64km Kuranda to Port Ultra Trail Race & Relay

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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

26 August 2018

Race fees

TBC

Status

Non-certified trail race of 64 km. Other options include a 64 km relay and the 16 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 – Nikki Wynd (2013) 5:52:38

64km Relay: Trinity Chicks (Tracey Mcdonald, Legs 1 & 2, 27km; Akane Goode, Leg 3, 21km; Angel Hayes, Leg 4, 16km). Time: 5.28.47 New Course Record set on 20 August 2017

Past winners

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