All Synthetic in Victoria

GR Bricker Reserve is located in the southern Melbourne suburb of Moorabbin. The reserve is divided by Rowans Road, with sporting facilities on its western side and recreational space and gardens on its eastern side. The venue had a synthetic track laid on it in 2018 as part of a council master plan for the reserve, replacing a rubberised asphalt Read more…

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…

The Bridge Road Athletics Track is located in Atherstone in Melbourne’s west. The venue was opened in 2014 and is a Spurtan BV surface. The venue is managed by the City of Melton. The track is a Spurtan BV surface and is a World Athletics Class 2 Certified Facility. Read more…

The Rawlinson Track is located at Melbourne University. The track was developed as a training venue for the 1956 Olympic Games, partly funded by the Olympic Organising Committee. It is named after biochemistry professor, three-time Victorian javelin champion and World University Games competitor, William Arthur Rawlinson. Wilfred Kent Hughes and Alf Lazer, along with Professor Rawlinson, were central to the Read more…

The Knox Park Athletics Centre is located in the eastern Melbourne suburb of Knox, at the foothills of the Dandenongs. The venue was opened in 1979 and was originally a six lane track with an eight lane straight, surfaced with Resilite. It has been progressively upgraded to its current configuration of an eight lane track with ten lanes in the Read more…

The Keilor Park Recreation Reserve synthetic track was laid in 2011. The venue is managed by Brimbank City Council. The track is a Spurtan BV surface and is a World Athletics Class 2 Certified Facility. Read more…

Duncan Mackinnon Reserve is located in Murrumbeena in Melbourne’s south eastern suburbs. The track was established in the 1970s and was last resurfaced in 2018 with a Spurtan BV surface. The track is regularly used for Little Athletics and Athletics Victoria Shield competition and also hosted one of the two weekends of the Victorian Championships in 2020. The venue is Read more…

John Landy Athletics Field is located in Geelong, Victoria. It is named after 1956 Olympic 1500m bronze medalist, John Landy, who was the second man to ever break four minutes for the mile. Landy was the catalyst for the creation of the track, following a speech made in 1956 at a dinner honouring the region’s Olympic Games representatives. In the Read more…

The Ballam Park Athletics Track is located in Frankston in the south of Melbourne. The venue was resurfaced in 2015 and is managed by the Ballam Park Athletic Development Committee, which is comprised of representatives of the main user groups at the facility. The track is open to the public outside of designated club training times (weekdays 4pm to 7pm) Read more…

The Meadowglen International Athletics Stadium is located in Melbourne’s northern suburbs. The venue is a Spurtan surface and was relaid in 2017. The venue is managed by the City of Whittlesea. The track is a Spurtan BV and is a World Athletics Class 2 Certified Facility. Read more…