Ada River Rally

About the Ada River Rally

The Ada River Rally is a gravel rally run on forest logging roads in the state forests around Noojee, in the West Gippsland (Baw Baw) region of Victoria, and is the biggest annual event of the Western District Car Club (WDCC). For 2026 it is scheduled for Saturday 22 August (moved from its original 16 May date), based at Rally HQ at the Noojee Heritage Centre. It is run in a roadbook-only, "blind" format, with navigation by roadbook and no reconnaissance or pace notes.

Championship

East Coast Classic Rally Series (2026 Round 5, 2WD and 4WD) and Shamrock Haulage NSW Rally Championship (2026 Round 4); historically Round 2 of the Victorian Rally Championship (VRC) and Victorian Club Rally Series (VCRS)

Organiser

Western District Car Club (WDCC)

Base

Noojee, Victoria

Surface

Gravel

• Format: One-day event run over two heats on forest special stages, using a 'blind' format (no reconnaissance / no pace notes). Recent VRC editions covered roughly 140 km competitive (VRC) / ~110 km (VCRS); eWRC lists ~142 km (2024, 2025), 155 km…
• Terrain: Gravel. Run on forest logging roads in the state forests around Noojee (tight, twisty forest stages). eWRC-results classifies recent editions as gravel
• History: A long-running, well-regarded event: WDCC's flagship rally, with results on record from at least 2019/2020 through 2025. Awarded Victorian Motorsport Event of the Year (2019) and cited as 'best Victorian Motorsport event' for consecutive…