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2025 Results

2025 Results

2025 winning team: St Stephen's Saints - Seniors Overall winners:First place: St Stephen’s Saints –…
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Tribute to Cr Kevin Davies, Great Wheelbarrow Race Committee Chair

Tribute to Cr Kevin Davies, Great Wheelbarrow Race Committee Chair

Our amazing leader and most of all our greatest mate It is with sadness and…
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2024 Results

2024 Results

Overall winner: Tune Squad with a new race record of 6h 22min 28s in the…
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2023 Results

2023 Results

Pictured: Tune Squad OVERALL WINNER: Tunes Squad (06h24m41s) SECOND PLACE: Fit Bucks (06h28m28s) THIRD PLACE:…
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2022 Results

2022 Results

Pictured: Rusty Wheels OVERALL WINNER: Rusty Wheels (7h20m28s) SECOND PLACE: Tunes Squad (7h31m32s) THIRD PLACE:…
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Mareeba & Dimbulah Community Bank Great Wheelbarrow Race 2022 

Mareeba & Dimbulah Community Bank Great Wheelbarrow Race 2022 

The Great Wheelbarrow Race is back in 2022! Preparations are in full swing to keep…
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Keeping the Spirit of the Race Alive

Keeping the Spirit of the Race Alive

February 5 2021 Preparations are in full swing to keep the spirit of the Great…
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Face of the Race 2020

Face of the Race 2020

On the third weekend in May of each year, one of the region’s most iconic…
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2019 Results

2019 Results

OVERALL WINNER: St Joseph's Nudgee College (6h51m12s) Corporate Services: The SES Psycho Ducks (10h10m53s) Ladies:…
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Face of the Race 2019

Face of the Race 2019

One of the region’s most popular events is back for yet another year with the…
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2018 Results

2018 Results

OVERALL WINNER: The Fit Bucks (6h06m12s) Corporate Services: QFES Blazers (8h14m27s) Ladies: Wheelie Mad Women…
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2017 Results

2017 Results

McDonald's Great Wheelbarrow Race 2017 RESULTS WINNERS: The Boys From The Bush bring home the…
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2017 Nominations Now Open

2017 Nominations Now Open

Nominations for the 2017 Great Wheelbarrow Race are now open, and with a new look…
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Great Wheelbarrow Race 2017 – Bringing the Gold Home

Great Wheelbarrow Race 2017 – Bringing the Gold Home

THE annual Great Wheelbarrow Race is set for a shake up next year after the…
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2016 Results

2016 Results

Final Results can be viewed and downloaded here Despite team numbers being down from last…
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Get ready for the 2016 Great Wheelbarrow Race

Get ready for the 2016 Great Wheelbarrow Race

They laugh, they sweat, they puff and they push - the Great Wheelbarrow Race is…
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2016 Nomination Form

2016 Nomination Form

2016 Registrations now open Download 2016 Nomination Form here 13-15 May 2016
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2015 Results

2015 Results

The twelfth annual Great Wheelbarrow Race which finished on Sunday has raised a jaw-dropping $243,300…
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Australian Geo Article

Australian Geo Article

The current May/June issue of Aus Geo  has a fantastic article about Mareeba and the Great…
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Fundraising Totals

Fundraising Totals

The below totals show the outstanding contribution to charity that The Great Wheelbarrow Race has…
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The Great Wheelbarrow Race 2014 – Highlights

The Great Wheelbarrow Race 2014 – Highlights

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Great Wheelbarrow Race has record-shattering 11th year in 2014

Great Wheelbarrow Race has record-shattering 11th year in 2014

 2014 WBR Results F 2 S 2014 WBR Results x Cat THE eleventh annual Great…
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2013 Solo Race Winners and Record Holders Interview

2013 Solo Race Winners and Record Holders Interview

Adventure Sport NQ have posted an excellent interview with the 2013 winners of the solo…
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2013 Results

2013 Results

Great Wheelbarrow Race has record-shattering 10th anniversary THE tenth anniversary Great Wheelbarrow Race which finished…
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Great Wheelbarrow Race Heads for 10th Anniversary

Great Wheelbarrow Race Heads for 10th Anniversary

SHOE leather and tyre rubber is beginning to heat up as entries start flooding in…
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Winners of the QLD Regional Achievement Award

Winners of the QLD Regional Achievement Award

The committee is proud to announce we are the winners of the Queenslad Regional Achievement Awards for…
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The Great Wheelbarrow Race 2012 – Official Highlights

The Great Wheelbarrow Race 2012 – Official Highlights

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2012 Wheelbarrow Race to be Aired on Channel 7

2012 Wheelbarrow Race to be Aired on Channel 7

Special TV program to be aired The 2012 Great Wheelbarrow Race will be featured in a special…
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2012 Results

2012 Results

Mareeba to Chillagoe Wheelbarrow Race 2012 Sorted by Fastest to Slowest Teams TEAM NAME Total…
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‘Chillagoe Fossil’ ready to race

‘Chillagoe Fossil’ ready to race

'Chillagoe Fossil' ready to break the 1000km mark in 2012 Great Wheelbarrow Race When Jon Booth…
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Race Souvenirs

Race Souvenirs

This year, the Great Wheelbarrow Race will be selling souvenirs at Dimbulah, Almaden and Chillagoe.…
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Accommodation

Accommodation

Accommodation along the race is varied - from small hotels to caravan parks and camping.…
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Do you want to be a Marshall?

Do you want to be a Marshall?

Each team (or solo) participating in the Great Wheelbarrow Race needs a marshall. All marshalls…
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The Great Wheelbarrow Race Trailer 2011

The Great Wheelbarrow Race Trailer 2011

Check out the action from the 2011 Great Wheel Barrow Race Published on Jun 20, 2012 by StudioProductionsTV…
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The Great Wheelbarrow Race 2010 – Day 2 Highlights

The Great Wheelbarrow Race 2010 – Day 2 Highlights

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2011 Results

2011 Results

2011 Race   45 teams 2 solo competitors 416 participants   TEAM NAME TIME Road…
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The Great Wheelbarrow Race 2010 – Day 1 Highlights

The Great Wheelbarrow Race 2010 – Day 1 Highlights

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The Great Wheelbarrow Race 2010 – Day 3 Highlights

The Great Wheelbarrow Race 2010 – Day 3 Highlights

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2010 Results

2010 Results

2010 Race 37 teams 3 solo competitors 311 participants TEAM NAME TIME Road Warriors (Mareeba…
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2009 Results

2009 Results

2009 Race 23 teams 0 solo competitors 206 participants TEAM NAME TIME Emerald SpringsMixed Team…
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2008 Results

2008 Results

2008 Race 19 teams 4 solo competitors 154 participants TEAM NAME TIME Junction Jokers 8…
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2007 Results

2007 Results

16 teams 5 solo competitors 155 participants TEAM NAME TIME Junction Jokers 8 hrs 13…
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2006 Results

2006 Results

17 teams 1 solo competitor 152 participants Team Name Time The Other Team Choices 8…
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2005 Results

2005 Results

14 teams 2 solo competitors 129 participants in total Team Name Time Team Choices 9…
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2004 Results

2004 Results

8 teams 1 solo competitor 66 participants in total Team Name Time Team Choices 9…
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Great Wheelbarrow Race 2026

Fundraising Amounts

Year Amount

2007 $13,480

2008 $14,200

2009 $44,398

2010 $87,315

2011 $123,000

2012 $153,000

2013 $461,000

2014 $437,000

2015 $243,300

2016 $200,000

2017 $195,289

2018 $110,000

2019 $140,000

2020 COVID-19

2021 COVID-19

2022 $132,230

2023 $189,389

2024 $93,342

2025 $261,787

Total $2,898,730 which is outstanding for any sporting event.

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2025 Results

2025 Results

Tribute to Cr Kevin Davies, Great Wheelbarrow Race Committee Chair

Tribute to Cr Kevin Davies, Great Wheelbarrow Race Committee Chair

2024 Results

2024 Results

2023 Results

2023 Results

2022 Results

2022 Results