Where is Canberra? - or Where is Australia, for that matter.
Main road routes into Canberra, showing the locations of Stromlo Forest Park (left) and the Crowne Plaza official hotel (centre).
Road Directions from Sydney International Airport to Canberra - Page 1. Download for higher res file.
Road Directions from Sydney International Airport to Canberra - Page 2. Download for higher res file.
Road Directions from Sydney International Airport to Canberra - Page 3. Download for higher res file.
Road Directions from Sydney International Airport to Canberra - Page 4. Download for higher res file.
The layout of the event village, showing the Dyna Sys World Solo Pit Row, Toyota RAV4 Transition and the areas allocated for camping. You can download this file for better viewing.
Looking down at the Toyota RAV4 Team Transition Area from the top deck of the event pavilion. Download this for better viewing.
Looking down at the Event Village from half way up Mount Stromlo. Black Mountain Tower is on the left, and the city of Canberra just to the right of the tower. Download this for better viewing.
The Toyota RAV4 Team Transition Area at night. Download this for better viewing.
The tunnel at the back of the Dyna Sys World Solo Pit Row. The course will go both through and over this.
The start/finish area will be on bitumen. No mud, no dust, no Kangaroos.
The Toyota RAV4 Team Transition Area
Mount Stromlo at night during a 24 Hr race, shown from the top of the 4X course, looking north.
Mount Stromlo at night during a 24 Hr race, from the top of the 4X course, looking northwest.
Mount Stromlo at night during a 24 Hr race, from the back of the 4X course, looking southwest.
A pan of the complete event village with about 6000 people in it. Looking back towards Canberra from the top of the 4X course. The event pavilion and Dyna Sys World Solo Pit row area are in the centre of the photo. Download this for a better view.
The back of Crag Gordon, that might be all a lot of us get to see.
Looking back towards Canberra over the Dyna Sys World Solo Pit Row area. The whole carpark area will be used, from the cars on the left to the area where the Hoecker Marquees are being set up on the right. It is about 160m x 100m and can hold up to 500 pit areas for solo riders, and will include a dedicated solo kitchen area.
The Dyna Sys World Solo Pit Row, looking north from the location of the VIP and Sponsors Marquee.
This photo is here to show you the surface of the Dyna Sys World Solo Pit Row. It is compacted dirt and gravel, and pretty hard to drive a tent peg into (but we will have a drill). So - this is to help you decide if you want a floor for your pit row site.
This shows the event pavilion on the right, and the Dyna Sys World Solo Pit Row on the left. To enter the pit row as a solo rider on the course, you would come in on the bottom right of the photo, turn left through the barriers where the person with the diagonal white stripe on the jacket, then turn around the tree beds.
This is one of the areas where the Solo riders will be able to camp, just outside of the Dyna Sys World Solo Pit Row. The top of the 4X course, from where a lot of the night photos in this album were taken, is the white concrete strip in the centre of the rear of this photo.
One of the bouncing locals at the back of the Dyna Sys World Solo Pit Row area. If you're a solo rider, then you will be getting up close and personal with that aerial on top of the mountain once (maybe twice) every lap.
Some more of the bouncing locals on the section of the course known as "Old Duffy". Both the World Solo riders and Team Riders will ride through this area as part of the course.
You will be able to get lots of open views of the single track sections of the course on Mount Stromlo.
Some of the single track climbing. This section will be part of the World Solo Champs course (and this rider, Peta Mullens, will be riding it in Elite Women).
Some more of the course, showing the fire trail surface. Peta Mullens is the rider.
There are lots of relatively open sections on Mount Stromlo, but they're not all flat - or smooth. Niki Fisher is the rider.
There are several sections of the world solo champs course which use Stromlo's famous berm descents. Peta Mullens is the rider.
Another section of climbing singletrack on the world champs course - although the trees have grown a bit since this photo was taken - with some of the event village area in the background.
More singletrack fun on Mount Stromlo
Some climbing, some rocks ... The dirt ground in the distant background is the event carpark, which holds about 2500 cars.
This section is one of the gradual singletrack descents which forms part of the world champs course.
Where to ride your mountain bike around the Canberra Area. Travel times in minutes by car are shown in () from the Crowne Plaza - the host Hotel.
Stromlo Forest Park - Mountain Bike Trail Map
Sparrow Hill Mountain Bike Trail Map
Mount Majura Mountain Bike Trail Map
The closest beach area to Canberra, around Batemans Bay. This is about 1h 45m drive from the event village at Stromlo Forest Park. There is also a good mountain bike track off Maulbrooks Road, to the south-west of Mogo.
One of the Mountain Bike Trail loops at Maulbrooks Road, near Mogo.
One of the coastal beaches at Rosedale, less than 2 hours drive from the Stromlo Forest Park event village. This is "Rosedale Beach" on the photo map. The town of Mogo is about 15 minutes drive, and there is a good 15Km mountain bike trail loop there - off Maulbrooks Road.
One of the coastal beaches at Rosedale, less than 2 hours drive from the Stromlo Forest Park event village. This is on the south side of the headland to the south of "Rosedale Beach" on the photo map, with Guerilla Bay in the background. The town of Mogo is about 15 minutes drive, and there is a good 15Km mountain bike trail loop there - off Maulbrooks Road.
The Dyna Sys World Solo Pit Row Plan, showing the site allocation for individual riders - download this for a better view, but its about 7 MB. Pale blue sites are for pre-ordered marquee packages. Pale yellow are empty 3x3 sites for riders' own tents. The pale green R BC sites are Results and Battery Charging. The bright yellow Pit Row Kitchen will have BBQs, Microwaves, Fridges and Boiling Water Urns. This plan goes above the next image - so the finish arch and team transition area is at the bottom of this image.
The lower level team transition area and finish arch. Download this for a better view - but its 6 MB. This plan goes below the previous image - so the world solo pit row is at the top of this image.
Pan of the Dyna Sys World Solo Pit Row being set up on 3 October... This is a large image for downloading if required.
Average rider track spacing for all of CORC's 24Hr races - including 2010. Bigger is better - sort of - and we aim for the 35m to 45m range.
Michael Baker and Rebecca Henderson. As 12 year olds at a CORC Club Race at Sutton Road, Canberra (2004) and as Australian U19 XC Champions at the Offenburg World Cup round, Germany (2009).
