Welcome to Australia’s newest off road ultra running event, traversing the Great Lakes region of the NSW North Coast. In the LAKES Trail Festival runners can complete 100km, 70km, 50km or 30km, as a team or solo. There is also a 12km course for those wanting a shorter trail experience and a 1km Lakes Kids run. The race will start and finish in Hawks Nest taking runners along beaches, past lakes and through forests, tracking some of the most stunning coastal scenery in the Australia. It will have the arguably the most beautiful half way point in Australia beside the beach at Seal Rocks, taking runners past the iconic lighthouse.​