2007 Teva Adventure Sport Festival

December 23rd, 2006
January 12, 2007toJanuary 14, 2007

This highly successful kayak event, first held in 2005, has evolved into a bigger, wider, stronger, faster and more fun event… the 2007 Teva Cataract Adventure Sport Festival. It includes a range of exciting events, which will appeal to spectators and outdoor adventurers of all sorts, all based around the lower part of Launceston’s’ Cataract Gorge – Australian’s most awesome urban wilderness area.

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2007 Great Tasmanian Bike Ride™

December 18th, 2006
February 10, 2007 8:00 amtoFebruary 18, 2007 4:00 pm

In the previous Great Tasmanian Bike Ride, riders hammered down the east coast of Tasmania, one hundred kilometers at a time. This time, Bicycle Victoria aim’s for riders to be nonchalant tourists and new-experience junkies. From the pre-Ride campsite, in the heart of the Launceston Festival, to the welcoming honk of geese at pipers Brook vineyard, your challenge will be how many sights, sounds and sensations you can pack in every day as you tour to Hobart.

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Kodak Urban Max – Sydney (Race Report – 25th November ’06)

December 12th, 2006

k4.jpgBright sunny weather, with a forecast of 28 degrees, on the scale of one to 10, this day was a perfect 10 for adventure racing throughout Sydney. The day started off with at a meeting point at Darling Harbour, this being our first adventure race we thought that we would come prepared. North, South, East, West of Darling Harbour we had all possible public transport routes mapped out and organised ready to commence. Low and behold our dismay, when we boarded a Whale Watching boat and were dropped off at Circular Quay for our first stop. Our pre-race planning just went out of the window.

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2007 VAUDE Highland Fling named as Australian MTB Marathon Championships

December 12th, 2006

After another successful running of the Fling in Nov 06 with 1,100 riders enjoying a fun but very challenging course across the Southern Highlands of NSW, the organizers, Wild Horizons, are pleased to announce that the 2007 event on 11 November will act as the 2007 Australian MTB Marathon Championships. But this year there will be no twists!

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The Max Adventure Paddle

December 7th, 2006
February 3, 2007
8:00 amto2:00 pm

The Max Adventure Paddle is a paddle based event involving some basic navigation spanning five hours on and around one of Sydney’s prime waterways less than 30 minutes from the CBD.

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Kathmandu Adventure Sprint – Sydney Blue Mountains

December 7th, 2006
January 14, 2007

The new year will kick off with another exciting Kathmandu sprint race to be held in the Blue Mountains. Located just 1hr from the Sydney CBD, the race is a great introduction to adventure racing and an opportunity for the more experienced racers to shake off the cobwebs after the festive season.

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Red Cross Murray Marathon 2006

November 27th, 2006
December 27, 2006toDecember 31, 2006

One of world’s longest annual canoe races, the Murray Marathon covers a distance of 404km in five days, taking paddlers from Yarrawonga through to Swan Hill in Victoria, Australia.

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