Gippsland Rally

About the Gippsland Rally

The Middle of Everywhere Gippsland Rally is a two-day gravel forest rally held on 20-22 November 2026 in Central Gippsland, Victoria, running as Round 6 and the season finale of the 2026 EROAD Australian Rally Championship as well as a round of the Victorian Rally Championship. Organised by Vroom Events (Inc) with assistance from the CCRMIT car club and sanctioned by Motorsport Australia, its competitive stages run on gravel forestry roads through the State Forest high country around Heyfield, while for 2026 Rally Central and Event HQ move to West Sale Airport. As a scale reference, the 2025 running covered 18 special stages totalling 185.14 km of competitive distance and drew more than 7,000 spectators.

Championship

EROAD Australian Rally Championship (ARC) — Round 6 / season finale of 2026; also run as a round of the Victorian Rally Championship (VRC)

Organiser

Vroom Events (Inc), with assistance from the CCRMIT car club

Base

West Sale Airport (2026 Rally Central / Event HQ; previously Heyfield). Competitive stages run in the forests around Heyfield, Central Gippsland.

Surface

Gravel

• Format: Multi-day gravel rally. For 2026 the opening day gets an all-new four-stage loop with two new spectator points, following limited State Forest access in 2025
• Terrain: State Forest forestry roads through the Gippsland high country - stages northwest of Heyfield through Walhalla, Toombon and Glenfalloch, plus roads north of Briagolong and Stockdale
• Notable: 2026 is the event's first year as the ARC season finale. In 2025 it brought night forest stages back to the ARC for the first time in ~8 years, features the fan-favourite 'Deep Creek' stage and an EROAD Power Stage, and drew 7,000+…