Midmar Mini Marathon

Route Maps

Long Course Instructions

The Midmar mini marathon begins in front of the Henley Midmar Yacht Club (HMYC). Paddlers will stand on the bank next to their boats which will be arranged with K1s in front and K2s behind.

From the start, the paddlers will head to the right (to the west) and paddle in an anti-clockwise direction around the mast of the sunken yacht in the bay in front of the chalets (take care of the stays which support the mast). Then they head in the direction of the Midmar Mile start. They will keep on the shore side of a buoy opposite the “Boat Shop” (Midmar Boating and Hire). From there they proceed straight to the takeout at the first portage (3.2km) at Hoby Point (do not cut straight across the dam to Hoby Point from the start). 

Carry your boats on the tar road that leads towards the Dukuduku Camp Site. Run past the Power Boat Club and then turn left down a dirt road and past a small quarry (portage is 3.2km). Put in and paddle due south into “Pylon Bay” …  keep paddling south for about 4kms until you see the takeout for the next portage at the east bank of Pylon Bay. The ± 2km portage is along the road on the edge of the dam. 

Put in at the designated spot and paddle around the peninsula and across the bay to the Thurlow take out and run on the road across the Thurlow peninsula. Put in on the eastern bank of the dam and paddle 4km to the eastern corner of the dam wall (to the right of the spillway). 

Paddle around the buoy in the corner and then across the dam wall back to the finish at HMYC.  The total distance is 22.5kms.