A collection of Photos of Team Rogue in Action can be found by following this link. Photos and details from individual races can be found below.
XPD Rivers of Gold – 2021
With international travel off the cards for the foreseeable future, team Rogue jumped at the only chance for an expedition race with XPD in north QLD. With a solid team line up, the team navigated well, managed the heat and finished 4th place in a strong field including all the top Australian teams. All three kayak stages were spectacular course highlights and were punctuated by the tropical rainforests and typical rough outback of NQ. Photos here.
Rogue Raid – 2021
The Rogue Raid returned for it’s 11th edition with a course circumnavigating and traversing Lake Wyaralong. With all the top teams in Australia chasing points in the national series, it was a competitive affair. One of the talking points was the (optional) 5km hike-a-bike over the Mt Crumpet ridgeline. Photo can be found here.
Explore Gippsland – 2021
Team Rogue kicked off the 2021 racing season with a strong performance, finishing second place at the inaugural Explore Gippsland 36hr AR. Teams were pushed for the full time with the rogaine format, testing the country’s best AR lineups. The punishingly cold conditions and long expeditionary stages made for a true test a team’s full AR skill sets. The Thomson River packraft stage, historic township orienteering and long hike were course highlights. Photos here.
Max Adventure Race – 2021
Thor and Liam joined forces again to make it 3 wins in a row at the Max Adventure race, this time at Enoggera Dam. It was a blistering fast start with the biggest climb straight out of the gate where they moved through the field and held the lead from the first CP. Photos can be found here.
Hells Bells – 2020
Liam and Sloshy joined forces with the Tri Adventure ladies to take out the overall win at Hells Bells in 2020. With covid travel restrictions, it was an all Queensland affair. The course took in some of the highlights on offer in the Rainbow Beach area and was lashed with some pretty wild and wet weather heading in to the night. Photos can be found here.
Rogue Raid – 2020
After a delay to August, the Rogue Raid kicked off with a spectacular course that wound up the bay with a stop for an intense trek leg on Stradbroke Island before exploring the mountain bike parks in the Redlands Bay and Daisy Hill area. Photos from the course can be found here and here.
Max Adventure – 2020
Racing returned to QLD after the Covid lockdowns with the Max Adventure Sprint race at Wildhorse Mountain, moving from its traditional time in August to March. Thor and Liam joined forces again to take the overall win for the third time in a row. Photos can be found here.
Wildside – 2019
The team returned to Wildside in the Southern Highlands to defend their title from 2018. After a strong start that saw Rogue as the only team to make a critical short course cut off, the team backed up with another win. The result was enough to secure second place on the Adventure 1 National Adventure Racing series for the second year in a row. Photos by Ben Cirulis can be found here.
Hells Bells – 2019
Acting as the fourth race in the Adventure1 series, team Rogue were looking to get a good result on the board for the 2019 Hells Bells race. The course ran through the Obi Obi Gorge before winding it’s way back down to the coast. The team managed a solid fourth place with this being Liam’s 11th Hells Bells. Photos can be found here.
GeoQuest – 2019
The 2019 edition of GeoQuest was one of the most competitive adventure races in the last five years in Australia. Hosted in it’s most northern location ever, Yamba, team Rogue finished in a solid sixth place despite carrying a member with influenza A from the start line. Photos can be found here.
Raid 100 – 2019
For the 10th edition of the Rogue Raid, teams were presented with the ultimate rogaine format adventure race challenge: a 100 hour course that spanned from Girraween National Park through the Clarence Rive, Border Ranges and back to the ocean at the Gold Coast. Photo galleries can be found here.
Alpine Quest – 2019
The first edition of Alpine Quest was held over the Australia Day long weekend out of Falls Creek. The race began with a prologue around the ski resort trails on Day one followed by a 36 hour race the following two days. Hit with soaring temperatures, it was a rare DNF for team Rouge for an auspicious start for 2019. Photos can be found here.
Shorter Adventure Races – 2019
Along with a focus on the national Adventure1 series, Liam joined forces with a number of local adventure racers to tackle a collection of sprint adventure races in south east QLD including both Max Adventure Races, the Wildfire Raid, Mojo Raid and 8 Hour cyclegaine. A few photos from these races can be found here.
Wildside – 2018
Team Rogue finished the 2018 Adventure1 season with a win at the 36 hour Wildside adventure race. The race took in the hills and waterways of the Hawks Nest region north of Newcastle with the result enough to bump them into second overall in the national rankings. Race photos can be found here.
Mojo Raid – 2018
Liam teamed up with Dave Schloss to defend his title at the Mojo Raid 12 hour adventure race. Taking in an all new race location in south east QLD, the race kicked off with a spectacular paddle on Lake Moogerah along with a tough ascent of Mt Greville on foot and the Main Range on bike. Photos can be found here.
Hells Bells – 2018
In 2018, Liam finally made it to his 10th edition of Hells Bells. The course ran out of Noosaville with a very competitive field. Team Rogue were racing at the front when they came off on the wrong side of unbalanced time-credit format rogaine. Still, they fared better than most of the other top A1 teams to post another solid result in the national series. Photos here.
The Rogue Raid – 2018
The ninth edition of the Rogue Raid covered a course sweeping from Lake Samsonvale through the Clear Mountain, Bunyaville, Samford and Brisbane Forest Park regions south to Enoggera Reservoir. A competitive race saw a late lead change with results not decided until the very final check points. Photos can be found here and here.
GODZone Fiordland – 2018
Liam joined forces with Australian team CBCRC for the biggest GODZone adventure race ever hosted. After 8 days and 45 minutes, the team emerged on the finish line in 16th place overall and second international team. An epic course that saw less than a third of the field finish photos tell the story here.
X-Marathon – 2018
Team Rogue travelled down to the township of Marlo for the X-Marathon 48hr race. The course delivered a point to point journey tracing the Snowy River to where it enters the ocean, with the team finishing 6th in scorching conditions. Highlights included packrafting on the upper snowy river, exploring Wilsons cave and plenty of wildlife. A short video of our race can be viewed here. (with raw footage here). Photos can be found here.
Mojo Raid – 2017
The third edition of the Mojo Raid 12 hour race hit the eastern shore of Sommerset Dam. Liam teamed up with Alex Austin to take the win. They were one of the few teams to elect to take on any of the kayak controls in windy conditions (picking up two) before sweeping all the bike controls and the majority of the run controls upon the Mt Mee escarpment. A photo gallery of the race can be found here.
GeoQuest – 2017
The 2017 GeoQuest was memorable for the deluge of rain that hit the course before, during and after the race. This necessitated the cancellation of the majority of the paddling and a bulk of the bike legs. The team survived their 3 laps within the breakwall of Coffs Harbour before a loop journey back to HQ, all done and dusted just after midnight on the first night of racing, securing 6th place overall. Photos can be found here.
Oxfam Trailwalker – 2017
Liam joined forces on a late invite to run with team Brioche at the Brisbane leg of the Oxfam Trailwalker. All team members were fresh from UTA100 and had the training in the legs. The team were first over the line on the 100km/4000m+ vert course in a time of 13:25, with the second Brioche team taking out second place. Photos from a long day out on the legs can be found here.
Rogue Raid – 2017
For its 8th edition, the Rogue Raid offered up the traditional 24 hour and 6 hour courses in the western Lake Wivenhoe region. The race took in plenty of off-trail navigation in fast, open woodland, open water paddling on the lake as well as riding on the Brisbane Valley Rail Trail and trekking within Esk State Forest. Overall winners were team Tri-Advenurish. A selection of just some of the race photos are here.
XPD World Champs – 2016
For my second XPD and second world champs, I joined Dynamite Adventure Racing. The race covered approximately 600km of the Shoalhaven region. Highlights include the spectacular coastline, Budawang trek, packrafting and whitewater kayaking on the Shoalhaven River and challenging caving at Bungonia. The team finished with a top 30 place and fifth mixed Australian team. Photos can be found here.
Mojo12 – 2016
After setting seven adventuregaine courses, the Mojo 12hr race was my first chance to race as a competitor. The Mojo crew set a route taking in a paddle on Lake Perseverance, orienteering on the local map, mountain biking in Pechey and Geham State Forest and a novel trek through the escarpments through Perseverance National Park. Photos from the course can be found here.
GeoQuest – 2016
In 2016 I joined team Quality Nude Time Racing again for another trip around a GeoQuest course. The race ran out of Port Macquarie and took in a midnight abseil and a trek through the “Punchbowl”. Finishing in daylight is always a pleasure. Full photos from the course can be found here.
Expedition Alaska – 2015
Rogue travelled to America for the inaugural Expedition Alaska and their biggest challenge yet. Glaciers, wild rivers, sketchy mountain passes a jaw dropping mountain scenery were the order of the day. Liam was joined by Sloshy, Rob and Kathryn and with avoided the carnage in the field to finish on the podium in third place. Photos from the pre-race preparation and from the course can be found here.
Rogue24 Adventuregaine – 2015
The Rogue24 made a return in 2015, this time exploring some classic rogaining country in the Somerset Dam region. A total of 204 competitors took on the challenge, which included some tricky navigation, a river and a windy lake paddle and an abseil from the bluffs of Mt Byron. Overall winners were team RUSH who retained their title. A collection of photos can be found here, plus Erren’s photo gallery here.
Rogue24 Course Scouting – 2015
A collection of photos from scouting the 2015 Rogue24 course. Plenty of variety in terrain taking in private cattle grazing properties, open waterways, forestry and classical Australian bush around the Somerset township area with teams visiting a few hidden gems along the way. Photos can be found here.
GeoQuest – 2014
2014 would be my 7th GeoQuest, and third racing under the team Rogue name. After placing 4th the previous two years and with a strong team which included racing with the Steven’s brothers for the first time, we were hopeful of a good result despite the top quality field. Unfortunately, it did not work out that way this year: I now have an answer to the question “What is the worst moment of a race ever”. When an innocuous navigation error turns a 15km paddle into a 35km paddle, you know it’s not your day. Photos from the course, which included long sections along the coast line north of Crescent Head, can be found here.
Rogue24 Adventuregaine – 2014
2014 saw the what was arguably the most spectacular Rogue course to date. Set in the Lake Perseverance area (what an appropriate name for an adventure race BTW), competitors took on a gorge trek through the Valley of the Diamonds, a paddle on both Lake Cressbrook and Lake Perseverance, another navigationally challenging cross country trek, a mountain bike leg up to 100km long over varied terrain, along with the special disciplines of archery, orienteering and stand-up paddle boarding. Almost 500 photos from the race can be found here.
Rogue24 Course Scouting – 2014
Photos from course scouting trips on the Rogue24 course can be found here. The area in and around Lake Cressbrook and Lake Perseverance is some of the best rogaining and adventure racing country I’ve come across in south east QLD with a great variety of terrain and challenging navigation opportunities. I’m amazed it has never been used for an adventure race before. Link to the full list of photos is here.
Godzone Adventure Race – 2014
Rogue raced returned to New Zealand with a new line up for the GODZone Adventure Race in 2014. Serving up one of the toughest courses to date, the team had its share of bad luck with injury and mechanicals, however they kept it together for a finish in 23rd place (albeit on the short course option) after 5 days and 8 hours of racing. A full collection of photos can be found here.
X-Marathon – 2013
Team Rogue in the form of Liam and Leo made the trip down to Victoria for the Adventure Junkie’s 24hr X-Marathon adventure race. Taking 4th place overall in a competitive field, the course would have to rate as one of the toughest 24hr races I’ve done, covering some spectacular (and spectacularly hilly) terrain. Photos can be found here.
GeoQuest – 2013
Team Rogue took out a win in the mens division and fourth place overall at the 2013 GeoQuest 48hr adventure race. The race included some scenic paddling and biking legs and some tough trekking, based around the coast and hinterland at Harrington on the NSW central coast. Photos can be found here.
Rogue24 Adventuregaine – 2013
The Rogue made a return to its original 24hr race format in 2013, also offering an 8hr option. The race was again a sell out taking teams on adventure of their own chosing through the forestry, lake and waterways of the Imbil – Borumba area. Perfect conditions and some tough competition made for spectacular racing. Photos from the course can be found here.
Godzone Adventure Race – 2013
The Godzone course for 2013 would rate as the most amazing adventure race I’ve ever done, beginning with a mountaineering section near Mt Cook and travelling south back to Queenstown. The team had a solid race, placing 15th after 5.5 days of racing. A collection of photos taken from a couple of cameras on the course as well as from the race website can be found here.
iAdventure Sp
rint – 2012
Sloshy and Liam teamed up take out the overall win at the iAdventure Sprint at Mt Joyce making some strategic choices on the bonus CP time score format. Craig and Glenn followed up in 3rd place overall and 2nd in the mens division. A couple of photos can be found here.
GeoQuest – 2012
GeoQuest returned to Forster in 2012 offering up one of the longest and toughest courses in its 11 year history. Team Rogue had two teams entered: Rogue-Samurai and Rogue-Spin City Cycles, finishing 4th and 7th overall respectively, and taking out the top 2 all male team spots. Photos from the course, including a frantic tubing start, can be found here.
Rogue12 Adventuregaine – 2012
The original “Rogue Adventuregaine” made a return in 2012, hosting both a 12hr and 6hr multisport rogaine on the newly flooded Wyaralong Dam and Mt Joyce Recreation Park. Teams were swamped in a deluge of rain during the wettest April in a decade, making for some spectacular misty paddle scenery and some extremely slippery and muddy riding conditions. A selection of photos from the course courtesy of Sally Staton and Paul Elby are located here.
Godzone Adventure Race – 2012
Team Rogue travelled to New Zealand to compete in the Godzone AR – Chapter 1: Milford to Queenstown. Easily the toughest race I’ve ever done with constant tricky navigation, harsh terrain and cold climate. The full course was only achieved by 4 of the 31 teams with all other teams set on various other short courses. Ultimately though, it was also a stunningly beautiful course, which can be seen in some of the photos here.
XPD World Champs – 2011
A selection of images from XPD in Tasmania in November, 2011 are here. We’re lucky to have a lot of these photos. On the long paddle down the Arthur River we had to pull over to the side to try and patch a large tear in the inflatable boat. Unfortunately, not only were we not able to repair the tear, but we left Shaun Lauder’s camera by the side of the river. The day after finishing an 8 day race, Shaun went back and re-paddled 35km of the river and found the camera right where we left it! Photos here.
Darkside 18hr Championships – 2011
Craig and Liam joined forces with Russ and Shaun from Team Spin City Cycles to take out a win in the mens division (third place overall) of the highly competitive Darkside Champs on the NSW Tweed Coast hinterland. Photos can be found here.
Training Adventures – 2011
Part of the fun of adventure racing is not only all the cool locations you get into during a race that you would never otherwise see, but all the areas to explore during training missions. A selection of photos from some of these training trips in the South East QLD area including Mt Barney, Mt Greville, Mt Tibrogargan, Northbrook Mtn and Stradbroke Island are here.
Hells Bells 24hr AR – 2011
After finishing second by 30 seconds in 2010 with the Pitt brothers, Liam joined forces with Gary Sutherland and Kim Beckinsale to take out the overall win at the 2011 Hells Bells 24hr adventure race in Mooloolabah. Racing as Team Mountain Designs, they knocked the full course off in less than 12 hours. A sample of the race photos can be found here.
GeoQuest – 2011
Despite coming off the first leg in GeoQuest 2011 in virtually dead last place, we managed to claw our way back up the field to finish a respectable 9th place overall and take a win in the mens division for a second time. This race had it all with “pack rafting”, challenging surf conditions (check out the photos of the race start in the kayaks) and torrential rain which eventually saw the premature closing of the course. Images of the action can be found here.
Trail Running – 2011
A couple of photos of Liam and Deb from the Lake Manchester 21km and Cook’s Tour 52km trail runs are here.
MD Adventure Race Australia – 2011
Craig and Liam raced to a third placing (second in the men’s division) of the challenging sprint adventure race MDARA held near Noosa. Rogue regulars Alan, Glenn and Jason also put in strong performances. Although sold as a short format race, the MDARA courses push the lead teams for over 5 hours. Photo exerts are here.
Abu Dhabi Adventure Challenge – 2010
Craig, Darren and Liam, along with team mate Nina Wright, were lucky enough to be awarded a free entry and flights to the 2010 Abu Dhabi Adventure Challenge courtesy of Sleep Monsters Australia and the Abu Dhabi Tourism Authority. Whilst the race was a tough and fast course, the scenery was otherworldly, and the race itself an amazing introduction to international stage racing. A selection of team photos from the race can be found here.
Rogue24 Adventuregaine – 2010
Rogue have run a number of adventure races in association with the QLD Rogaine Association, including both a sell out 24hr AR and an 8hr AR in 2010. These included tough navigation over the traditional AR disciplines of mountain biking, kayaking and trekking (plus a bit of tubing thrown in) in a multi-stage rogaine format. Photos from the original 24hr Rogue can be downloaded here.
GeoQuest – 2010
Team Rogue raced the 2010 GeoQuest as a team consisting of Liam, Craig, Alan and Glenn. One of the most impressive GeoQuest courses I’ve raced on, with an ocean kayak start, zip line, creek swims and great weather. It also had one of the most frustrating “navigational moments” at the end of the last bike leg that I’ve ever experienced in a race. Check out some of the photos here.
Blue Mountain Canyoning – 2009
Over Easter 2009, Darren, Liam, Ali and Nina joined Andrew Smith for 4 days of canyoning in the Blue Mountains, including trips through Dione Dell, Arabanoo Canyon, Grand Canyon and Butterbox Canyon. An awesome part of the world and a great chance to work on our rope skills. Photos here.
GeoQuest – 2009
Our second crack at GeoQuest was a successful outing, winning the mens division. We excelled as a team at both the 7-legged race to seed start order, as well as the 8 tyre tubes/4 planks of wood/2 ropes rafting section. Photos of the adventure are here.
Max24 – 2009
The less said about my efforts in this race, the better. A great format race: teams of 2, bonus legs, solo options, beautiful locations. A photo or two here.
Goolang Creek Kayaking – 2009
Over the years we’ve made a number of trips down to Goolang Creek, a feeder creek with regulated flow for the Nymboida River in northern NSW. A great chance to play in some white water and throw in a bit of tubing, with photos here.
GeoQuest – 2008
The genesis of team Rogue came from the GeoQuest race in 2008. Starting with an ocean paddle out of Coffs Harbour, the early GeoQuest formats followed a clover leaf format with teams racing back to HQ multiple times before being shipped back out on the course. Photos can be found here.
Teva Champs – 2008
Liam and Craig lined up with regular team mate Glenn Seaby to take a win in the mens division (second overall) in the 2008 Teva Champs held at Ewen Maddock Dam in QLD. Good friends Alistair, Sloshy and Alan finished not far behind. The Teva series was renowned for having a number of “extracurricular activities” along the course. Photos here.
Edge of Reality – 2008
Craig and Liam’s first race together was the AROC 50hr Edge of Reality. Run only the one time, this race was a massive learning curve with by far the most spectacular coasteering of any race to date, with massive cliff jumps and channel swims. A couple of images from the start of the race are here.
