Travel Assistance

Hells Bells and Fairy Bells are designed to be "race friendly" for interstate and New Zealand teams. The race is unsupported, kayaks are provided and there is assistance options for teams travelling to the event. Many interstate and overseas teams race the event each year.

Race timings fit into a weekend so teams short of time are able to fly in, race, and fly out without missing any work! If you do have a few spare days, organisers would certainly recommend a short holiday in beautiful queensland.

2009 Travel Assistance Information

Flights
The closest airport to fly into is the Sunshine Coast airport at Maroochydore. It is approx 15mins from HQ and is serviced by Virginblue and Jetstar. There are fewer flights each day into the Sunshine Coast but there are often sale fares as it is a tourist destination. Brisbane Airport is approx one hour drive and has a huge number of arrivals each day from all over Australia and New Zealand. Click on the Map to see the airport locations.

Arrival and Departure Times
Organisers recommend that competitors flying into the event arrive on the Friday evening to allow themselves time to organise their gear and be sufficiently rested. Travel teams will need to have their bikes to HQ by 0700 Saturday morning so organisers can take them out to the bike drop. The event is scheduled to finish at midday Sunday.

Airport Transfers
Transfers to/from Brisbane or Sunshine Coast airports to HQ are made easy with the local SunAir transfer service. SunAir will drop you to the door of your accommodation including your bike box. SunAir transfers are easy, convienient and no fuss, not to mention cheaper and less worry than a hire van for the weekend. Appox cost is $55 each way including your bike box for Brisbane Airport and $18-28 for Sunshine Coast Airport. Click on the booking form for more information.

Accommodation
There are plenty of accommodation options at varying budgets close to HQ. For more details check out the HQ & Accommodation page. You will need to get your bikes and gear to HQ on Saturday so choose something close by (there are many accommodation options within 100m of HQ). Organisers recommend at minimum you book into accommodation for Fri and Sat night with possibly a late check out on Sunday. If you choose to camp organisers can make this easier for you by providing a 5 person tent at no cost to save on some weight for your flights. Please email admin@geocentricoutdoors.com.au and it will be available at Race HQ on Friday evening. There is no camping permitted at race HQ itself.

Food
To purchase any race food there is a convienient Coles supermarket opposite race HQ on Venning & Walan St. Check out the Map. Opening Hours Mon - Fri: 08:00 - 21:00; Sat: 08:00 - 17:30; Sun: 09:00 - 18:00. There are restaurants and cafe's galore so unless you are desperate you don't need to bring camping food!

Logistics Boxes
Organisers can purchase your plastic boxes for you and have them available at race HQ from Sat morning. Cost is $15 per box. Please call Geocentric to order and make credit card payment over the phone or arrange direct deposit.

Bike Drop/ Retrieval
Teams who are flying into the event will receive assistance to have their bikes taken out to the bike drop location on Saturday morning. Teams must have their bikes to HQ by 0700. After the event if your bikes are left at a transition they will be brought back to race HQ by midday. This assistance is only available to teams who are flying into the event.

Personal Gear Storage
Organisers recommend you book accommodation for the Saturday night so you have somewhere to go back to after the event to shower, sleep and clean before flying out. If you do this you will have somewhere to leave any personal gear while you race. If you ignore all the above advice there will be a small area at HQ you can store your personal gear while you race.