Event Overview
The Mike Carney Toyota Paluma Push is a cross country marathon mountain bike race. In 2025, it will be held on 12th July 2025.
Starting on Friday afternoon, we will camp out at the Hidden Valley Cricket Oval and then meet at the Start line on Saturday morning, 12th July. For this year only, the start line, finish line, Event HQ and the after party will be held at the Hidden Valley Cricket Oval. Once you have done the hard yards on the course, join us for live music, food truck fiesta, bon fire and beers.
Make sure to get your race registrations in before the event sells out and don't forget to book your camping.
Friday Camping
If you would like to camp at Hidden Valley on Friday night, please make sure you book your camping together with your registration. You can add the camping option to your registration after you have registered, by using the link supplied in your confirmation email. You can add camping as an additional purchase as well as the bus transfers. Everyone who wishes to camp needs to book a spot per person. Non-Participants can be added as an additional purchase for the camping bookings.
When you arrive in Hidden Valley, please check in with our Camp Coordinator, who will direct you to your camp spot. We will have a lot of people camping at the Cricket Oval, so please be mindful of others when setting up. Tent camping is preferred and cars might have to be parked outside the camping area. If you are bringing a bigger set up, ie caravan or camper trailer, we will ask you to set up in the 'big rig' camping area.
An Event HQ & Camp map is available on our website. There will be toilet and shower facilities available for campers and riders.
Please do not establish new fire pits! There will be one big bon fire as well as a few fire buckets in the festival area. No dogs are allowed at the event. Please ensure to read the Camp Rules.
Cob Delights and Woodfired Delights will be at the camp grounds for Friday night. Please bring cash if you would like to purchase meals. See below for their menus.
Saturday- Race Day
For a detailed Event Schedule, please click here. Ensure to read the Athlete Guide for detailed information.
If you have not picked up your race pack on Thursday or Friday evening, you can do so on Saturday morning at the Hidden Valley Cricket Oval. If you already have your race pack, please sign in near the shed.
After Party
Once you have finished the race, kick back and relax at Event HQ at the Ted Furber Memorial Park (Hidden Valley Cricket Oval). There are shower and toilet facilities available for riders who are booked in for the camping on Friday/Saturday night. There will be a bike wash station available, please try to give your bike a rinse to help us stop the potential spread of weeds.
We will have Woodfired Delights, Cob Delights as well as the SES BBQ Truck on site. The After Party celebrations include live music from 6pm onwards and the Paluma District Community Association is opening the bar from 12pm onwards. Please bring cash for any food or drink purchases as there is no reception in Hidden Valley.
The Award Presentation will be held at Hidden Valley Event HQ at approximately 3pm.
Every rider who finishes the race will receive a Paluma Push Finisher Medal. The Top 3 riders, male and female, in all distances will be awarded with a trophy as well as cash prizes. The total cash prize pool is over $5600!
Sunday
The SES is putting on a BBQ breakfast at Hidden Valley. Please bring cash for any food and drink purchases. Woodfired Delights will have your caffeine needs covered.