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The 2026 AusCycling MTB Enduro Oceania and National Championships will return to the Wambenger Trails at Wellington National Park in Collie, WA for the third and final time.
Set to run from 21-25 October, the fastest riders in the region will duke it out for green-and-gold jerseys and continental titles. AusCycling is also debuting a fresh new social racing category.
In 2025, Zana Evans and Andrew Hacquoil won the elite Australian National Championship, with tight racing through the entire day. Only three seconds separated first and second place in both the men’s and women’s elite fields after five hours of racing! Zana Evans doubled up, also winning the Oceania Champs, while Kai Pyyvaara won in the men’s field.
Collie also played host to an e-MTB category, with Ellie Smith and Jordan Prochyra taking their respective crowns in the elite field.
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WA local Bailey Christie tells us that, despite not being totally on form, he’s excited to race on local trails.
“I’ve been going over east for nationals for six or eight years, and to have it here, close to home for the last three years, where I can race with my friends, and my family can come, is a big deal,” he tells Flow.
“It’s also in one of the more amazing places in WA, and it’s really cool to showcase the trails we have. Some of those tracks are just art, and there is a lot of Indigenous culture out there as well,” he says.
Oceania Championships | 22 October 2026
The racing long weekend will kick off with the Oceania Championships on Thursday 22 October.
This is a continental championship event open to riders with an AusCycling licence, or a UCI licence from one of the 14 other Oceania Cycling Confederation member nations.
Official practice, which will run on 21 October, will be the first opportunity for riders to familiarise themselves with the course that will be used across the championship races. Oceania Continental Champ jerseys will be up for grabs in the elite, junior and e-bike (19+) categories.
Wambenger Gravity Challenge | 22 October 2026
AusCycling will also be running the Wambenger Gravity Challenge. This is a team-based event designed for folks who want to experience the trails in Collie, but may not be interested in pushing to the ragged edge or dealing with the stress of racing.
At this event, riders will sign up as a team of two and complete four timed stages across the Wambenger trail network. As with those signed up for the championship events, there will be an official practice session on 21 October, the day before the event, and riders will have half a day to ride the stages.
As for the race, teams will compete as pairs, but race individually. Both riders must complete each stage. Times will be recorded individually and combined into an overall team time.
From there, the team with the fastest overall time will be crowned the winner of the 2026 Wambenger Gravity Challenge.
Teams can be male, female or mixed, and will race in one of the following age categories. Want to race with someone in a different age category? No worries, there’s also an all-ages Open category for combinations such as parents and children.
- Wambengers | Born 2014-2019 (minimum age 7)
- Wayfinders | Born 2010-2013
- Weekend Warriors | Born 1992-2007
- Well-Seasoned | Born 1991 or earlier
- Open | All ages
Australian National Championships | 24-25 October 2026
The finale of the race weekend in Collie will be the Australian National Championships.
Official practice begins on Friday, 23 October, with the e-bike, adaptive, U9, U11, U13, U15 and U17 categories kicking off on Saturday, and the elite, junior and masters riders set to run on Sunday.
The enduro scene in WA is massive, with the WA Gravity Enduro Series attracting between 300 and 600 riders per round!
Christie noted that nationals doubles as a WA Gravity Enduro event, with series points up for grabs in addition to the green and gold jerseys. With that, he expects it to attract a strong local contingent and make for some awesome racing.
How to enter?
Entries are open now via the 2026 AusCycling MTB Enduro Oceania and National Championships website, and close on 16 October.
Where is Collie, WA, and how do you get there?
Collie is a former coal town with a long history in cycling. It now boasts roughly 170km of singletrack, located roughly two hours from Perth. Coming from the east coast, you can either fly into Perth from any major airport, or Jetstar runs a direct flight from Melbourne to Busselton-Margaret River Airport, which is about 90 minutes from Collie by car.
Public transport options from Perth and Margaret River are available, though they get a bit complex and require a few transfers. Given that you’ll be travelling with a bike bag, hiring a car will remove a lot of pre-race stress.
Where are the trails?
The racing will take place across the Wambenger Trails in Wellington National Park. Last year, the stages were spread across the Wellington Dam section, the Honeymoon Pools section and Sika Hill.
The course won’t be announced until the end of September, so you’ll have to wait to find out what trails will count towards your time. What we know from last year is that the seven-stage course hit trails like Send It, Cash Out, Back Breaker, Dandjoo, Pip’n Hot, and Black Glove.
We asked Christie which stage the race will be won on, and he believes it will be Cash Out, if it features this year.
“It’s a two-and-a-half-minute stage, quite high-speed, dipping and weaving the whole time. The dirt over on that side of the trails is pretty grippy and clay-based, whereas on the dam side it’s more pea gravel. I think that is going to be the stage where the races will be decided,” he tells Flow.
Is there a bike shop in Collie?
The closest shops are CB Cycles Australind in Australind, Melo Velo, MaD Cycles, and Bunbury Cycles in Bunbury, which are 50-60 km away.
Anything else I should know?
Flow visited Collie back in 2024 as part of a larger, five-stop road trip in South West WA. While Collie boasts the largest total of singletrack in the region, there is more riding in the region than you can shake a potato sack full of WA’s infamous pea gravel at.
If you’re going to make the trip over, you’d be silly not to stay and take in the singletrack delights of the South West. Check out our full itinerary below.
- Glued Dirt & Water Tanks | Shredding Nannup WA’s playground in the pines
- Ride the Valley of the Giants | Walpole invites mountain bikers to pedal among the tingle trees
- Karri Loam & Contrasting Trails | Riding singletrack new and old in Pemberton WA
- From Coal Mines To Chainrings | Riding Collie the largest MTB destination in WA
- Pea Gravel, Flow Trails & A Five Vandy Gap | Exploring WA’s adventure capital Dwellingup
Photos: Broken Photography / AusCycling, Flow MTB
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