Lorne Adventure Fest

Competitor briefing

The details on this website were updated on 23 November 2012 and are the final details for the 2012 event. The 2012 Anaconda Adventure Race at Lorne event program containing all the details on this website plus additional diagrams, maps and sponsor offers can be downloaded from here. (Either left click the link to download or right click and ‘save link as’ to your desktop. 22meg)

EVENT SCHEDULE

Friday December 6th, 2013

Saturday December 7th, 2013 

Sunday December 8th, 2013

Race Registration

Every participant in any race must come to the Event Registration Desk in the Adventure Expo on the Lorne Foreshore before your race to collect your registration pack. Times are listed in the event schedule above and summarised below:

Lorne Mini

• Friday December 6th: 6:00pm – 8:00pm
• Saturday December 7th: 8:00am – 10:00am

Lorne Junior Survivor

• Saturday December 7th: 12.00pm – 3:00pm

Main Lorne Adventure Race

• Saturday December 7th: 11:30am – 5:30pm
• Sunday December 8th: 6:00am – 7:00am (late registration: by prior arrangement only)

Registration packs for team mates WILL NOT be provided to team captains, ALL TEAM MEMBERS MUST COLLECT YOUR PACK PERSONALLY and also sign the race indemnity form. For teams, some items in your registration pack will differ from your team-mates.

Competitor Briefing

• Lorne Mini - 7:00pm, Friday December 6th, Adventure Expo on the Lorne Foreshore
• Anaconda Adventure Race - 5:30pm Saturday December 7th, Adventure Expo on the Lorne Foreshore

It is highly recommended that all competitors attend the competitor briefing to hear any last minute changes.

Race starts

• Lorne Mini 11:00am Individual males and mixed teams race start – Lorne beach in front of the Adventure Expo
• 11:05am Individual female and female only teams race start – Lorne beach in front of the Adventure Expo
• Lorne Junior Survivor – age group starts from 3.30pm on Saturday - Lorne beach
• MAin Lorne Adventure Race - 8:00am Anaconda Adventure Race Start – Lorne Pier

Don’t be late because we won’t be!

Lorne access and parking notes

The Lorne Adventure Race weekend will bring a significant increase to the number of cars in and around Lorne. No-one wants to be stuck in traffic nor walk away with a parking fine so just be aware of the following points.

Parking in Lorne throughout the weekend:

• Parking in and around the immediate Lorne foreshore area is limited and bylaw officers will be patrolling streets and fining people who are parked illegally
• There is plenty of parking near the pier, along Erskine River just north of Erskine Resort and in the streets behind Mountjoy Parade (Great Ocean Road). E.g. Smith Street, Fern Avenue, William Street, Otway Street and Grove Street.
• You will not need to use your car during the event, so leave your car at your accommodation and walk to the expo area. The MTB to Team Run transition area (T4) is only 1.5km from the finish.
• Allow yourself plenty of time before the start to drop off your kayaks and mountain bikes into T1 and T3 (Lorne Foreshore) on Saturday morning.

Adventure Expo

There will be a festival atmosphere at the Adventure Expo on the Lorne Foreshore, so make sure you bring your family and friends to be a part of the action!

Adventure Expo exhibitors

There will be something for everyone with sponsors’ stands and information tents set up as part of the Adventure Expo including an on-site Anaconda store plus stalls by Fitness Paddlers, Endura Sports Nutrition, and more.

Kids’ entertainment

We have plenty of kids’ entertainment to tire out even the most active kids (aside from the Junior Survivor Challenge taking place on Saturday afternoon – further details below). There will be a face painting and other games all within the Adventure Expo. Right next to the start / finish area is an extensive playground and skate park and of course the beach, or for a small fee, kids can have fun on the trampolines or play mini golf at the foreshore activity centre

Food, beverages and the event bar

There will be a range of tasty food and beverages available within the Adventure Expo: Sasha and Co Catering will be serving up coffee, egg & bacon rolls, cakes and other mouth-watering morsels, the Lorne Lions Club will be serving their famous snow cones along with several other food outlets to keep you well fed. The event bar will be offering beer, wine and other drinks and snacks from its location right on the finish line making it the ideal place to (start and) finish your weekend!

MC and Live Race Updates

MC’s Jason Reyntjes and Jacqui Dunlop will be calling the race and providing plenty of live updates, information and interviews over race weekend from the Adventure Expo during Saturday and Sunday.

SOCIAL ADVENTURES

Event Bar – Adventure Expo
There will be an Event Bar set up immediately adjacent to the finish line in the Lorne Foreshore all weekend that will also be serving beer, wines and a few soft options as well. What better way to catch up with friends or celebrate a great weekend on the coast than with a drink in the bar right in the middle of the event expo on the Lorne Foreshore where you can enjoy the race atmosphere and watch people crossing the line. [Please remember that alcoholic beverages bought from the bar can only be consumed within the cordoned off bar area].

Social media: Live event updates on Twitter #LorneAdventure
We will be tweeting live event updates over the whole weekend so make sure you’re following Rapid Ascent at http://twitter.com/Rapid_Ascent and you’ll receive a steady stream of results, photos and news snippets from around the course as it happens under the tag #AnacondaLorne. (Tell your friends and families at home to follow us so they can keep in touch with what’s happening too).

Support crew

Support crews are not mandatory. They can make logistics a bit easier but they will have virtually no impact on your overall placing if you are organised before the event.

General points:

• All teams will receive two green wrist bands for your support crew as part of your registration pack. Please ensure that support crew members wear these wrist bands. Without them, they will not be permitted inside the transition areas or be able to service athletes.
• Support crews may NOT help competitors at any point inside or outside of the designated transition areas listed below. This extends to the team run, where support crews are NOT allowed to run with competitors.
• Specific points and recommendations during the race:
• Support crews are not able to assist inside any transition areas whilst your competitor is in there - competitors must get changed, find their equipment and move their boats by themselves.
• You are only able to enter transition areas to drop off equipment when your competitor is not there. Entry to the TA will only be permitted upon presentation of a support crew wrist band (provided in the registration pack of team swimmers, individuals and pairs).
• You are able (and encouraged) to enter transition areas to collect your competitor’s equipment after they have departed. We particularly encourage support crews to collect the following gear during the event:
• Collect boats and paddle from T2 on the Lorne Beach - as we have a lot of boats to fit in and otherwise they might be collected by the tide!
• Mountain Bikes from T4 at North Lorne - just to keep this area empty and under control.
   

Transition Opening Times

Opening and closing times of each TA are listed below. Please be advised that any equipment in position outside these is left at the owner’s risk. Please also note that it is the final weekend of ‘Schoolies’ at Lorne and we encourage you to be cautious about leaving your equipment outside.

T1 – Lorne Beach: Swim – Paddle
Boats must be placed in the appropriate location according to your race number. Paddles MUST be left alongside boats.

• MINI: Open for boat and paddle equipment to be dropped off after 8.00am on Saturday. All gear to be collected by 3:00pm Saturday.
• AAR: Open for boat and paddle equipment to be dropped off after 6.00am on Sunday. Paddles MUST be left alongside boats. All other paddling equipment must be located inside the bike TA compound.

T2 – Lorne Foreshore: Paddle - Run
Paddles and boats may be collected straight after the transition (preferred). Individuals must set up your running gear next to your MTB in the designated location according to your race number.

• MINI: Open for running equipment to be dropped off after 8.00am on Saturday. All paddling gear MUST be collected by 3:00pm Saturday.
• AAR: Open for running equipment to be dropped off after 6.00am on Sunday. All paddling gear MUST be collected by 4:00pm Sunday.

T3 – Lorne Foreshore: Run – Mountain Bike
Individuals must set up your MTB next to your running gear in the designated location according to your race number.

• MINI: Open for mountain bike equipment to be dropped off after 8.00am on Saturday. All running gear MUST be collected by 3:00pm Saturday.
• Lorne Min AR: Open for mountain bike equipment to be dropped off after 6.00am on Sunday. All running gear MUST be collected by 4:00pm Sunday.

T4 – North Lorne: Mountain Bike – Team Run
Mountain Bike equipment may only be collected upon presentation of the MTB collection token included in your race packs.

• MINI: Open for team run equipment to be dropped off after 11:30am Sunday. All MTB gear to be collected straight after the transition (preferred) until 3:00pm on Saturday.
• AAR: Open for team run equipment to be dropped off after 9:30am Sunday. All MTB gear to be collected straight after the transition (preferred) until 4:00pm on Sunday.

Equipment transfers

We will conduct the following equipment transfers for competitors in either the Main Adventure Race and / or the MINI to make logistics a bit easier for those without support crews.

MINI
T1: We will transfer your wetsuit and other swimming gear from the beach at T1 to the Race Administration marquee if you complete the following steps:

• Collect a large orange bag during race registration and write your name and race number on it. Put this bag with your paddling gear on the beach at T1
• In T1 once you have got changed, put your wetsuit and other swim gear from T1 in the orange bag and give it to a marshal before you launch your kayak. DO not just leave your bag on the beach.
• We will take your bag to the race administration marquee for you to collect after the race

MINI and Main Lorne Adventure Race
For competitors without support crews we offer to transfer equipment from the Race Administration marquee to the T4 (North Lorne). Please place your beach running gear (if any – the final run is OK to complete in bare feet) to go to T4 in a plastic bag, write your team number on the outside and then give it to the marshals in the Race Administration marquee before 7:00am on Sunday morning.
 

The details on this website were updated on 23 November 2012 and are the final details for the 2012 event. The 2012 Anaconda Adventure Race at Lorne event program containing all the details on this website plus additional diagrams, maps and sponsor offers can be downloaded from here. (Either left click the link to download or right click and ‘save link as’ to your desktop. 22meg)