All Synthetic in Australia

Redeveloped in 2024 through a partnership between Hume City Council and the Victorian Government, the Eric Boardman Reserve Athletics Track is a state-of-the-art facility designed to support community and club athletics. Key features of the upgrade include: A brand new 400m synthetic running track replacing the former grass surface Facilities for long jump, triple jump, dual high jump, shot put, Read more…

A new stadium is set to be built to host the athletics for the 2032 Brisbane Olympic Games, located in Victoria Park. Announced by the Queensland Government on 25 March following a 100 day review undertaken by the Games Independent Infrastructure and Coordination Authority the new stadium replaces prior plans that the Games would be held at a refurbished Queensland Read more…

IYU Recreation Reserve is located in Pakenham in the south-east of Melbourne and features a synthetic athletics track which opened in March 2024. Stage one of the project to develop the new 400m athletics running track with its 10-lane straight, included facilities for long/triple jump, pole vault, high jump, javelin, shot put, hammer/discus, and steeplechase. The project was fully funded Read more…

The Griffith Regional Sports Centre features a synthetic track which was opened in early 2023. The venue was as part of a $31m development of a sport precinct in the north-western Riverina city. The track also feature a synthetic hockey infield, with long throw facilities located outside of the track. Two scoria shot put landing areas will be located in Read more…

The Narellan Sports Hub is located 60km south-west of the Sydney CBD and features a synthetic athletics track that opened in 2022. The track is the newest synthetic track in Australia and the 12th full size synthetic track in Sydney. The track was laid as part of a $19.6m development of a sports hub which includes 14 netball courts, an Read more…

St Albans Reserve is located in the Adelaide suburb of Enfield and features a grass athletics track with a synthetic sprint straight and field event facilities. The 120m sprint straight was added in 2021, along with a resurfacing the the long jump runways, pole vault run up, high jump fan and javelin runway. The venue is managed by the City Read more…

Harold Corr Oval is a synthetic track located in Cambridge Park in Sydney’s west. The venue was previously a grass track before being converted to a synthetic surface following a $4.5M upgrade. The synthetic track was opened in September 2023 and is a World Athletics Class 2 facility. The venue is managed by Penrith City Council. Read more…

Ormiston College is an independent school in the Redlands area of Brisbane, which features a synthetic track within its sports precinct. The track was officially opened on 14 July 2021. The track features eight lanes with a ten lane home straight and has facilities for all field events. The venue is managed by Ormiston College. Read more…

The NSW Police Academy at Goulburn features a four lane synthetic track. The track was laid in 2019 and is a Spurtan BV surface of rainbow blue colour. The track follows the perimeter of an oval and has no straights. The infield is synthetic grass. Read more…

The Victorian Police Academy in the Melbourne suburb of Glen Waverley features a rubberised bitumen athletics track. The track is located on a 16 acre site that was formerly a Catholic seminary, Corpus Christi College. It was opened as a police academy in 1973, with sporting facilities established in the early 1980s, when it was understood the current track was Read more…