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Kris Maguire and ‘Team 7′ XPD Report

Carly Lubicz

August 13, 2023

As the seventh team over the XPD finish line, making Kris Maguire the first Townsvillian home, we caught up with Team Mawson/Tiger Adventure just a couple of days after they finished the 650km epic adventure race …

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XPD Australia: Off and racing on Magnetic Island

Carly Lubicz

August 5, 2023

Spectators organised a late start to work to watch the rare sight of 36 teams from all over the world running down the beach at Strand Park just after 9am this morning, charging towards the …

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Australia’s toughest adventure race starts in Townsville

Carly Lubicz

August 4, 2023

While most of us have moved through a standard Tuesday, about 150 adventure athletes from all over the world have been scrutinising and marking maps of the Townsville region, meticulously plotting their course that will …

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Local team signs up for mighty XPD Race

Carly Lubicz

June 4, 2023

Luke Miles, Jo Koy and Colin and Wayne McMurtrie are the only 100% local team to sign-up so far for the epic XPD Expedition Race that’s coming to Townsville for the first time in early …

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Plotting Australia’s biggest adventure race

Carly Lubicz

January 24, 2024

While adventure-racing athletes will converge on Townsville from all over the world in August for XPD – Australia’s own expedition-length adventure race – there is plenty of work that needs to be done behind the …

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XPD Expedition Race Cairns - Credit: James Pitman

XPD sets scene for Townsville adventure

Carly Lubicz

November 27, 2023

In August next year the toughest multi-day adventure race in Australia will be staged in Townsville and surrounds, bringing top adventure athletes from all over the world for 700km over 10 days of hard-core unassisted …

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Meet Jenni Roberts

Carly Lubicz

May 4, 2023

Known as Townsville’s multi-sport queen, Jenni Roberts didn’t discover the discipline until three years ago. She jokes it took a painful mountain bike stack that saw her riding 45km of single track one-handed to convince …

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Kris Maguire and ‘Team 7′ XPD Report

XPD Australia: Off and racing on Magnetic Island

Australia’s toughest adventure race starts in Townsville

Local team signs up for mighty XPD Race

Plotting Australia’s biggest adventure race

XPD sets scene for Townsville adventure

Meet Jenni Roberts