The most and least isolated tracks in Australia

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We measure distance with precision on an athletics track, but what about the distance between tracks?

Perhaps not surprisingly, Arafura Stadium in Darwin is Australia’s most isolated synthetic athletics track… the next closest synthetic track is Barlow Park in Cairns, which is 1,677km away!

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    Arafura Stadium

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    Arafura Stadium is the only synthetic track in the Northern Territory and is Australia’s most isolated synthetic track. The Arafura Stadium track is managed by Athletics NT and is open from 7am to 7pm weekdays, and 7am to midday on Saturdays. The track was resurfaced in 2022 at the cost of $2.6 million. The track is a Rekortan M99 surface Read more…

The two closest synthetic tracks (leaving aside venues like SOPAC and QSAC and their warm up tracks) are Mentone Girls’ Secondary College and Dolomore Reserve, which are just 1.86km apart.

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    Mentone Girls’ Secondary College

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    Mentone Girls’ Secondary College in Melbourne’s south has a four lane synthetic track laid around the school’s oval. The track is a Spurtan sandwich system and was constructed in 2019 following a $200,000 grant from the Victorian government’s ‘Pick my Project’ funding. A 100m straight is an extension of the track, and has a long jump pit at one end. Read more…
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    Dolamore Reserve

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    Dolamore Reserve is located in the southern Melbourne suburb of Mentone. The first athletics track at the venue was laid in the last weeks of 1956, using the cinder track surface that had been used at the Melbourne Cricket Ground for the 1956 Olympic Games. Ron Clarke set a world record for 10 miles at the venue in 1965, running Read more…
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Or if you want two standard configuration tracks, Harold Stevens Athletics Track and Edwardes Lake Park are 2.46km apart.

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    Edwardes Lake Park

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    Edwardes Lake Park is located in Reservoir in Melbourne’s northern suburbs. An athletics track has existed at the site since at least the 1950s, when a cinder track replaced the grass track that was present. A rubberised asphalt track was laid in 1970, which was replaced by a Spurtan BV synthetic track in June 2020. The track features its shot Read more…
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    Harold Stevens Athletics Track

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    The Harold Stevens Athletics Track is located in Coburg in Melbourne’s northern suburbs. The venue was opened on 21 March 1971. A polyurethane track was laid in 1998 and last resurfaced in 2013. The track is named after Athletics Victoria life member Harold Stevens. The track has short straights approximately 78m long, with long bends. As a dedicated athletics venue, Read more…
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We wonder too, what is the most isolated grass track and closest two grass tracks in Australia?

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