Public Events >> The Great Melbourne Pursuit

The public Great Melbourne Pursuit is an urban adventure race that combines elements of the Amazing Race & orienteering into one exciting event. It provides everyday Melburnians with the opportunity to compete in an Amazing Race adventure around Melbourne to help raise funds for The Royal Children's Hospital. Teams race around Melbourne and the inner suburbs visiting famous landmarks and locations while completing a variety of fun and challenging activities along the way. Racing against the clock, teams decipher clues and puzzles as they navigate their way through the Pursuit course, relying on their teamwork and navigation skills to try and complete all the mandatory stages in the least amount of time. There is no set course - team strategy, planning and teamwork will all come into play in determining the quickest route for the race. It’s a fantastic way for competitors to discover Melbourne, and provides them with an outdoor weekend activity that is great for fitness and fun. Competitors from all ages and fitness levels can enter in this funfilled day. Just gather your partner, a friend, a family member or a work colleague to test your skills and teamwork against other competitors in The Great Melbourne Pursuit! Race Cost • TBC per team of 2 ($TBC per person) including GST    - Includes entry, all activities and public liability insurance.    - All competitors will be competing for some fantastic prizes from our sponsors.    - Trophies and prizes for the 1st, 2nd and 3rd placed teams in their respective categories.    - Previous competitors will receive a free photo CD (one per team) from the event.    * No refund will be given once a team is registered. Team Sizes • Teams of 2 Team Categories • Male / Female / Mixed Date & Time • TBC Late 2010 Start / Finish Location:  • TBC - The start and finish location will be revealed closer to the event date in the race itinerary sent out 1-2 weeks before the event. The Great Melbourne Pursuit course covers all parts of the Melbourne CBD & inner suburbs. No two public events are ever the same, and each event aims to take participants to different parts of Melbourne. Participants are treated with visits to various famous landmarks and fun activities during an event, seeing parts of Melbourne that they never knew existed. Public transport (tram, bus or train) and foot are the only means of travel permitted in the Great Melbourne Pursuit (unless otherwise specified). So it is rare that any one team will have an identical race course and strategy to their competitors - which adds to the thrill of the event. Each team will be provided with: • Race bibs (To be returned at the end of the race) • Great Melbourne Pursuit Clue Sheet • Team Pursuit Race Card • Melbourne Pursuit race map • All equipment, entry and props for all activities on the day • Show bag full of goodies and promotions for each participant from the many supporters of the event. • A competitive race spirit, comfortable shoes and appropriate clothing depending on the weather, sunglasses & sunscreen. • Plenty of water, food and snacks to keep you going throughout the day. • Mobile Phone (team captains must have their phone with them and turned on at all times) • Small amount of cash. • Pens, highlighters, markers and paper. • A valid zone 1 MET ticket for travel on public transport. • Your own detailed maps of the Melbourne CBD and inner suburbs. • Map case or a plastic cover for the map (in case it is wet). • Small backpack or a bag A registration form will be available in 2010. Please click here to fill in a subscription form to be notified of the next public event. Follow us on Facebook A flyer will be available soon to download to help promote the 5th public Great Melbourne Pursuit by posting it around the office or sending it to friends. If you or your organisation are interested in becoming a sponsor or partner for our 5th public Great Melbourne Pursuit, please contact Sam on 0425 887 385 or e-mail . The event provides an excellent opportunity for organisations to raise their profile and the general public’s awareness of their product/services while supporting a fantastic event to raise funds to support the Royal Children’s Hospital. TBC Not sure what to expect from the public Great Melbourne Pursuit? Maybe you’d like to see some of the challenges from past events to give you an idea on what this exciting event is all about. Visit the photo gallery and view the photos from our past public Great Melbourne Pursuit and Melbourne Amazing Race ® events. We promise each event will always have a range of fun, exciting and new challenges with plenty of surprises! CHALLENGE STAGE A Challenge Stage is a stage in which the team must complete a task or activity when they arrive at a location. There will be several of these stages scattered throughout the race. Each Challenge Stage has an ‘opening time’ in which the stage must be visited and completed. Failure to do so will result in the stage being missed or not completed. The opening times will be listed on the Pursuit Clue Sheet on the day of the race. All Challenge Stages will be supervised by officials. When a team has successfully completed a Challenge Stage, the official will punch the team’s Pursuit Race Card. The official will not punch the team’s Pursuit Race Card if the stage is missed or not completed. Missed or incomplete mandatory Challenge Stages will result in a time penalty. COLLECT STAGE A Collect Stage is a stage in which certain items listed in the Pursuit Clue Sheet will have to be found, collected, or purchased. There will be several of these stages scattered throughout the race. Items collected from all the mandatory Collect Stages must be shown to the officials at the end of the race as evidence that the Collect Stages have been completed successfully. Failure to do so (i.e. produce the items at the end of the race) will result in a time penalty. PURSUIT STAGE A Pursuit Stage is a stage in which teams will have to visit a location as indicated on the Pursuit Clue Sheet. Often, teams will have to decipher clues to work out the exact location of a Pursuit Stage. There will be several of these stages scattered throughout the race. Some Pursuit Stages may be supervised by officials, and others may not be. If a Pursuit Stage is supervised by an official, the team must get the Pursuit Race Card punched by the official. If a Pursuit Stage is not supervised by an official, the team must look for the Pursuit Marker and punch their Pursuit Race Card themselves for that stage. Failure to complete all mandatory Pursuit Stages will result in a time penalty.