Activity Hanmer

28/08/2026

Cool little night out at Marty’s 🎬⛰️

NZ Mountain Film Festival National Tour — epic short films, big adventures, and plenty of inspiration for the next mission.

28/08/2026

Making memories, generation after generation...



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22/08/2026

🎯 Two birthdays in one day! 🥳

A very Happy Birthday to Grandad! 🎂🏹

We loved having this family crew out on the range today celebrating Grandad’s birthday. There’s something pretty special about getting everyone together, trying something different and making a few memories along the way.

Happy Birthday, Grandad! 🎂 What a great bunch to celebrate it with!

22/08/2026

🎯 Happy Birthday, Matt! 🥳

A great way to kick off the weekend with Matt and the crew celebrating his birthday with us this morning! 🏹

Plenty of laughs, a bit of friendly competition, and some pretty decent shooting along the way!

Thanks for choosing Activity Hanmer to be part of the celebrations. Hope you have an awesome birthday, Matt! 🎉

20/08/2026

This is absolutely next level! 🤯 168 laps. 7 days. 1,127km. What an incredible test of endurance and mental strength. We’ll be following this one! 💪🔥

Phil is taking on 168 laps in a backyard ultra format...

On Sunday 23 August 2026, at 8am AWST, Perth ultra-runner Phil Gore starts Project 168 at Alfred S***t Reserve on Armadale Road in Forrestdale, Western Australia. The rules are brutally simple. He runs a 6.71km loop starting at the top of every hour, on the hour, and he keeps doing it for seven straight days until 8am on Sunday 30 August. If he completes all 168 laps, that is 1,127km. Seven hundred miles.

The format is borrowed from backyard ultra racing, but this time there is nobody to chase and nobody chasing him. No competitors. No assist. Just one man, a loop, and a clock that does not care. Whatever time is left in the hour after he finishes each lap is all he gets to eat, change kit, treat his feet and sleep. Run faster, sleep longer. That is the entire deal, repeated 168 times.

Gore is not new to this. He is the reigning Big Dog's Backyard Ultra World Champion, taking the 2025 world title after 114 hours. In June 2025 he ran 119 hours at Dead Cow Gully for the win and a world record, having already set a world record there in June 2023 with 102 hours. He was the fifth to last one standing at Big Dog's in 2023 on 100 hours, won the Backyard Ultra Satellite Championship in 2024 on 96 hours, and became Australian Champion and Australian record holder in 2022 on 76 hours. Fourteen wins from sixteen backyard ultra events. He is also a father of four.

Here is the number that matters. His own world record stands at 119 hours. Project 168 asks him to keep going for 49 hours past it. That is more than two extra days on legs that have already been broken down for five, with no rival on the loop to pull him through the worst of the night hours.

Every lap raises money for Telethon, which supports sick and disadvantaged kids across Western Australia. The target is $168,000. So far $13,061.09 has been raised, around 7.8 per cent of the goal, with a top single donation of $510.12.

Phil Gore, you are a Harry.

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20/08/2026

☀️ We’re all set and ready to go!

The sun is shining and we couldn’t ask for a better day to welcome the Coffee Culture crew to Hanmer Springs! 🙌

They’ll be battling it out in our Outdoor Puzzle Hunt — teamwork, problem-solving and a little healthy competition all coming into play. 🧩💪

Let the battle begin! 😎

19/08/2026

Great to see the Forestry Huts getting a fresh new look! 🌲👏

For so many of the schools, families and groups we welcome to Activity Hanmer, the Hanmer Springs Forest Camp is part of the whole Hanmer experience — a place to stay, connect and make some great memories together.

Looking good, team! 💚

18/08/2026

Edit- up to 90 laps! Can they get to 100 🤞🤞🤞

Now THIS is willpower! 🤯

86 loops. 576.7 kilometres. Just 2 runners remaining from 169 starters at the Last Soul Ultra—and they’re still going!

These guys are absolute machines. We know just how demanding the Backyard Ultra format is, but this is another level entirely. We’ll be watching with huge interest to see who becomes the Last Soul Standing! 💪🔥

Live coverage of the Last Soul Ultra 2026 – a backyard ultra that r...

09/08/2026

A few words from a champion… 🏆

We asked our 2026 Hanmer Springs Backyard Ultra winner, Michele Dean, if she would share a message for the school groups and young people we work with.

But I believe her message goes far beyond our school groups — it’s for anyone who wants to pursue great things.

Be grateful. Do hard things. Believe in yourself.

Simple. Powerful. Inspiring.

Thank you, Michele. 🙌

09/08/2026