64km Kuranda to Port Ultra Trail Race & Relay

This Point-to-point race starts just off Kennedy Highway in Kuranda and follows Black Mountain Road and the Bump track to Port Douglas. The course runs through native rainforest, open eucalypt forest, pine plantations and crosses picturesque creeks. It is a scenic course incorporated in the Mowbray National Park within the Wet Tropics World Heritage Area. The pyramid-shaped Black Mountain is a prominent feature of the race. The tropical rainforest is home to the endangered southern cassowary, a flightless bird that can grow to two metres in height.

When

2021 date yet to be decided

Competitor information pack

Available via email prior to the race.

Transport

To the start

The 64km Kuranda to Port Douglas race starts on Black Mountain Road approximately 200m from the Kennedy Highway turn off. It takes about 30 minutes to drive from Cairns Esplanade/CBD to the start of the race. There is street parking at the start. This is not an easy location to return to, so book the bus if you are a visitor into town or don’t have somone picking you up in Port Douglas to drive you back to your car at the start.

The bus departs and returns to Smithfield Shopping Centre.

No transport is provided for those in the 64km K2PD Relay.

Those in the 64km K2PD who paid for transport as part of their registration will be picked up at 5.00am at the entrance to the Cairns Colonial Club Resort on Cannon Street, Manunda. Let us know if you want to be picked up at Smithfield.

Return journey

Competitors who paid for transport will have two options to return to Cairns. At 3.00pm. Competitors who miss the bus will be provided with a ride back to Cairns with a returning club volunteer, but you still need to pay for transport. These times are only a guide and may be adjusted on the day, depending on transport needs.

Status

Non-certified trail race of 64 km. Other options include a 64 km relay and the 17 km Bump to Beach races.

How long in existence

Inaugural race was held on 28 August 2011.

Race records

64km individual ultra: Male – Glen Robinson (2013) 5:14:07; Female – Stephanie Auston (5.18.52, 2020)

64km Relay: CWL in 4:46:51, 2018. Leg 1 (14km) Tim Jack, (Leg 2) 14km Craig Langdon (2:12) ; Leg 3 (21km) John Schreuder (1:28); Leg 4 (16km) Andrew Packer (1:06:51)

Past winners

64km K2PD Ultra

Year	Male	Time	Female	Time
2011	Ben Carter	5:45:14	Julie Sager	6:41:58
2012	Oliver Zambon	5:27:19	Mandy Noble	6:06:18
2013	Glen Robinson	5:14:07	Nikki Wynd	5:52:38
2014	Steve Cunningham	5:55:47	Yvette Edward	6:09:18
2015	David von Senden	6:04:17	Sonya Alba-Miller	7:02:06
2016	Bryan O’Mahony	5.31.23	Alena Scurrah	6.55.52
2017	David von Senden	5:36:50	Alena Scurrah	6:32:39
2018	Leo Schoepflin	5:27:22	Janelle Johnson	6:11:57
2019	Troy Ireland	6:04:48	Alena Scurrah	6:23:53
2020	Adam Fox	5:27:05	Stephanie Auston	5:18:52

64km K2PD Relay

Year	Team	Time	Team members
2011	1 team	No time recorded
2012	Chicks with Kicks	6:11:55
2013	ACE	5.49.02
2014	Vanessa’s Team	6.08.41
2015	Trail Chicks	7:29:19	Maria Pin, Mara Rooks, Rosie Cifuentes, Susie Alba
2016	Basilisk Boys	5.48.45	Neil Bertram, Neal Kleve, Adrian Darveniza and Richard Curzon
2017	Trinity Chicks	5.28.47	Tracey Mcdonald, Legs 1 & 2, 27km; Akane Goode, Leg 3, 21km; Angel Hayes, Leg 4, 16km
2018	CWL	4:46:51	Leg 1 14km Tim Jack & Leg 2 14km Craig Langdon (2:12) ; Leg 3 21km John Schreuder (1:28); Leg 4 16km Andrew Packer (1:06:51)
2019	3 chicks and a biker	5:53:13	Leg 1 13km Wes Swindale, Leg 2 13km Katherine Johnson, Leg 3 21km Kristin Soda, Leg 4 17km Christy King
2020	The young and the breathless 🙂	6:08:10	Leg 1 13km Jeanette Gegg, Leg 2 13 km Kylie Brown, Let 3 21km Robert Clause, Leg 4 17 km Liam Madin