2024 EVENT POSTPONEMENT NEWS

GOOD NEWS-BAD NEWS-GOOD NEWS

GOOD NEWS... we had some crackingly good course changes planned for you this year for Goldrush to reinvigorate the event (including a finish line with a beach on the lake!). And we will get back to them!

BAD NEWS... We won't get back to running an event (hopefully) until next year (2025).

We have been advised by Parks Victoria that due to storm damage a year and a bit back (the reason the 2023 event didn't go ahead), the core trails we need to run the event remain closed and will be for the foreseeable future. Parks Victoria cannot give us any indication of timeline as they wait on expert environmental and cultural assessments before re-opening, but they confirmed recently that the trails will 100% not be open for the planned April event date.

More info and map of trail closures here.

We did look to alternative routes and concepts to still "run, stay and play" in Daylesford in April, but we pride ourselves on maintaining a high quality trail experience, and there just wasn't a sufficient option to roll out an event that we deemed worthwhile on the few trails that remain open.

Sooooo... we apologies for the ‘false start' in the ‘Save The Date' announcement! But things didn't roll our way.

GOOD NEWS - we hope to be announcing soon a new event that will be the sister event to Goldrush - the Beechworth Beer Run planned for 11 May.

Our intention is that the BBR is the 'new' Sharpy's Beer Run (operated by Andy Payne of Oscars100 Hut 2 Hut renown and now part of the TdT fold). In future we will offer a double entry ticket to both runs as a Beer Run Double. But that's for 2025.

For now, in 2024, only Beechy will run in its inaugural outing, pending permits and confirmations of courses with council and trail managers. So watch this space. And likely a new social channel pop up. We'll announce it on here, however.

Til then, maintain the trail love. Reminisce your memories of the Rush. It'll be back. Just a little later than we planned....

Keep an eye on Tourdetrails for news on both events moving forward.

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

SATURDAY 20 APRIL 2024

Lake Daylesford, Spa Country, Victoria

Entries opening soon(ish)

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 20 April 2023. 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