Adventure Sport NQ

Cairns based trail running is rife with class tracks and trails for the off road runner. For that matter all of North Queensland is – Check out Tropical Walking Tracks by Kym Dungey & Jane Whytlaw (Footloose Publications) for a plethora of options. Other running and cross training opportunities coming up include: • Sun, 18 [...]

The inaugural Cairns Road Runners Spiny Cray Ultra will be held on 17 October, 2010. The event start and finishes at the Julatten ‘Highlander Tavern’. The Spiny Cray Ultra webpage info has been updated, check it out at http://adventuresportnq.info/events/trail-running/spiny-cray-ultra. Registration is open, get in early only 80 spots left to fill DERM permit conditions! Stay [...]

Brett Wilson lies beside me drenched in sweat. His stomach contents (two cold sausages, a rum and coke and a cupful of salt amongst many other rogaine snacks) are raging an intense nausea-creating battle inside him, yet stubbornly refuse Brett’s repeated, vocal and apparently painful efforts to expel them.

2 boats for sale – attractive to people doing adventure sport including OnaMission:- 1/ roscoe single sea kayak in good condition with sail and deck, fully adjustable leg length- $1200 2/ hayden compact single ski- suit short paddler (~170CM). good condition- $1800 Contact Greg at gparr[at]wgc[dot]com or 4046 1120

REPORTS TAFE Adventure Sport Weekend – Collins Weir – June 5/6 2010 Setters Report 1 – Hike Rogaines My course setting adventure begun in early March when I was partnered with my class mate Danielle and assigned the task of facilitating and running the ‘Weir in Heaven’ and ‘Blind man’s Bush Bash’ rogaines for our [...]

The opportunity to be at the first Gold Rush 42 km event was a good opportunity to compare it with similar distance events that I have ran before.

Two years ago I set out on an adventure, riding my mountain bike 3000 kilometres over Queensland. See my blog (extremephotography.com.au). It is time again to set sail for another journey (ahoy there!!); this time with my good friend Alex. We have planned to ride our mountain bikes 1100 kilometres from Cairns to the tip [...]

The five fingers have done it again with Chris White taking out the Gold Rush premier 42k event.

I have great admiration to all that competed in this years XPD. What a tough tough event! Hopefully we can have a few posts from those hard core Cairns adventurers in the near future. Captured above is team Starfactor whitewater rafting on Tully River with team captain Terry McClelland (front) totally scared to the bones. Good on [...]

If you haven’t already heard, the 5th edition of the XPD is in Cairns, which started last Wednesday – 47 teams of 4 competitors from around the globe trek, mountain bike, and kayak for five to ten days in this world renowned expedition. These adventurers race day and night over a 700km course pushing themselves [...]