BATHURST ANNUAL AUSTRALIA DAY TRIATHLON

Bathurst’s Biggest Triathlon Event of the Year
While the Australia Day Triathlon in Bathurst is one of the most prestigious events in Country NSW, it is a wonderful way to celebrate Australia Day, giving the citizens of Bathurst an opportunity to get “out an active” on Australia Day Morning. The Australia Day event is the Bathurst Wallabies Triathlon Clubs round in the Central West Interclub series and is quite a spectacle, bragging an excellent Honour Roll.
The event is based at Stanley Street which is a very historic site, being where Governor and Lady Macquarie proclaimed the city and first European Settlement in Inland Australia. But prior to this, the venue was the meeting place of the two dominant water courses of the Bathurst Plains: with the Wambool (Macquarie River) and Vale creek joining at the location. This had created a sandy beach & swimming hole long before white settlement. (NOTE around a century ago, the Queen Charlotte’s Vale Creek was redirected by the Municipal Council to join the Macquarie/Wambool River further upstream).
The 2026 Aussie Day event starting adjacent to the Wambuul Ceremonial Ground & 2015 Bicentennial meeting site, with race organisers asking all to consider the history of the Wiradyuri Nation at this old natural water hole site. This event is a celebration of life in Australia on our National Day, as well as the Bathurst round of the Central West Interclub Series.