Aussies, are there no flights to Bathurst? How in the hell are we supposed to get to world cross?

I just had a look at the course lol it’s a goat track inside Mt Panorama. FMD in NSW they couldn’t find a nicer spot..? Why not just do a couple laps around Randwick instead of 5 laps on the dirt in bloody Bathurst

I used to hitch in Sydney a lot, just put arm out. These days it's rare to see people hitching in Sydney as the traffic is so bad. Best thing to do is rent a car from the airport, remembering to stay on left side of the road, watch out for kangaroos morning and evening as they have no road sense at all.

you’d prefer to do laps of a flat, manicured grass oval?
might as well have it on a track.

Something like the old Katoomba golf course would have been better than the dirt at Bathurst. Mow it, run it in winter so it’s ~0 degrees and you’ve got a good event 1.5 hours from Sydney.

This screams of one of those Vox Pops with idiotic Americans who can’t place a single country on a world map.
Not every town in the world has an Airport. Bathurst has a population of 37,000, and its only claim to fame is that it hosts an annual car race; the largest of its kind in Australia.
You’re gonna have to either hire a car or catch the bus from Sydney.

What’s Ballarat got to do with anything. It’s in Bathurst, dickhead!

The good news is that accommodation is cheap in Bathurst and certainly much cheaper compared with Sydney.

I recommend the Holmhurst Hotel on William street, Bathurst, for just $69 US per night equivalent. At least, that is the advertised price today and you would be well advised to book your accommodation well in advance of the World Cross country championships when they are likely to jack up the prices.

Go to Booking (dot) com, and see for yourself how cheap hotels are in that Australian outback community, Bathurst, most of them under $100 US per night and many of them including breakfast.

Bathurst is not in the Outback. It’s 3 hours drive from Sydney.

Bathurst is such a stupid location for an international event like this. Surely they could've had it near one of the major cities.

If they want to make it popular they should rebrand it as urban running. Have obstacles, kind of like parkour but not to that extent and continuous from start to finish. Like jumping over fences, across peoples gardens, through subways. Not crazy obstacles but small ones. It wouldn't have to be in a city as the road closures would be too expensive, but in a town. Maybe make the distances a bit shorter. Have other events going on at the same time to attract attention. If they don't want to do that just have it in a really popular and accessible place.

I don't think having it in Bathurst is a good idea. It's too isolated and accommodation will be an issue. Also, wtf is the temperature going to be in that part of Australia in the spring? It's the hottest time of the year for them. Feb is the second hottest month with an average high of 28C. I know this is a cooler area of Australia (which may be why they chose it) but it's still very hot for a lot of people who will be coming in the middle of their winter to an Australian summer. I wish they had put it in Melbourne or Hobart.

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Bathurst, New South Wales

Bathurst () is a city in the Central Tablelands of New South Wales, Australia. Bathurst is about 200 kilometres (120 mi) west-northwest of Sydney and is the seat of the Bathurst Regional Council. Bathurst is the oldest inland...

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Bathurst is over 2000 feet above sea level which may not seem very much but that is 650 m above sea level and so it has a moderate temperate climate with an average temperature in April of around 21°C which is around 70 Fahrenheit which is very doable for long distance runners. There are quite a few hotels in Bathurst because it is a center for motor racing, and thousands of people come to Bathurst every year for different events.

Check out the temperatures and other things about Bathurst in the above link and you’ll see it as a very reasonable place for distance running. A few years ago they had the World Cross country championships in Guiyang China and that was not an easy place to get to.

That's in April. In February, unfortunately, the average high is 28C. Hopefully it will be OK but I wouldn't pick that part of Aus out for the world XC champs, I think there are loads of better venues, just my opinion.

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My guess is one of the reasons would be to put them in the residences of the students at Charles Sturt Uni while they are on holidays.

As I said, Trail running is getting huge in Sydney, easier to organise etc, because there are so many national parks right here in the metropolitan. You want the opposite of Centennial Park, how about the course around Manly Dam? How about St Ives (Garrigal NP)? Western Sydney Parklands? Bobbin Head? Royal NP? Want to go just a little out of town...how about Blue mountains, Wollongong...why not Nowra where they hold the XC all the time? Further?How about Canberra?

Countless places from moderate to very difficult terrain well before you even would think of a God forsaken Bathurst

...and if they really want Bathurst, why not October during the Bathurst 1000km Super Car race weekend. Thousands of ready made 'supporters' totally drunk camping on the hill to throw beer cans at them.

Would make a great spectacle at least

Centennial Park would have been fantastic. Variable footing. Large starting area and hills however it is where it is. I will be going.

Well said. Drive there. Have some fun or catch the limited public transport and have some fun.

Oh and if interested In Australian trail running history stop at the explore tree just west of Katoomba to see where the Sixfoot Track Marathon begins - https://www.sixfoot.com/

Try it out, go for a run.