Description: Bilpin Bush Run
fire (3119) rural (1991) brigade (74) bilpin (3) bush run (1) mt wilson (1) bilpin bush run (1) silva plana reserve (1) bilpin rural fire brigade (1) bilpin community (1)
this event has been cancelled due to dificulties caused by covid
The Mt Wilson to Bilpin Bush Run or 'Willy2Billy', was the idea of a former Mt Wilson resident and bush runner Ross Bill. Ross, in his training runs, mapped the course and after 12 months of persistence, in mid 1995, convinced the Bilpin Rural Fire Brigade to organise the event in conjunction with the Mt Wilson Rural Fire Brigade. The first run was organised in just 3 months with 66 starters with Andrew Lloyd the winner.
The original course extended over 34.4k through fire trails, bush tracks, down a dirt road to the valley floor at Bowens Creek with the race record set by Glen Guzzo in 2004 at 2:07:31