anaconda Adventure Race on the Gold Coast on
September 5th 2010.The Gold Coast is truly divine in early September, with mid twenty temperatures,
warm water and tropical terrain in all directions.
... {Click here for full story.}
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The Great Amazing Race
From the team that brought you the Melbourne Amazing Race and Great Melbourne Pursuit,
Uplift Events is proud to present Melbourne with the ultimate urban adventure race for 2010,
the Great Amazing Race. Competing in teams of 2, competitors will race around Melbourne visiting
famous landmarks and locations while completing a variety of fun activities along the way.
If you love the outdoors, competing and enjoy keeping fit then this is the ideal event as
competitors from all ages and fitness levels can enter in this fun filled day.
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