Watch the highlights of the 2011 Australasian Safari

Date: 13-Oct-2011

Relive all the action of the 2011 Australasian Safari on Channel Ten. A one hour highlights show will be run on Ch10 on Saturday 19th November between 1pm & 2pm. If you miss it then, it will be repeated on ONEHD on Tuesday 22nd November, also between 1pm & 2pm.

If you can't wait until then, or can't watch Channel 10 or OneHD, then check out the party tape on YouTube - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iwu2VUIDU6U&feature=channel_video_title.

The highlights DVD & and a six hour Uncut version of the DVD can be ordered from the Safari shop.

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NEWS

New course, new terrain, new West Australian experience for Safari 2012

Date: 18-May-2012
Australia’s toughest off road adventure, the Australasian Safari, takes a new turn in September when it heads to the coast for a course covering more than 3000km of stunning but incredibly challenging terrain. More than 100 competitors in 4x4s, on motorbikes and quad bikes will struggle to look straight ahead and not at the scenery when they will take off from Perth and travel north up the coast to Geraldton, through the wheatbelt and Murchison to tropical Carnarvon, station country and the start of the Ningaloo Reef, before finishing back at Geraldton.

2012 Adventure Tour – NEWS SPLASH

Date: 17-May-2012
For the last 3 years we have received fantastic feedback from all the ADVT riders. But we have also received a very consistent bit of feedback............ MORE RIDING!!! MAKE IT TOUGH!!

Australasian Safari recognised as one of the world’s key rally events with new Dakar agreement

Date: 27-Apr-2012
One amateur motorbike competitor in this year’s Australasian Safari will live the dream with a free entry into Dakar, the world’s toughest motorsport event, thanks to an agreement between Australasian Safari and Dakar 2013. The Australasian Safari has been selected as one of only four events for the world’s most extreme and legendary offroad motorsport races to be Dakar Challenge events.

Dakar Competitor Workshops

Date: 29-Mar-2012
Chris Evans, a 15 year Dakar veteran, Manager of 4 times winner Cyril Depres’s KTM Redbull team and ASO representative will be holding workshops in Sydney this April and Perth this May – designed to help those who are planning to tackle the Dakar Rally.

Adventure Tour - All the Fun Without the Pressure

Date: 09-Mar-2012
Test yourself by riding more than 3,000km on the same tracks as the Australasian Safari. On this grueling nine day challenge, Adventure Tour participants will ride some of the same Stages as the Safari competitors, and stay each night at the bivouac.

28 Days to Go Until the Close of Discounted Entries!

Date: 02-Mar-2012
Make sure you get your entries in by Friday 30 March to take advantage of the early bird discount and save $1,000 off the Standard Entry Fee.

February Course Survey

Date: 27-Feb-2012
The course survey crew have just come back from ten days on the road. They have already route charted Leg 0, 1 & 7 and have drafted Leg 5. The inside story … beach, creek beds, sandy and then rocky, with a possibility of cliffs.

And the Winner Is ... Brett Thorne

Date: 24-Feb-2012
Congratulations for Brett Thorne who won himself a Go Pro camera in the Adventure Cams competition from Safari 2011.

Quit Forest Rally Promises Plenty of Action on Four Wheels and Two

Date: 10-Feb-2012
Australia's leading off road enduro bike riders, quad-bike exponents and the newly announced Side by Side ATV challenge competitors will do battle over a challenging enduro course as part of the upcoming Quit Forest Rally at Busselton in WA on 31 March-1April, which will also be round two of this year's Bosch Australian Rally Championship.

Safari 2012 Gaining Speed

Date: 10-Feb-2012
The 2012 Australasian Safari is quickly gaining speed, with planning for this year’s event already firmly underway. Road crews have already locked down the first few legs of the race, with the course set to take a different direction to previous years.

Welcome to Safari 2012

Date: 06-Jan-2012
Its with great pleasure that we announce that Expressions of Interest are now open and the Pre Event Guide Edition 1 has been published online. For 2012 we have an entirely new course, we will visit a number of new towns in some simply stunning regions. At this stage the event will be focusing on the Perth, Murchison and Gascoyne regions of Western Australia.

Dates Announced for Australasian Safari 2012

Date: 05-Jan-2012
Event owner Justin Hunt, of Justin Hunt Management announced the dates 21 to 29 September 2012 at last night’s event competitor briefing. “We understand what a huge effort it is to plan ahead to enter an event of this nature and commitments need to be made months in advance,” Justin said.

Watch the highlights of the 2011 Australasian Safari

Date: 13-Oct-2011
Relive all the action of the 2011 Australasian Safari on Channel Ten. A one hour highlights show will be run on Ch10 on Saturday 19th November between 1pm & 2pm. If you miss it then, it will be repeated on ONEHD on Tuesday 22nd November, also between 1pm & 2pm. If you can't wait until then, or can't watch Channel 10 or OneHD, then check out the party tape on YouTube - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iwu2VUIDU6U&feature=channel_video_title.

The spirit of Safari 2011

Date: 04-Oct-2011
It’s well known that only the toughest survive the gruelling seven-day race that is the Australasian Safari. The annual off-road race for four-wheel drives, motorbikes and quad bikes is set in outback Western Australia across often treacherous terrain that demands the full attention of competitors. Without exception, every year there are mechanical causalities as man and machine come up against Mother Nature.

Convincing wins in the Asia Pacific’s toughest motorsport event

Date: 30-Sep-2011
The Australasian Safari has been won by Todd Smith (moto), Steve Riley and co-driver John Doble (auto) and John Maragozidis (quad), each managing to push through seven days of incredibly challenging terrain and distances testing their mental and physical stamina.

There’s no room to relax in final leg of Australasian Safari

Date: 30-Sep-2011
The mood was pensive in the Australasian Safari camp this morning before the final leg of the race from Leonora to Kalgoorlie, and despite some strong lead times, the fastest competitors are not relaxing.

Safari throws everything at competitors today - Despres out of the race

Date: 29-Sep-2011
Australasian Safari lived up to its reputation as the Asia Pacific’s toughest motorsport event today for its 50 remaining competitors. Frenchman Cyril Despres is out of the race after injuring his foot in the first stage, understood to be tissue damage after connecting with a fence post.

Safari lead tips over as Lowndes lands Colorado on its side

Date: 28-Sep-2011
V8 Supercar legend Craig Lowndes has lost his four-leg lead in the Australasian Safari today in Western Australia, after tipping the Holden Colorado on its side during a manoeuvre around a tree on the course on the first stage of the day, one of many obstacles in today’s challenging race.

Safari tips on its side today - Lowndes lands Colorado on its side & Diener out with mechanical problems after huge day yesterday

Date: 28-Sep-2011
V8 Supercar legend Craig Lowndes is likely to lose his four-Leg lead in the Australasian Safari today, after tipping the Holden Colorado on its side during a maneuver around a tree on the course on the first stage of the day, one of many obstacles in today’s challenging race.

Soft sand and fast flowing stages test competitor endurance

Date: 27-Sep-2011
Today was the longest distance travelled for Australasian Safari competitors as they raced in three stages totalling 662 competitive kilometres in a looped course around Laverton in Western Australia’s northern goldfields on the edge of the Great Northern Desert.

All the challenges of offroad racing thrown at competitors in one day

Date: 26-Sep-2011
- Grabham out with mechanical failure, Despres loses time due to navigation errors, Smith brothers retain the lead - Craig Lowndes and John Panozzo retain auto lead Today’s Leg of the Australasian Safari from Sandstone to Laverton threw everything at competitors.

Long flowing tracks provide some relief and even fun for Leg 3 of Safari - Todd Smith and Craig Lowndes stay in the lead

Date: 25-Sep-2011
The tall grasses that gave grief to competitors over the last two days have cleared and the pace increased as Safari headed further inland from Mt Magnet to Sandstone today on 326km of competitive stages. The lead in the motos has been held by brothers Todd and Jake Smith on Honda, closely followed by Ben Grabham and Matt Fish, both on KTM. Dakar winner Frenchman Cyril Despres, also on KTM, said he had a better day and moved up one position to fifth.

First two Legs of Safari take their toll

Date: 25-Sep-2011
Although only three days in following the Prologue and first two Legs, the Australasian Safari has lived up to its reputation as Australia’s toughest motorsport event, with several competitors dreams of winning already gone for the 4000km race from Geraldton to Kalgoorlie in Western Australia.

Leg 1 terrain - State Barrier Fence

Date: 24-Sep-2011
Today’s leg of the Australasian Safari took competitors along 3km of Western Australia’s State Barrier Fence, which is an outback icon and an integral part of the State’s history.

Wild times in the wildflowers

Date: 24-Sep-2011
While dazzling to look at for tourists, the carpets of wildflowers in the Western Australian outback proved treacherous for competitors on Leg 1 of Australasian Safari.

Dates announced for Australian Safari 2012

Date: 24-Sep-2011
On the strength and quality of the field, and sponsor and community support for this year’s Australasian Safari, organisers have announced dates for the 2012 event. Event owner Justin Hunt, of Justin Hunt Management announced the dates 21 to 29 September 2012 at last night’s event competitor briefing.

Safari Prologue provides a taste of the challenges ahead

Date: 23-Sep-2011
The stage has been set for an exciting seven days of racing following today’s Australasian Safari Prologue in Geraldton, Western Australia. Long grasses from a wet winter provided challenges for both two wheels and four, making navigating and slipping amongst the biggest hurdles of the 19km course which sets the start order for Leg One of the race tomorrow.

Thousands come out to cheer off their Safari heroes

Date: 23-Sep-2011
Thousands of motorsport enthusiasts gathered yesterday (Thursday) in the afternoon sun at Hillarys Marina to get a closer look at the Australasian Safari vehicles in their pristine condition and chat to competitors about their expectations for the event.

Excitement builds -- international competitors meet

Date: 23-Sep-2011
On the eve of the Australasian Safari, our international competitors came together with the event’s top moto, quad and auto drivers and riders, most meeting face to face for the first time. With their vehicles on display excitement was building, as the competitors were clearly eager for the racing to get underway.

Dakar champ discovers Western Australia ahead of Australasian Safari

Date: 22-Sep-2011
Three-time Dakar Champion and international motorsport celebrity Frenchman Cyril Despres is in Perth experiencing WA’s extraordinary coastal wonders before taking on the gruelling eight-day, 4000 kilometre outback motorsport challenge, the Australasian Safari.

Ben set to grab Safari success with both hands

Date: 18-Sep-2011
Three-time Australasian Safari winner and off-road moto champion Ben Grabham is back in the action for the 2011 Australasian Safari, which takes off from Perth next week. He has only been back on the track for a month after breaking his hand in the Finke Desert Race in June, which he then went on to win for the third time. Now Ben is looking forward to conquering the 4000km Safari course of open, mainly off-road tracks.

Haydn Redfern

Date: 18-Sep-2011
Australasian Safari competitor Haydn Redfern will be remembered today at a funeral service in Cairns. He was tragically killed in a helicopter crash last week in Northern Queensland. Redfern last competed in Safari as a codriver alongside Geoff Olholm in 2009, and was due to compete again in 2011.

Lowndes and PRW Holden team ready to tackle the wild West

Date: 17-Sep-2011
The PRW Holden team of Craig Lowndes and Paul Weel, with co-drivers John Panozzo and Kees Weel, have finished testing their cars and are ready to take all that the Australasian Safari in outback Western Australia will throw at them.

Australasian Safari’s heading to Geraldton - and you can witness the action!

Date: 15-Sep-2011
Competitors in this year’s Australasian Safari will be in Geraldton next week for the start of Australia’s toughest motorsport challenge. On Friday 23 September competitors will complete the Prologue that takes off at Glengarry Station and finishes at the Geraldton Safari Show on the foreshore.

Australasian Safari fever hits with the KTM Safari Party!

Date: 14-Sep-2011
Europe’s leading sport motorcycle manufacturer KTM is celebrating the start of the 2011 Australasian Safari and would like their customers and fans to join them at the KTM Safari Party.

Sam Sunderland – Dubai’s desert racer

Date: 12-Sep-2011
Sam Sunderland is a young talented rider who is fast making a big name for himself and will be doing his best to continue his string of firsts when he makes his Australasian Safari debut at the end of the month.

Introducing the Mitsubishi Challenger

Date: 08-Sep-2011
The 2011 Australasian Safari will see Mitsubishi Motors campaign a brand new current model Challenger in the hands of Robert Inall from NSW along with co driver Harvey Smith. The team will be competing for production class honours with the focus specifically being on the diesel category.

Quad Under Construction

Date: 08-Sep-2011
QUAD competitor Heath Young sent us some photos of his preparation of the CPW KTM XC Rallye quad. Like many of the competitors that phone the Safari Office, at the moment he is racing against the clock and his work commitments to have it built in time. But there is no doubt that it will be ready, and that it will fly.

Who to watch in Australasian Safari 2011

Date: 06-Sep-2011
International motorsport legends, motor racing 'royalty' and national champions will be up against local competitors in the 2011 Australasian Safari from 22 to 30 September.

Sneak Peek at Craig Lowndes' 2011 Safari Vehicle

Date: 03-Sep-2011
This will be the machine to beat for the 2011 Australasian Safari AUTO competitors - Craig Lowndes' Holden Colorado 4WD V8 Ute, prepared by Kees Weel and his team at PWR Performance Products. It is the same model that Lowndes drove to victory in his first attempt at the Safari in 2010, distinctive with its day glow orange colouring.