Sat
11
Aug
2012

Great Pyramid Race

info@pyramidrace.com
Gordonvale, Queensland, Australia
http://pyramidrace.com

The Great Pyramid Race and Country Fair is held every year in mid August in the small community of Gordonvale, located 24 kms south of Cairns. Festival activities include a Media Launch, Trivia Night ,Masquerade Cocktail Party and more; ending on the weekend of August 14th, with the main event – the Great Pyramid Race. Other sporting activities on this day include a 5km fun run and a Criterium. Markets, entertainment, children’s activities, workshops, rides and amusements are held in the central park, culminating in a Pyrotechnique Fire Dance Theatre, a fireworks spectacular and a local band playing till late.

Mountain: Walsh's Pyramid
Height: 922 meters
Venue: Norman Park, Gordonvale Australia
Race Record: Neil Lybinsky 1:15:34
Numbers: 100 Competitors
Course: Never ending uphill scramble and controlled downhill freefall.