ABOUT
On JULY 25th 2027 the fifth Mad Max Marathon Running Festival will be held in Broken Hill, NSW after four previous successful events.
Race Director, Brian Haddy, has been co-ordinating a local fun run in his home town of Mount Barker, SA
for the past nine years. This ‘Conquer the Summit’ event has grown from 100 to over 700 participants
each year and has raised over $250,000 for local youth development charities in that time.
In 2022 Brian also co-ordinated the Great Kanku Breakaways Marathon Festival in Coober Pedy and
this gave him the idea to organise another outback running festival, this time with a connection to
the famous Mad Max movie franchise which has used Broken Hill as a film location over the years. In 2027 Brian will also organize the Dimboola Dash Running Festival on 11th April (www.dimbooladash.au); the Mildura Riverfront Marathon Festival on 13th June (www.mildurariverfrontmarathon.com.au); and the Horsham Running Festival on 12th September (www.horshamrunningfestival.com.au)
The aim of the Mad Max event is to attract runners from all over Australia to this unique
heritage town and to encourage more local children and adults to get into the running ‘habit’.
LOCAL ATTRACTIONS
Visitors from outside Broken Hill are encouraged to participate in the Broken Hill Racecourse parkrun on the Saturday morning and check out the many different attractions in the area.
Some crowd favourites include the wonderful Palace Hotel, Australia’s Oldest Milk Bar Bell’s Milk Bar and of course the Mad Max 2 Museum in nearby Silverton.
