June 27, 2025
New stages headline new look Supplementary Regulations
The Middle of Everywhere Gippsland Rally has released its Supplementary Regulations for the 2025 edition of the event, with a number of changes compared to previous years.
Serving as the first of two Endurance rounds of the 2025 season, more than 220 competitive kilometres once again make up the popular rally, with EROAD Australian Rally Championship (ARC) crews to tackle 18 stages throughout the weekend.
Headlining the event’s new look are the day-night stages that will occur on Saturday, as well as a number of new stages being introduced– one of which is a Spectator Stage on Saturday and the other being the ever-important Power Stage on Sunday.
The new Glenmaggie Spectator Stage will have the honour of kicking off the event, and with a distance of two and a half kilometres, it will be a quick-fire way to start the rally. The stage will also be run on Sunday, which has a new 12 kilometre Power Stage that will see off the event with a bang.
With Saturday’s 10 stages making up 125 kilometres and Sunday’s eight total 90 kilometres, a number of Sunday’s stages will take place on the same roads as Saturday due to severe damage to the originally selected routes earlier this year, forcing event organisers to look elsewhere.
Fortunately, other shire roads were offered up to the team and they were able to utilise sections of the forest that hadn’t been run in more than 20 years, creating stages located just five kilometres outside of Heyfield.
As a result, ARC crews will have the unique experience of enjoying more competitive kilometres than liaison distance during the event, leaving Clerk of the Course Andrew Roseman excited with the itinerary.
“We’re really looking forward to this unique edition of the event – we have had to adapt to some of the unfortunate restrictions put on us, and I think we have put together a solid itinerary,” Roseman said.
“Firstly, the biggest highlight of the event will be the day-night stages on the Saturday, which is a fantastic addition, while the new Glenmaggie Spectator Stage, which is just a few kilometres outside of Heyfield, will be used on both Saturday and Sunday.
“Our normal Sunday roads got obliterated by a storm in February, which basically rendered us unable to use that section of forest, so this year we’ve had to really look for new areas we can use to at least get an event together.
“That said, we are introducing the new 12 kiloemtre Power Stage, which is just an epic bit of road, along with some new sections that are just amazing.
“All the roads that we are using are in exceptionally good condition. They’ve all been graded and worked on, so Forestry has done a fantastic job in giving us permission to use some of those roads multiple times.”
Entries for the event are now open, with interested crews able to enter via the WOLF Platform.
This year’s Middle of Everywhere Gippsland Rally takes place in the forests of Heyfield on 22–24 August.