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23 kmRoad🇦🇺 Kennett River, Australia

Great Ocean Road Half Marathon

Sunday, 16 May 2027In 7 months · Start 08:00

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A slightly long 23 km 'half' along the cliff-hugging Great Ocean Road from Kennett River to Apollo Bay.

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Facts checked 10 Oct 2026 against greatoceanroadrunfest.com.au.

Elevation gain
250 m
Hilly · ↓ 250 m
Start altitude
4 m
above sea level, from terrain data
Temp at start
11°C
Peaks around 15°C
Entry fee
≈ $110
Open entry
Finishers
—
typical year
Course
Point to point
6.5h cut-off
Getting thereFly into AVV (Geelong/Melbourne), about 88 km from the start

Course map

A detailed route is not available for this race yet. The marker shows the race location.

Elevation profile

Hilly: about 250 m of climbing and 250 m of descent. A detailed profile isn’t available for this race yet.

Race-day weather

At start
11°C
Peak during race
15°C
Humidity
78%
Chance of rain
13%
Wind
15 km/h

Race day in past years

Historical averages for 16 May ±3 days, 2016–2025, from 08:00 for 5 hours (70 days sampled). Source: Open-Meteo / ERA5.

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Plan your trip

Searches are set for Kennett River and the race weekend.

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