noosa winter festival

The Noosa Winter Festival brings together eight popular sporting events on one weekend. The Festival sees three existing stand alone and established events – Noosa Blue Water Swim, Century Bike Ride and Noosa Running Festival - merge for an ultimate weekend of swimming, biking and running in the picturesque setting and idyllic weather conditions of Noosa as we head into winter.

The two-day multi-sport festival is expected to draw more than 5000 participants and 15,000 spectators across the weekend, with a festival village featuring a sport and lifestyle expo, live bands and entertainment, food vendors, and a program of activities. The design of the festival with its mix of events caters for competitors of all abilities and ages, providing the ‘ultimate’ weekend escape. The Noosa Enduro will be new to the festival in 2012.

The Events

The Noosa Winter Festival in 2011 hosted the following events:

• Noosa Blue Water 2km Ocean Swim from Tea Tree Beach
• Noosa Blue Water Zinc 96.1 1km Ocean Swim from Little Cove
• 500m Nippers Splash & Challenge at Noosa Main Beach
• Noosa Century 160km Ride through Noosa’s Hinterland
• Noosa Century 100km Ride through Noosa’s Hinterland
• Noosa Half Marathon 21km
• Noosa Mizuno 10km Run

• Noosa Enduro

• Noosa 5km Fun Run/Walk supporting the Cindy MacKenzie Breast Cancer Foundation
• Hot 91.1 Noosa Winter Festival Sport & Lifestyle Expo
• Scody Team Challenge

The Noosa Blue Water Swim has established itself as a premier swimming event and Queensland’s only National Park swim. This event has traditionally been held in May at Noosa Main Beach, offering 2km, 1km and 500m distances, and supports the Down Syndrome ‘Down Under’ Swimming Organisation.