Trail Running Calendar Australia 2025-2026

The Beach to Brother Trail Running Festival is a scenic running event held in New South Wales, featuring various distances including 5k, 10k, half-marathon (21k), marathon (42k), and a team relay option. Participants can enjoy the beautiful coastal views while challenging themselves on the trails. T..

Born To Run Festival is a trail running event held in Portland, New South Wales, at The Foundations—the historic Portland Cement Works site in the heart of town. The festival offers four race options: 2 km for kids, 5 km, 10 km, and a Half Marathon, plus a Trail Boss challenge that combines all thre..

LAKES Trail Festival, based in Hawks Nest on NSW's North Coast, is Australia's fresh ultra-trail event set in the Myall Lakes region. Runners can choose from 100km, 70km, 50km, 30km, plus a 12km option and a 1km kids dash. All courses start and finish in Hawks Nest, tracing coastal and forest trails..

Barkin' Mad Ultra 2025 takes place at Rokeby Recreation Reserve in Rokeby, Victoria, Australia. This ultrarunning festival—Dogs running for Dogs—offers 2km, 5km, 10km, 20km and 50km distances, with options for walkers or runners and dogs or without dogs. The event welcomes 400+ participants to tackl..

Garden City Backyard Ultra (GCBU) 2025 is staged at the Toowoomba Showgrounds Caravan Park in Glenvale, Queensland, Australia. It follows the Backyard Ultra format: a 6.71-kilometre loop run on the hour, every hour, continuing until only one competitor remains. The event creates a high-endurance atm..

Beechworth Beer Run is a trail-running festival in Beechworth, Victoria, centered at Lake Sambell Caravan Park. It offers four distances: 28km Full Pint, 15km Half Pint, 5km Quencher, and 2.5km Kids Cordial Cruze. The 28km is a bus-supported point-to-point race from Yackandandah Sport Park to Beechw..

Sydney Trail Marathon is a trail running event in the Sydney region organized by 180 Cadence. It offers two races on the October long weekend: STM 42, a 42 km trail marathon with +887 m / -887 m, and STM 21, a 21 km trail course with +445 m / -445 m. The event aims for a world-class experience with..

Coombabah Trail Run is a small, community-focused running and walking event held in the Coombabah Lake Conservation Area along Koala Trail in Coombabah, Queensland. Participants choose between a 12.5 km and a 4.8 km course, starting and finishing at the reserve’s main entrance opposite the Southport..

Coastal Pathway Ultra is Tasmania’s first running event of its kind, starting and finishing in Latrobe at Bells Parade and following the North West Coastal Pathway from Latrobe to Ulverstone and back. The course traverses the Coastal Pathway through three municipalities, offering one of Tasmania’s m..

Paluma Village Trail Run, the sixth and final event in Outer Limits Trail Run Series, takes place at Paluma in Queensland's Wet Tropics. Distances are 6 km, 10 km, and 20 km, with start and finish at the Village Green (56 Mt Spec Road). The course runs through World Heritage rainforest at over 900 m..

Hidden Valley Trail Run is the finale of Outer Limits’ Trail Run Series, relocated to Hidden Valley, Paluma, Queensland due to Paluma Range road closures. The event offers three distances—the 6 km short, 10 km middle, and 20 km long—with a junior option in the shorter distance. Runners navigate full..

Trailsplus Mt Macedon Trail Run takes place on Mt Macedon in Victoria’s Macedon Ranges. The fourth race in the Trailsplus Mountain Trail Series, it offers five distances: 10km, 21km, 30km, 42km and 50km. The start and finish are at the BBQ area beside the car park at the summit, a family-friendly hu..

SEQ Trail Running Series kicks off Season 13 with Round 1 at Enoggera Reservoir, Brisbane. The event offers two trail options: a short course of 8.4 km and a long course of 12.9 km, weaving around the reservoir area. It features a professionally timed race, with on-site race photos available for pur..

Hume + Hovell Ultra is a community-run trail event in Tumbarumba, NSW, centered at Henry Angel Trackhead and following the Hume & Hovell Walking Track. It offers 22km, 50km, and 100km races, plus a 100km relay, tracing the explorers’ 1824 route to Port Phillip Bay. Runners traverse native bushland a..

The Great NOSH Footrace is an annual trail running event held in Middle Harbour, Sydney. It offers four distances: the Classic 14km from Lindfield to Forestville, the XL NOSH 30km from Forestville to Lindfield and back, plus a 5km NOSH Fling and a 3km NOSH Dash, all on off-road trails. The 50th edit..

TRSA's Mount Bold Trail Championship is held at Mount Bold Reservoir Reserve near Kangarilla, SA. The course offers four distances: extra-long 35km (1070m ascent), long 25km (810m), medium 17km (640m), and short 10km (460m), plus a kids option. The route winds through woodlands, swamps and creeks, d..

Pemby Trail Fest 2025 is a three-day trail running event held 17–19 October in Pemberton, WA. The event is organised by Perth Trail Series. Entry fees range from AUD $25.00 to $297.00 depending on the chosen race and ticket type. The weekend includes an evening run on Friday, multiple races on Satu..

Blackall100 is a trail running ultramarathon set on the Blackall Range in Queensland's Sunshine Coast hinterland. Runners choose from three distances — 100km, 50km and 21km — tackling a course that winds through ferny forests, subtropical rainforest, tall eucalypts, waterfalls and quiet hinterland h..

Compass Club South 2025 at Cockle Creek, Tasmania, Australia marks the eighth edition of the Compass Club series, which visits Australia’s compass points. The event offers two long-distance options: a 42-kilometre marathon and a 21-kilometre half marathon, plus a 7-kilometre fun run. Competitors fol..

Roller Coaster Run, Melbourne’s Mountain Run, is held at Kalorama Memorial Reserve along Mount Dandenong Tourist Road in Kalorama, VIC, Australia, inside the Dandenong Ranges National Park. Established in 2012, it has grown into a Melbourne trail classic drawing 1,000+ runners to lush forest trails...