After extensive consultation with Forestry, National Parks, Emergency Services and our core logistics team, we have made the difficult decision to postpone GeoQuest 2026.
Over the past 24 hours, the region has received significant additional rainfall on top of what has already been an exceptionally wet year. The river is currently at flood level and conditions throughout the course area have deteriorated further.
During recent course inspections, we encountered access issues across many trails and roads, although these were still considered manageable at the time. Since then, continued heavy rainfall has further impacted the course area and significantly reduced our confidence in both course access and emergency response capability.
During our most recent river inspections, conditions and hazards were assessed and considered manageable. However, overnight flash flooding means river conditions may now have changed substantially.
While adventure racing often involves challenging conditions, our primary concern is ensuring appropriate emergency access and response capability across the entire course area. Based on current conditions, and even assuming a period of improved weather, we are not confident that emergency access throughout significant parts of the course can be maintained to the standard required for an event of this scale.
With further rainfall forecast in the coming days, we do not believe we can deliver the safe, high-quality GeoQuest experience that teams expect and deserve.
We wanted to make this decision as early as possible to give teams and volunteers the maximum opportunity to adjust their plans. While conditions may improve, we do not believe there is currently a realistic pathway to delivering the event to the standard teams expect and deserve.
We are currently exploring alternative dates and formats and will provide a further update as soon as possible. We appreciate your patience while we work through those details.
Thank you for your understanding and continued support of GeoQuest and the adventure racing community.
