Race Tracks in Australia

Australia has one of the densest and most varied motorsport scenes outside Europe and North America, with well over sixty active venues spanning road courses, dirt and bitumen ovals, drag strips, hillclimbs, motocross tracks and karting circuits. The flagship is Mount Panorama at Bathurst, home of the Bathurst 1000, but the Supercars Championship also visits purpose-built road courses such as Sandown, Symmons Plains, Winton, Queensland Raceway and The Bend, plus temporary street circuits at Albert Park (Australian Grand Prix), Adelaide, the Gold Coast and Newcastle's former harbourside layout. Venues cluster around the state capitals: Sydney has Sydney Motorsport Park and several speedways, Melbourne has Sandown and Calder Park, Perth has Wanneroo/Barbagallo and Perth Motorplex, and Adelaide has Mallala and Tailem Bend. Drag racing is strong at Willowbank, Sydney Dragway and Perth Motorplex, while dirt speedway and motocross scenes run through regional Australia. Several historic circuits — Oran Park, Amaroo Park, Catalina Park, Longford, Warwick Farm — have closed but remain part of the country's motorsport heritage.

103 venues listed across 9 categories. Venues with a full RaceTrackWorld guide are linked.

Road courses in Australia

Venue	Town	Length	Known for
Adelaide International Raceway (road course)Dormant	Virginia, South Australia	2.41 km	Formerly a national-standard circuit, now rarely used for circuit racing beyond occasional hire days; its drag strip remains far more active.
Baskerville Raceway	Old Beach, Tasmania	1.34 km	Hobart's local club circuit, one of Australia's oldest continuously used tracks.
Calder Park Raceway (road course)	Calder Park, Victoria	1.8 km	Melbourne's oldest continually operating road course, still hosting club racing, testing and driving experiences.
Collie Motorplex	Collie, Western Australia	1.6 km	Regional WA motorsport hub with a road circuit, eighth-mile drag strip and burnout pad used by multiple clubs.
Hidden Valley Raceway	Berrimah, Darwin, Northern Territory	2.9 km	Darwin's motorsport precinct, hosting an annual Supercars round and sharing its site with a drag strip.
Lakeside Park	Kurwongbah, Queensland	3.4 km	Historic Brisbane circuit reopened for club and demonstration racing after years of closure.
Luddenham Raceway	Luddenham, New South Wales	1.2 km	Western Sydney motorsport complex with a car and bike circuit alongside its go-kart centre, used for track days and drifting.
Mallala Motorsport Park	Mallala, South Australia	2.6 km	Former RAAF airfield converted to a club circuit north of Adelaide, still actively used.
Morgan Park Raceway	Warwick, Queensland	3 km	Darling Downs circuit with an adjoining kart track, used for state and national club racing.
Mount Panorama Circuit	Bathurst, New South Wales	6.213 km	Australia's most famous circuit, a public road around the mountain that hosts the Bathurst 1000 and 12 Hour.
One Raceway (Wakefield Park)	Goulburn, New South Wales	2.2 km	Rebuilt and renamed circuit that reopened in October 2024 with noise-mitigating walls and a reconfigured 13-turn layout.
Pheasant Wood Circuit	Marulan, New South Wales	1.6 km	Privately built nine-turn licensed circuit south of Sydney, sold in mid-2026 with future use under review.
Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit	Phillip Island, Victoria	4.445 km	Fast, flowing coastal circuit that hosts the MotoGP Australian round and Supercars.
Queensland Raceway	Willowbank, Queensland	3.12 km	Flat, technical circuit near Ipswich that shares its precinct with Willowbank Raceway drag strip.
Sandown Raceway	Springvale, Victoria	3.1 km	Melbourne circuit historically the season-ending endurance race venue, still used by Supercars and club racing.
Sydney Motorsport Park	Eastern Creek, New South Wales	4.5 km	Multi-configuration state complex (Gardner GP, Amaroo, Druitt layouts) used for Supercars, club racing and driver training.
Symmons Plains Raceway	Symmons Plains, Tasmania	2.41 km	Tasmania's only permanent circuit, hosting an annual Supercars round.
The Bend Motorsport Park	Tailem Bend, South Australia	7.77 km	Australia's longest permanent circuit, with multiple configurations including the full GT layout; hosts Supercars.
Wanneroo Raceway (Barbagallo)	Wanneroo, Western Australia	2.4 km	Perth's permanent circuit, commonly known as Barbagallo Raceway, hosting Supercars and state-level racing.
Winton Motor Raceway	Winton, Victoria	3 km	Regional Victorian circuit hosting Supercars and a wide club-racing calendar.

Ovals and speedways in Australia

Venue	Town	Length	Known for
Archerfield SpeedwaySeasonal	Archerfield, Brisbane, Queensland	0.4 km	Brisbane's primary dirt speedway, host to national sprintcar and production sedan rounds.
Avalon RacewaySeasonal	Lara, Victoria	0.4 km	Geelong-area dirt speedway used for sprintcars, sedans and solo/sidecar racing.
Borderline SpeedwaySeasonal	Mount Gambier, South Australia	0.4 km	South Australia/Victoria border-region dirt oval used for state sprintcar and sedan competition.
Carrick SpeedwaySeasonal	Carrick, Tasmania	0.4 km	Northern Tasmanian speedway hosting sprintcars and production sedans.
Kalgoorlie Motorplex (Boulder Speedway)Seasonal	Kalgoorlie-Boulder, Western Australia	0.4 km	Goldfields regional oval that hosts speedway meetings on a limited seasonal calendar.
Latrobe SpeedwaySeasonal	Latrobe, Tasmania	0.4 km	Northern Tasmanian dirt oval running a regular speedway season.
Lismore SpeedwaySeasonal	Lismore, New South Wales	0.4 km	Northern Rivers regional dirt oval running a seasonal speedway programme.
Murray Bridge SpeedwaySeasonal	Murray Bridge, South Australia	0.4 km	South Australian regional dirt oval hosting state and national speedway rounds.
Northline SpeedwaySeasonal	Darwin, Northern Territory	0.4 km	Darwin's dirt speedway, running through the dry-season months.
Perth Motorplex SpeedwaySeasonal	Kwinana Beach, Western Australia	0.4 km	Dirt oval sharing the Perth Motorplex precinct with the drag strip, running a winter speedway season.
Premier SpeedwaySeasonal	Warrnambool, Victoria	0.4 km	Regional Victorian dirt oval hosting sprintcar and speedway solo events through the summer season.
Simpson SpeedwaySeasonal	Somerton Park, South Australia	0.4 km	Adelaide metropolitan dirt oval used by junior and senior speedway classes.
Speedway City Adelaide (Gillman)Seasonal	Gillman, South Australia	0.4 km	Adelaide dirt oval, also used for motorcycle speedway, running a seasonal programme.
Toowoomba SpeedwaySeasonal	Kingsthorpe, Queensland	0.4 km	Darling Downs dirt oval hosting sprintcars and sedans on a regular seasonal calendar.

Drag strips in Australia

Venue	Town	Length	Known for
Adelaide International Raceway (drag strip)	Virginia, South Australia	0.402 km	South Australia's national drag strip, considerably more active than the adjoining dormant road circuit.
Alice Springs Inland DragwaySeasonal	Alice Springs, Northern Territory	0.402 km	Central Australia's drag strip, run by the Central Australian Drag Racing Association on a limited annual calendar.
Ballarat Drag Racing Club StripSeasonal	Ballarat, Victoria	0.402 km	Western Victorian club-level drag strip used for grassroots ANDRA competition.
Calder Park Raceway (drag strip)Dormant	Calder Park, Victoria	0.402 km	Once a national-standard strip, now used mainly for occasional street/off-street events rather than a regular competitive calendar.
Heathcote Park Raceway	Heathcote, Victoria	0.402 km	Central Victorian drag strip hosting club and state-level ANDRA events.
Hidden Valley Drag Strip	Berrimah, Darwin, Northern Territory	0.402 km	Darwin's drag strip, sharing the Hidden Valley motorsport precinct with the road circuit.
Perth Motorplex	Kwinana Beach, Western Australia	0.402 km	WA's national-standard drag strip, sharing its site with the Perth Motorplex speedway oval.
South Coast RacewaySeasonal	Portland, Victoria	0.402 km	South-west Victorian regional drag strip used for club and street meetings.
Sunset StripSeasonal	Mildura, Victoria	0.402 km	Sunraysia regional drag strip hosting club and grudge racing.
Sydney Dragway	Eastern Creek, New South Wales	0.402 km	Sydney's national-standard quarter-mile strip, part of the Sydney Motorsport Park precinct and host to major ANDRA events.
Willowbank Raceway	Willowbank, Queensland	0.402 km	Queensland's premier drag strip, hosting the Winternationals and other ANDRA national events.

Motorcycle speedway and short ovals in Australia

Venue	Town	Length	Known for
Simpson SpeedwaySeasonal	Somerton Park, South Australia	0.4 km	Long-running South Australian solo motorcycle speedway venue.
Speedway City Adelaide (Gillman Speedway)Seasonal	Gillman, South Australia	0.35 km	Adelaide's dedicated motorcycle speedway venue, home of the Adelaide Rockets.

Hillclimbs and sprints in Australia

Venue	Town	Length	Known for
Bryant Park (Haunted Hills)Seasonal	Boolarra, Victoria	1.5 km	Gippsland hillclimb venue, also known as Haunted Hills, hosting state and national hillclimb rounds.
Collingrove Hillclimb	Angaston, South Australia	0.792 km	One of Australia's oldest purpose-built hillclimbs, run by the Sporting Car Club of South Australia in the Barossa Valley.
Huntley HillclimbSeasonal	Huntley, New South Wales	1 km	Central Western NSW hillclimb near Bathurst used for club and state events.
Mount Cotton HillclimbSeasonal	Mount Cotton, Queensland	1 km	South-east Queensland hillclimb venue used for club and state championship rounds.
Mount Panorama Hillclimb	Bathurst, New South Wales	2 km	The lower section of the Mount Panorama circuit is used for occasional dedicated hillclimb events.
Ringwood Park HillclimbSeasonal	Ringwood, Tasmania	1 km	Northern Tasmanian hillclimb used by the Light Car Club of Tasmania for club sprint events.

Motocross and off-road in Australia

Venue	Town	Length	Known for
Appin MX Track	Appin, New South Wales	—	South-western Sydney motocross venue used for state and national rounds.
Broadford Off Road eXtreme (BORX)	Broadford, Victoria	—	Part of the Broadford State Motorcycle Sports Complex, used for motocross, enduro and off-road events.
Coffs Harbour MX Track	Coffs Harbour, New South Wales	—	Mid-North Coast motocross venue used for national championship rounds.
Coolum MX Park	Coolum, Queensland	—	Sunshine Coast motocross venue on the Australian Motocross Championship calendar.
Gillman MX Park	Gillman, South Australia	—	Adelaide motocross track sharing the Gillman motorsport precinct.
Horsham MX Track	Horsham, Victoria	—	Wimmera-region motocross track used for state and club competition.
Maitland MX Park	Maitland, New South Wales	—	Hunter Valley motocross track hosting state and national championship rounds.
Murray Bridge MX Park	Murray Bridge, South Australia	—	Regional South Australian motocross venue used for state championship rounds.
Pinjar Park	Wanneroo, Western Australia	—	Perth's main motocross and off-road venue, used for state and national rounds.
Wonthaggi MX Park	Wonthaggi, Victoria	—	Regular host of Australian Motocross Championship and Supercross-feeder rounds in Gippsland.

Karting in Australia

Venue	Town	Length	Known for
Bolivar International Raceway	Bolivar, South Australia	1.2 km	Adelaide's national-standard kart circuit, host of state and national titles.
Coffs Harbour Kart Club	Coffs Harbour, New South Wales	1 km	Mid-North Coast kart circuit used for club and state karting.
Eastern Creek Kart Track	Eastern Creek, New South Wales	1.1 km	Sydney's national-standard kart circuit within the Sydney Motorsport Park precinct.
Emerald Kart Club	Emerald, Victoria	1 km	Dandenong Ranges kart circuit used for club and state karting events.
Go Kart Club of Victoria (Todd Road)	Port Melbourne, Victoria	1 km	Melbourne's premier kart circuit, hosting state and national championship rounds.
Ipswich Kart Club	Ipswich, Queensland	1 km	South-east Queensland kart circuit used for state and national karting events.
Monarto Kart Club	Monarto, South Australia	1 km	Regional South Australian kart circuit used for club competition.
Morgan Park Kart Circuit	Warwick, Queensland	1 km	Kart track adjoining Morgan Park Raceway, used for state karting rounds.
Newcastle Kart Racing Club	Cameron Park, New South Wales	1 km	Hunter region kart circuit used for state-level competition.
Oakleigh Kart Club	Oakleigh South, Victoria	0.9 km	Long-established Melbourne suburban kart circuit.
Puckapunyal Kart Club	Puckapunyal, Victoria	1 km	Regional Victorian kart circuit hosting club and state rounds.
Tiger Kart Club	Wanneroo, Western Australia	1 km	Perth-area kart circuit used for WA state championship rounds.

Street circuits and temporary in Australia

Venue	Town	Length	Known for
Adelaide Parklands CircuitSeasonal	Adelaide, South Australia	3.22 km	Street circuit used for the Adelaide 500 Supercars event around the city parklands.
Albert Park CircuitSeasonal	Melbourne, Victoria	5.278 km	Temporary street/park circuit that hosts the Formula 1 Australian Grand Prix each March.
Surfers Paradise Street CircuitSeasonal	Surfers Paradise, Gold Coast, Queensland	2.6 km	Gold Coast temporary street circuit hosting the annual Supercars event.
Townsville Street CircuitSeasonal	Townsville, Queensland	2.14 km	North Queensland temporary street circuit around Reid Park hosting Supercars.

Closed and historic in Australia

Venue	Town	Length	Known for
Amaroo ParkClosed	Annangrove, New South Wales	1.93 km	Closed 1998 and redeveloped; one of the shortest circuits ever used in the Australian Touring Car Championship.
Ballarat Airfield CircuitClosed	Ballarat, Victoria	3.2 km	Airfield circuit used for Victorian racing in the 1950s and 60s before closing.
Calder Park ThunderdomeDormant	Calder Park, Victoria	1.8 km	NASCAR-style high-banked oval built in 1987, now derelict and unused for racing.
Canberra Street CircuitClosed	Canberra, Australian Capital Territory	3.13 km	Temporary street circuit used for two Supercars rounds in 2000, discontinued after ongoing local opposition.
Castlereagh Drag StripClosed	Castlereagh, New South Wales	0.402 km	Sydney's first purpose-built drag strip, closed in the 1980s once Eastern Creek's facilities developed.
Catalina ParkClosed	Katoomba, New South Wales	2.1 km	Blue Mountains circuit closed in 1978 due to noise complaints; the site is now a public park.
Caversham Airfield CircuitClosed	Caversham, Western Australia	4.6 km	Perth's original post-war road racing venue, closed once Barbagallo (Wanneroo) opened in 1969.
Fishermans Bend CircuitClosed	Fishermans Bend, Victoria	3.1 km	Melbourne's first purpose-used post-war circuit on a former airfield, closed as the area industrialised.
Gnoo Blas Motor Racing CircuitClosed	Orange, New South Wales	6.1 km	Hosted the first round of the Australian Touring Car Championship in 1960; racing ceased in the 1970s.
Lobethal CircuitClosed	Lobethal, South Australia	8.256 km	Public-road circuit used for the 1939 and 1948 Australian Grands Prix, now closed to racing.
Longford CircuitClosed	Longford, Tasmania	7.242 km	Fast public-road circuit used until 1968, once the longest track on the Australian championship calendar.
Lowood CircuitClosed	Lowood, Queensland	3.2 km	Former airfield circuit west of Brisbane, used for state racing until superseded by Lakeside and Queensland Raceway.
Mount Druitt SpeedwayClosed	Mount Druitt, New South Wales	0.4 km	Early Sydney dirt speedway that closed in the 1960s as the suburb developed.
Newcastle Street CircuitClosed	Newcastle, New South Wales	2.641 km	Harbourside temporary circuit that hosted the Newcastle 500 Supercars round from 2017 to 2023 before losing its contract.
Oran Park RacewayClosed	Oran Park, New South Wales	2.6 km	Closed 2010 and redeveloped for housing after decades as a Sydney touring car venue.
Phillip Island Circuit (1928, original road course)Closed	Phillip Island, Victoria	10.5 km	Original public-road circuit that hosted Australia's first Grand Prix in 1928, superseded by the modern purpose-built track.
Port Wakefield CircuitClosed	Port Wakefield, South Australia	2.4 km	South Australia's pioneering post-war circuit, largely superseded once Mallala and Adelaide International Raceway opened.
Southport CircuitClosed	Southport, Queensland	3 km	Early Gold Coast road circuit used in the 1950s, long since closed and built over.
Surfers Paradise International RacewayClosed	Carrara, Queensland	3.4 km	Gold Coast circuit that closed in 1987 and was redeveloped, later replaced by the modern street circuit.
Sydney International SpeedwayClosed	Eastern Creek, New South Wales	0.46 km	Replacement venue for the closed Parramatta speedway; the promoter relinquished the lease in September 2023 after persistent drainage problems and the track has not reopened.
Sydney Olympic Park Street CircuitClosed	Sydney Olympic Park, New South Wales	2.24 km	Temporary circuit around Olympic Park used briefly for Supercars before the event moved elsewhere.
Sydney Speedway (Eastern Creek)Closed	Eastern Creek, New South Wales	0.46 km	Replacement venue for Parramatta; its 2023/24 season was cancelled and the promoter relinquished the lease due to persistent drainage defects.
Valvoline Raceway (Parramatta)Closed	Granville, New South Wales	0.46 km	Sydney's long-time home of speedway, closed in March 2020 after a compulsory government land acquisition for Sydney Metro.
Warwick Farm RacewayClosed	Warwick Farm, New South Wales	3.13 km	Sydney circuit inside the Warwick Farm horse racecourse, used for major races until 1973.

Race tracks near the big cities in Australia

Near Sydney

Sydney Motorsport Park · about 40 min
Sydney Dragway · about 40 min
Eastern Creek Kart Track · about 40 min
Luddenham Raceway · about 50 min
One Raceway (Wakefield Park) · about 90 min
Mount Panorama Circuit · about 150 min

Near Melbourne

Calder Park Raceway (road course) · about 30 min
Go Kart Club of Victoria (Todd Road) · about 15 min
Sandown Raceway · about 30 min
Winton Motor Raceway · about 150 min
Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit · about 140 min
Heathcote Park Raceway · about 90 min

Near Brisbane/Gold Coast

Queensland Raceway · about 50 min
Willowbank Raceway · about 50 min
Lakeside Park · about 40 min
Archerfield Speedway · about 25 min
Surfers Paradise Street Circuit · about 75 min
Morgan Park Raceway · about 130 min

Near Perth

Wanneroo Raceway (Barbagallo) · about 35 min
Perth Motorplex · about 45 min
Tiger Kart Club · about 35 min
Collie Motorplex · about 150 min

Near Adelaide

Adelaide Parklands Circuit · about 10 min
Adelaide International Raceway (road course) · about 30 min
Mallala Motorsport Park · about 50 min
Bolivar International Raceway · about 30 min
The Bend Motorsport Park · about 130 min
Collingrove Hillclimb · about 75 min

Near Hobart/Launceston

Baskerville Raceway · about 25 min
Symmons Plains Raceway · about 40 min
Carrick Speedway · about 35 min
Latrobe Speedway · about 100 min

Near Darwin

Hidden Valley Raceway · about 20 min
Hidden Valley Drag Strip · about 20 min
Northline Speedway · about 25 min

Near Canberra

One Raceway (Wakefield Park) · about 45 min
Pheasant Wood Circuit · about 70 min
Sydney Motorsport Park · about 200 min

Major race weekends in Australia

Event	Venue	When	Series
Bathurst 1000	Mount Panorama Circuit	October	Supercars Championship
Bathurst 12 Hour	Mount Panorama Circuit	February	GT World Challenge / Intercontinental GT
Australian Grand Prix	Albert Park Circuit	March	Formula 1
Australian Motorcycle Grand Prix	Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit	October	MotoGP
bp Adelaide Grand Final (formerly the Adelaide 500)	Adelaide Parklands Circuit	November	Supercars Championship
Sandown 500	Sandown Raceway	November	Supercars Championship
Winternationals	Willowbank Raceway	May-June	IHRA drag racing
The Bend 500	The Bend Motorsport Park	September	Supercars Championship
NTI Townsville 500	Townsville Street Circuit	July	Supercars Championship
Boost Mobile Gold Coast 500	Surfers Paradise Street Circuit	October	Supercars Championship
NTI Darwin Triple Crown	Hidden Valley Raceway	June	Supercars Championship
Coates Hire Newcastle 500 (former)	Newcastle Street Circuit	March	Supercars Championship

Track days and driving experiences in Australia

Track days in Australia run through operators such as Driving Solutions, Trackschool, Track Days Australia and manufacturer-run experiences (Porsche, Ferrari, BMW), typically at Sydney Motorsport Park, Winton, Phillip Island, Queensland Raceway and Wanneroo. A standard open-pit-lane day costs roughly AUD 250-500 depending on venue and car group, while manufacturer track experiences and endurance-format days run from AUD 600 upward. Motorcycle track days are run separately by operators such as Slide Guys, California Superbike School and state motorcycling bodies at the same circuits. Karting, drag racing test-and-tune nights and drift days are widely available on a pay-per-session basis at most of the circuits and strips listed above, and are the cheapest way to get on a real racetrack.

Frequently asked questions

How many motorsport venues does Australia have?+

Well over sixty active venues nationwide, spanning permanent road courses, dirt and bitumen speedway ovals, drag strips, hillclimbs, motocross tracks and kart circuits, plus several temporary street circuits used for major championship rounds.

Does this list include horse racing tracks?+

No. Venues such as Flemington, Randwick, Rosehill and Eagle Farm are Thoroughbred horse racing courses, not motorsport venues, and are outside the scope of this guide.

Which is Australia's most famous circuit?+

Mount Panorama at Bathurst, New South Wales, home of the Bathurst 1000 and Bathurst 12 Hour, is the country's best-known motorsport venue.

Where does the Australian Grand Prix take place?+

The Formula 1 Australian Grand Prix is held on the temporary Albert Park Circuit in Melbourne each March.

What is Australia's longest permanent circuit?+

The Bend Motorsport Park near Tailem Bend, South Australia, is Australia's longest permanent circuit at up to 7.77 km on its full configuration.

Are Oran Park and Amaroo Park still open?+

No, both were major Sydney circuits that closed and were redeveloped for housing — Oran Park in 2010 and Amaroo Park in 1998 — and now exist only in the Closed and historic group.

Where can I do a track day in Australia?+

Sydney Motorsport Park, Winton, Phillip Island, Queensland Raceway and Wanneroo Raceway host the most regular open track-day and manufacturer-experience calendars; see the Track days section above for typical operators and pricing.

Venue list checked against 44 sources. Last reviewed 2026-09-10.