Geoquest was one of the first Australian adventure races back in 2002, and has been the country’s premier race in all that time, attracting the very best Australian and international competitors.  Now, race organisers Wild and Co. have decided to launch the race in New Zealand as well, as part of the Adventure Racing World Series (ARWS) Oceania circuit. The new Mountain Designs Geoquest New Zealand race will take place from January 20-23th 2023, and will be based in Napier, with courses set among the stunning rivers, parks and forests of the Hawke’s Bay region. It will follow the same fo ..read more

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The venue for the Oceania Championship final of the Adventure Racing World Series has been announced today as the Gold Coast, and the race will now be part of a 5 race series, following the news that Alpine Quest has joined the premier adventure racing series in the region. The ARWS Oceania Championship final will take place in the Gold Coast from 21-23rdOctober, when adventure racing teams will mountain bike, paddle, trek and navigate their way around 180km (full) or 100km (half), non-stop courses.   The ARWS Championship category is open to teams of 4 which must be mixed sex, and the e ..read more

We’re all in the same boat here and desperate to get adventuring again. Now that dates have been announced by Mojo, Fully Rad, Rouge, ThoughtSports and Adventure Junkies we’ve pulled together a 2022 calendar of 12-48hr adventure races in Oz for everyone looking to step up and take on a challenge! It’s going to be a big year for Adventure Racing with events spread across NSW, VIC and Qld which is very exciting. Especially cool to see Alpine Quest back on and the ARWS Oceania Champs locked in after two years of postponements!  1. Explore Gippsland – 24hrs / 22-24 January 2022 / Gippsland V ..read more

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The Mountain Designs Geoquest adventure race has been at the heart of Australian adventure racing for almost 20 years now, inspiring many to take up the sport, and some to organise their own races.  Chris Dixon and his team from Wild & Co. have a long history, great expectations and high standards to maintain, and they delivered last weekend, with a stunning race based at Crescent Head on the Macleay Valley Coast of NSW. There was a reduced entry due to Covid restrictions and bad weather stopping teams travelling, but 17 teams made their way to the start for the Full course and anoth ..read more

The roots of adventure racing are deep and people debate the origin of the modern adventure race.  This article is a paraphrased version of the Wikipedia page on Adventure Racing Some point to the two-day Karrimor International Mountain Marathon, first held in 1968 as the birth of modern adventure racing. The Karrimor Marathon required two-person teams to traverse mountainous terrain while carrying all the supplies required to support themselves through the double-length marathon run. In 1980, the Alpine Ironman was held in New Zealand. Individual competitors ran, paddled and skied to a ..read more