Trail Running Calendar Australia 2025-2026

Rail Trail Run and Ride is a festival-style sporting weekend in Scottsdale, Tasmania. The event features a broad lineup of distances for runners and riders, including 2km, 7km, 14km, 27km, and 54km runs, plus 54km and 30km rides, 18km rides, and 7km rides (including team and e-bike options). The Fri..

Surf Coast Century is Australia’s feel‑good ultra marathon held on the Great Ocean Road in Anglesea, Victoria. The event offers 100km and 50km distances for individuals, plus relay formats (teams of 2, 3 or 4) and a 2.5km Kids Run. Runners traverse a scenic coastal course with trails along beaches,..

CRU100 is a Western Australian trail race in Collie, part of the Perth Trail Series. The event offers Solo 100km, Solo 50km, and Relay 80km formats, starting near the Collie Cemetery and finishing at Collie Golf Club. Runners traverse the Wiilman Bilya Trail through jarrah, marri and yarri forests,..

Puffing Billy Running Festival is a two-day event held at Emerald Lake Park, Emerald Lake Road, Emerald, Victoria, Australia. It features a range of distances for different ages and abilities, including a 1.2 km Junior Dash, a 5 km Family Fun Run, and a 13.5 km Classic route from Belgrave to Emerald..

Flight Centre Cycle & Trail Run Epic is an award-winning mountain-biking and trail-running festival held at Hidden Vale Adventure Park in Grandchester, Queensland, Australia. Over a two-day weekend, the event offers seven races across a spectrum of distances: 4.2km, 11.5km and 23km Trail Run Epic; 8..

The C-WISE Dwellingup 100 & Mighty Jarrah Trail Run is a one-day mountain bike and trail running event held in Dwellingup, Western Australia on 13 September 2025. The event site acknowledges the traditional lands of the Bindjareb and Wilman Noongar people and pays respect to their Elders. The e..

The Coffs Harbour Running Festival is a community-based charity event in Coffs Harbour, organized by the Rotary Club of Coffs Harbour. The 2025 lineup includes an inaugural Marathon and a scenic 1-lap Half Marathon, plus shorter options: 10km, 5km and 3km. Runners traverse flat, shady courses along..

Whitsunday Trail Fest, known as Anaconda Whitsunday Trail Fest, is staged in Airlie Beach, Queensland, at the heart of the Whitsundays. In its 20th year (2025), the festival features distances: WTF58, WTF28, Honeyeater 11k, the Kids Beach Bash, and the Survivors Beach Bash. The course traces the Con..

Maribyrnong River Run is a PB Events race held at Footscray Park, Footscray, VIC, along the scenic Maribyrnong River. The event offers three distances: 21.1km (half marathon), 10km, and 4.7km, catering to runners of all levels. It emphasizes a welcoming, community vibe with medals for all finishers..

Now in its 18th year, Beachside Dash is a Sydney staple held at Depena Reserve, Russell Avenue, Dolls Point, NSW. The event offers professionally timed races across 2km, 5km and 10km distances, with the 10km as two laps of the 5km course. A foreshore-out-and-back 2km dash suits juniors, while 5km an..

The Pilliga Ultra is an ultra-running event by For Wild Places, held 19–21 September 2025 in the Pilliga Forest of New South Wales. The event foregrounds community involvement and conservation, supporting local efforts to recognise the Pilliga’s cultural and environmental significance and biodiversi..

The GV Last Man Standing Backyard Ultra will take place in Victoria Park Lake on Saturday 20 September 2025.

The Sydney Kokoda Challenge is Australia’s toughest team endurance charity event, staged from Rex Jackson Oval in Helensburgh and routing participants through the Royal National Park and Heathcote National Park. Teams choose among 18km, 48km, or 96km distances—the latter honoring the original Kokoda..

Sydney’s Backyard Ultra is an endurance running event held at St Ives Showground, Australia. Runners complete a 6.71 km loop every hour, with the race continuing until only one finisher remains, making the overall distance effectively unlimited. The entire course is marked the day before, with about..

Run Upper Murray is a trail-running event in Corryong, Victoria’s Upper Murray. Runners choose from three distances: 33 km with about 1,388 m of elevation, 16 km with about 735 m, and a Kids Race of 3 km with 75 m. The 33 km course is a single loop through farmland and native forests to the summit a..

Warrnambool Running Festival is held in Warrnambool, South West Victoria, Australia, centered at 65 Pertobe Road. The festival offers races from 2km to a full marathon across two days, welcoming runners of all levels. Event options include the Worm Bay Wiggle 2km, Warrnambool SLSC 4km Breakwater Das..

Life in the Peloton's Pub to Pub 2025 takes place on the Federation Trail between Romsey and Lancefield in the Macedon Ranges, about an hour from Melbourne. The event offers three distances: 1.5 km Junior Bolt, 7.5 km Pub to Pub (Romsey to Lancefield), and 15 km Pub to Pub to Pub (Lancefield to Roms..

Great North Walk Trail Running Festival is held at Patonga Wharf, Patonga on NSW’s Central Coast, along the Great North Walk. The event offers three trail distances: 10K (actual ~9.6km), 30K (≈29.2km), and 50K (≈50.3km), with ascent of 329m, 770m and 1,485m respectively. It emphasizes a festival atm..

The Duval Dam Buster is a trail running event held near Armidale, New South Wales, in the scenic New England High Country. Starting at 1000 meters above sea level, it offers participants a chance to experience altitude running in Australia's highest city. The event features five race distances: 3km..

The Great North Walk (GNW) Trail Running Festival is a scenic trail running event held in Australia, featuring three race distances: 10K, 30K, and 50K. The courses offer challenging elevation profiles, with total ascents ranging from 329m in the 10K to 1,485m in the 50K, covering distances up to 50...