SPECTATOR GUIDE

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Overview of The Courier Eureka Rally

The Courier Eureka Rally is the first event of the 2018 Australian
Rally Championship (ARC), the first event of the 2018 Focus On
Furniture and Bedding Victorian Rally Championship (VRC) and
will count towards numerous other Championships and Awards.

Message from the Clerk of Course

Welcome and we invite you the 2018 The Courier Eureka Rally!
The event is set to be a great opening round of the 2018 seasons for both the CAMS
Australian Rally Championship®(ARC) and the Focus On Furniture and Bedding
Victorian Rally Championship.

Ballarat is a great base for a heat of the ARC. It has all that a capital city has to offer,
but not only is it far easier to get about in, it is a beautiful provincial city to visit as well
with easy Freeway access from the east and the west. The service park and Rally Hub
is located at the Ballarat Airport and the public is invited to visit and see the service
teams at work.

Saturday will feature four compact stages with little break between them in the Wombat
Forest to the east of Ballarat. Sunday will involve less liaison distance to link four
stages looping south of Ballarat. Thanks to the Department of Environment, Land,
Water and Planning for access to the great forests and to the Shires of Moorabool and
Golden Plains for access to their roads.
The event is fortunate to have the considerable support of The Courier, Ballarat City
Council, Ballarat Regional Tourism and the Victorian State Government among a host of
further event sponsors and partners.

The Victorian rally community is excited to once again be hosting a round of the ARC,
and a large pool of friendly, dedicated and committed volunteer officials is looking
forward to delivering an event to be proud of.
So, please join us!

Andrew Roseman

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Saturday 3rd March

Camp St, Ballarat

08:30 Cars arrive at Camp St for public display
09:30 First car flagged-away
East of Korweinguboora
10:16 First car through Spectator Point One
BUNDING BLAKEVILLE RD
11:40 First car through Spectator Point Two
FARM RD
Ballarat Airport - RALLY HUB - Service Park
13:11 First car arrives for a 30 minute service
13:31 First car leaves back out to the forest
East of Korweinguboora
14:40 First car through Spectator Point Three.
BUNDING BLAKEVILLE RD
16:40 First car through Spectator Point Four.
FARM RD
Ballarat Airport - RALLY HUB - Service Park
17:15 First car arrives for a 120 minute service
19:15 First car enters Parc Ferme (the cars are impounded overnight)

Sunday 4th March

Ballarat Airport - RALLY HUB - Service Park

08:20 First car starts from Service Park after 20 minute service.
South of Ballarat
10:13 First car at Spectator Point One
Ballarat Airport - RALLY HUB - Service Park
11:42 First car arrives for 30 min service.
South of Ballarat
14:04 First car at Spectator Point Two
(Same place, second time around)
Ballarat Airport - RALLY HUB - Service Park
15:00 First car ends rally at Service Park
16:30 Podium Presentations commence.

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 Motor Sport Is Dangerous
Motor Sport Activities are inherently dangerous recreational activities,
and there is significant risk of injury, disability or death.
If you choose to participate in these activities, and you are killed or injured because the activities were not
supplied with due care and skill, or were not reasonably fit for their purpose, your rights to sue the
Confederation of Australia Motor Sport Ltd (CAMS) and/or the Entities* are excluded, restricted or modified.
For full details of the exclusion, restriction or modification of your rights please refer to http://www.cams.com.au/
get-involved/events/disclaimers. *A full list of CAMS associated entities can be viewed at:
http://www.cams.com.au/get-involved/events/disclaimers.

Come Spectating
1. Be prepared, weather-wise. Bring a hat, ground cover, sun screen, and protection in case of rain or cold
weather. If food and drink are not available at spectator points make sure that you bring your own.

2. Park your car sensibly so that it will not obstruct emergency vehicles, competitors, service crews or other
spectators. Obey parking instructions given by signs or officials. It is advisable to park your car facing the
way out. This will make your exit easier.

3. Do not try to emulate rally drivers. If you give cause for complaint it will reflect badly on the rally and the
sport as a whole. Drive carefully to and from spectator points and be ready to give way to other traffic on
narrow stretches of road.

4. If you have to take dogs or young children to spectator points, make sure they are completely under
your control and that they do not get in the way of rally cars or mechanics or officials at work.

5. Do not light fires or smoke in the forests. Do not smoke near a car that is being serviced or refuelled.

6. Keep clear of rally control points at all times from the timing marker to the control. If control officials
ask you to move, please help them maintain event safety by doing so. Remember that they have a difficult
job to do as it is. If you want to see a control point in action, then stand well back.

7. Rally cars can lose control and leave the road at any time. Make sure that you stand behind the
orange webbing within the areas designated for viewing by this spectator guide or officials or marshals. Do
not stand in No Go areas or outside the designated viewing areas.

8. The instructions of spectator marshals must be obeyed. They have the power to stop a stage until
the spectator point is controlled to their satisfaction.

9. Do not ignore this spectator guide and try and find your own way around. The spectator route in this
Guide has been surveyed and is safe.

10. Take your litter home. It is handy to have bag or carton with you. Please leave our countryside tidy.

11. At service or refuel points do not crowd mechanics when they are working. Besides hindering them,
you may get injured.

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On Saturday two spectator points are provided with the cars passing through
twice. These points will be referred to as Sat 1&3 (where this point is your first and
third opportunity to see the cars on Saturday) and Sat 2&4 (where this is your
second and fourth opportunity to see the cars on Saturday).

Generally there will be sufficient time to move between the spectator points to allow
viewing at all points on a given day and perhaps even time to visit Ballarat or a
nearby town for lunch. Some of these options will not be possible if you want to stay
at a given point for the entire field of cars.

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 Saturday Points 1 & 3
To get to Bunding / Blakeville Rd, (Spectator Point 1 & 3),
from Ballarat, head towards Melbourne on the Western
Freeway for at least 25 km then take the Daylesford / Ballan
exit.
Turn Left onto C141 towards Daylesford after coming off
freeway.

Go 9.7 kms then Turn Right into the forest, signposted Bunding / Blakeville
Rd, then
Go 3.0 km to the spectator point.
Park where indicated by the officials. Afterwards, retrace your steps to Ballarat.

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If you are going straight from Spectator Point 1 to Spectator Point 2. Retrace
your steps to come back out onto C141. Turn Right towards Daylesford, and
after 8.4 kms Turn Right, signposted Back Settlement Rd. Travel carefully on
this narrow road for 3.1 km, then, Turn Left off the bitumen and go 1.5 km to
the spectator point.

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Saturday Points 2 & 4

To get to Farm Rd. Koweinguboora, (Spectator Point 2 & 4),
from Ballarat, head towards Melbourne on the Western
Freeway for at least 25 km then take the Daylesford / Ballan
exit.
Turn left towards Daylesford along C141.
At 17.4 kms Turn Right, signposted Back Settlement Rd.
Travel carefully on this narrow road for 3.1 km, then:
Turn Left off the bitumen and go 1.5 km to the spectator point.
Retrace your steps to return to Ballarat.

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If you are going straight from Spectator Point 2 to Spectator Point 3. Retrace
your steps to come back out onto C141. Turn Left towards Ballan, and after 8.4
kms Turn Left, signposted Bunding / Blakeville Rd. Travel carefully on this
narrow road for 3.1 km, then turn left off the bitumen and go 1.5 km to the
spectator point.
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 Ballarat Airport Service Park
& Rally Hub
On Sunday one spectator point is provided which will be specified as Sun 1&2.
This point is relatively close to Ballarat and you might consider slipping into
Smythesdale for food, or the Ballarat Airport Service Park, between passages of the
cars. This may not be possible if you want to stay at the point for the entire field of
cars.


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 Sunday Points 1 & 2

One spectator point at Ross Creek, visited twice.

To get there, head south from Ballarat along the A300 to Geelong/Colac.

Pass the Glenelg Higway turn-off, (don’t take it); then 1.6 km Turn Right at
roundabout, signposted Ross Creek.

Go 6.9 km then Turn Left, signposted State Forest Rd, and

Go 5.6 km to the Spectator Point.

Retrace your steps to return to Ballarat.

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If you want to go into Smythesdale between visits by the rally cars, retrace your
steps to the Sebastopol / Smythesdale Rd and Turn Left.
Go 4.9 kms and Turn Right onto Brooke Street / Glenelg Highway B160,
then
Go 850 metres and Turn Left on Whites Rd into Smythesdale.
Retrace your steps to return to the Spectator Point for the cars’ second visit.

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