SPECTATOR WAY
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New To Rallying?
Let Australian Champion Navigator, Ross Runnalls,
show you the way.
Where to go and when? For those new to rallying we have
asked Ross Runnalls to take you for a drive. It’s not possible
to see all the action at once, so spectators have to choose
where they want to go, who they want to see and so on.
For those new to rallying, Ross has devised a timetable to show
you our sport, and give you a few relaxing breaks on the way.
The two Saturday points: Point 1 & 3, and Point 2 & 4, are
about 20 minutes apart. The cars visit them twice.
On Saturday, we are going to visit the Rally Start in Camp Street,
Ballarat, then go for coffee in Ballan, then visit Point 2, then back
to Ballan for a quick lunch, then Point 3. Afterwards, we go to the
Rally Hub at Ballarat Airport to see the mechanics working
frantically on the cars before they are put into “Parc Ferme”
(isolation) overnight.
On Sunday, we watch the cars leaving the Rally Hub at Ballarat
Airport, then go to Point 1, south of Ballarat in the Ross Creek
area. The cars visit this point twice, you can either take your own
lunch with you and stay in the same place, getting to know your
new friends in the forest; or go into Smythesdale for a bite at the
General Store.
Then it’s back to the same place, where
Point 1 now becomes Point 2
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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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Let's Go!
SATURDAY 3RD MARCH
To get to Farm Rd. Koweinguboora, (Spectator Point 2),
from Ballarat, head towards Melbourne on the Western
Freeway for at least 25 km then take the Daylesford / Ballan exit.
Go right to go into Ballan if you want coffee, or turn left towards
Daylesford along C141 and go for 17 kms.
After 17.4 kms on C141 (18.8 km if you went into Inglis Street, Ballan):
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. 
After seeing the cars, retrace your steps to return to Ballan for lunch.
After lunch, to get to Bunding-Blakeville Rd (Spectator Point 3), go back
towards Daylesford along C141.
From Inglis Street, Ballan, turn right towards Daylesford and go 10.5 km.
Turn Right into the forest, signposted Bunding-Blakeville Rd, and go
3.0 km to the spectator point.
Afterwards, retrace your steps to return to Ballarat and find the Airport.
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If you don’t want to go to Ballan for lunch, 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 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. Afterwards,
retrace your steps to return to Ballarat and find the Airport.
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SUNDAY 4TH MARCH
One Sunday point at Ross Creek, visited twice. To get there,
head south from Ballarat along the A300 to Geelong/Colac.
Pass the Glenelg Highway turn-off, (don't take it) then at
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.
Afterwards, 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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Ballarat Airport - RALLY HUB
It takes 30 minutes to get to the airport from the
Sunday Spectator Point.
Podium Finish is 16:30
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UPDATED 15th Mar 2018