2025 (SAD) EVENT NEWS

we have a decided to postpone the 2025 Goldrush Trail Runs.

Unfortunately this run will not happen this year. While some of the trails we use are re-opened, others are not.

After careful consideration and wanting to provide the best experience for runners, we have decided to, sadly, again postpone the relaunch of Goldrush until 2026, when we hope the trails will all be back in operation and we can deliver a fully-fledged gold-standard Goldrush!

We apologise for the late notice on this one, however we have been deliberating and hoping trails may come back online. Unfortunately not the case.  So sorry for the late notice of postponing again.

We have considered a later in the year running however with full race calendars and limited weekend availability, we believe best to reset for 2026. 

We hope you will still be keen come that time. Many thanks for your understanding.

Thanks to The Running Company - Ballarat for their continued support in sticking with the event. Stick with them and get ya run kit there when you need it! Same goes for Tailwind Nutrition Australia - they'll be back when we can get back... and always found at all the other Tour de trails events!

21km + 12km + 5km

MAY 2026

Lake Daylesford, Spa Country, Victoria

NEW RUN COURSES

GoldRush now features new loop courses starting and finishing from Lake Daylesford. Choose from the 22km, 12km and the 5Km. All are suitable for beginners through experts with some technical terrain but mostly just fun trails! We ask all runners to be familiar with the route/s!

EVENT SCHEDULE

GoldRush will take place the morning of Saturday 10 May 2025. There is now only a single start and finish location, at Lake Daylesford, just down from the Boathouse. Parking is spread around the Lake, all within walking distance (or walk from your in town accommodation). Be sure to check maps. The event schedule is from 8am - 1pm...

FAQs

Where do I register? When do I get my bib? What about safety? Timing? Can I swim in the lake if it’s hot?Can I grab a piccolo somewhere on the run route? I look pretty fly running trails - can my friends come see me and cheer me on out on course? There will be a bunch of questions, hopefully we can answer some here...

Check out RACE EXPLORER, a cool application that visualises run results via virtual race map that plots the finishing positions of all competitors, representing each person with an interactive icon.  Hovering over the icon reveals the competitor’s identity and race statistics, including overall, category and gender positions, as well as their pace. It also ‘maps’ the general spread of over the line results visually. Very cool.

CHECK OUT GOLDRUSH RACE EXPLORER HERE.

BEFORE THERE WERE GOLD DIGGERS: WE RUN ON DJA DJA WURRUNG COUNTRY

Goldrush is kindly hosted on the traditional lands of the Dja Dja Wurrung people. As organisers and participants we like to acknowledge that our event is occurring on Dja Dja Wurrung Country. Elders of the Dja Dja Wurrung community and their forebears are the traditional owners of this land and have been custodians for many centuries and have performed age old ceremonies of celebration, initiation and renewal. We note that the Dja Dja Wurrung gathered and managed this place for up to the last 60,000 years.  We acknowledge their living culture and their unique role in the life of this region.

For more information on the aboriginal heritage and connection to the land we run on, see these links and downloads:

Dja Dja Wurrung Clans Aboriginal Corporation Fact Sheet

Index of Mini Poster Series (contacts full individual posters on sheet or in FAQ).

Dja Dja Wurrung website www.djadjawurrung.com.au