Current News
27 March 2011
McAvoy and Hall hold on to win 2011 Terra Australis view..
Friday 25th March 2011
Yeti Gu win sixth stage of Terra Australis
Wall almost the first female stage winner view...
24 March 2011
The queen had her say
The Queen stage of the 2011 Terra Australis was a truly epic day in the saddle view...
23 March 2011
Time Trial, like the eye of a storm view...
March 22nd
Stage 3: Brutal day at Terra Australis
Age was no barrier for the stage 3 victors at Terra Australis
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Monday, 21 March 2011
McAvoy and Hall consolidate their terra lead with convincing stage 2 victory. view...
20th March
Canberra pairing of McAvoy and Hall claim stage one of 2011 Terra view...
30th November 2010
Check out T3, the new three day race as part of the 2011 Terra Australis view...
12th October 2010
World Champion Jess Douglas to ride the 2011 Terra
23rd September 2010
You can now check out who is going to be on the start line for the 2011 Terra. view...
16th Sept 2010
A comprehensive list of all riders for the 2011 event will be up on the website soon..
3rd September 2010
Stephen Brady from Alice Springs was the lucky winner of the Apple ipad competition.
1st June 2010
Registrations are open for the 2011 Terra Australia. Get in early to take advantage of the early bird price and the all inclusive package.
10th May 2010
Dates have been set for the 2011 Terra Australis. Lock in Sunday 20th March to Saturday 26th March 2011
9th April 2010
Dates for the 2011 Terra Australis will be announced at the end of April 2010. Stay tuned to this website for more information.
5th January 2010
Mark Fenner’s 12 week training program will get you in shape for Terra 2010
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15th December 2009
Terra Video now online
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14th April, 2009
Terra Australis event photo CD's (with 460 pics on the CD) are available for $50 from Bicycle Photosview...
5th April, 2009
For a complete package of the 2009 Terra Australis results of all 7 stages, plus the overall series placings by Category and General Classificationview...
2 April, 2009
Race Photos updated in Photo Gallery
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1 April, 2009
Race results posted on Terra Australis website
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1 April, 2009
Terra Australis photos from Russ Bakerr
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“It is not the mountain that we conquer, but ourselves” - Sir Edmund Hillary
Ambassadors
Kerry Ryan began mountain biking late in life, well later then most people do. At age 52 he entered an MTB orienteering event with his son. He came absolutely last and all the course marshalls had gone home by the time he got to the finish. This could have easily been the last time Kerry rode a bike but no, he was hooked. So the usual turn of events then unfolded. I think many of us have been down this path. First was the purchase of a decent MTB, followed by learning the craft of riding in the bush. Incremental improvements to fitness and skill lead to the point where it was time to give racing a go. Some success and the confidence builds inspiring even more training and the inevitable bike and gear upgrades.
Kerry is now 66 years old and over the last 14 years has competed in Cross Country races at the World Championship level. 100km and 24 hour enduros have also been crossed off the to do list. His favourite event though is the “Stage Race” and he is very accomplished in this discipline. He is a veteran campaigner of the Wildside event in Tasmania but his biggest achievement at stage racing would be winning the 50+ age category at the famous and very testing Trans Rockies Challenge in Canada with race partner Craig Peacock.
We invited Kerry Ryan to be an ambassador for Terra Australis for a few reasons. Firstly, he is an ispirational man and we felt his journey in the sport of MTB would inspire people to “have a go”. Secondly were his credentials. Terra Australis has been inspired by events such as Trans Rockies, Trans Alp and Cape Epic. Who better to talk about the experience of an event such as this but someone who has attempted and conquered it?
“As you leave the Hotham Alpine Village and turn off into Lock Car park, a four wheel drive track will take you towards Mount Loch, looking off to your left you will see in the far distance Mount Buffalo lying in the undulations of the Ovens Valley and just off to the right, Wangaratta. In the foreground, the start of the Razorback traversing up towards Mount Feathertop. When you arrive at Loch, the open vista before you is truly alpine, just under Feathertop is the start of the Diamantina spur which cascades down into the valley below, rising out of the valley, on the opposite side, the Niggerheads and the Bogong high plains leading you on to Mount Bogong (the highest mountain in Victoria), to the right of Mount Bogong nestled in the valley below is the alpine village of Falls Creek where we started from the previous day. Descending Mount Loch you will ride through some of the most glorious alpine terrain, passing by the old Red Robin gold mine, at the end of the descent we pass by the “battery” (where the gold is separated from the rock) and continue to ride through an untouched lush valley running between Feathertop and the Niggerheads. This event will be up there with the best.”
Kerry Ryan has put together some insiders tips for the Terra Australis, survival advice drawn from his first hand experience in the Trans Rockies Challenge - click here to download the insiders tips (pdf file)