List of people who have run across Australia

Runners who choose to circumambulate Australia can follow the National Highway for large sections of their journey.

Sources for data contained within this table have been listed within the body of the article, or where not readily available, directly from the individual concerned.

George Perdon ran across Australia during the 1973 Trans-Continental Run, completing the 4,807 km (2,987 mi) journey in 47 days, 1 hour and 54 minutes.

Most notably, he was a Torch Bearer for the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games, and the recipient of the Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) in 2002 for services to Ultramarathon Running and the promotion of Community Fitness.

[10] Fulcher describes her journey through remote areas in an interview with Bryant Gumbel on NBC's Today Show.

"[12] Sarah also set the Guinness world record for longest continuous solo run with a distance of 11,134 miles (17,918 km) in 438 days.

[13] "Sarah Fulcher, an attractive, brightly-smiling, 25-year-old native of Winston Salem, N. C., jogged through Sequin this week on her way back to Laguna Hills, Calif., near Los Angeles, from where she began her 11,000 mile run...the world's longest, continuous solo run in history.

[14] "Fulcher has been recognized by untold news organizations and government organizations including the Connecticut General Assembly Permanent Committee on the Status of Women's (CTPCSW) publication Selected Highlights of Women's History (page 38) and the United States Congressional Record in a "Salute to Sarah Covington Fulcher".

[18] Serge Girard ran from Perth to Sydney in 1999, covering a distance of 3,755 km (2,333 mi) in 46 days, 23 hours, 12 min and setting a world record in the process.

[19][20] Jesper Olsen is a Danish marathon runner who ran across Australia as part of his first journey around the world.

[27] Cesar Guarin ran across Australia in 2011, as part of his Global Run for an advocacy to help Filipino children experiencing poverty.

On 25 October 2008, she began running from Hobart in an anti-clockwise direction to raise funds for the national breast Cancer Foundation.

[32] Patrick Malandain (born 1960) ran across Australia from Sydney to Fremantle (Perth) during the 2013 Trans-Continental Run, completing the 3,861 km (2,399 mi) race in 38 days, 12 hours and 58 minutes.

Tony Mangan ran across Australia south to north on his world run (in which he covered 50,000 km in 4 Years from 2010 to 2014) He started on Australian mainland in Queenscliff, Melbourne, on 13 March.

This has been declared as a new Melbourne-to-Darwin Trans-Australian record by Phil Essam, former Australian ultra-running vice-president, historian, statistician and author.

Beginning on 11 March 2015 he completed the journey of 2,562 mi (4,123 km) in a time of 81 days, 5 hours 55 minutes.

Prior to this journey James was an inexperienced runner, completing 3 marathons since 1999, and began his running training for this challenge in December 2014.

[citation needed] Greg ran the East Coast of Australia from Cockle Creek on the South East Cape of Tasmania to the top of Cape York, Queensland, following the coast as close as possible totalling 5,500 km.

From Melbourne, he travelled west to Adelaide then north to Darwin along the Stuart Highway via Port Augusta, Marla and Alice Springs, camping along the road when no other accommodation was available.

As Andre was solo, he pushed the Intrepid (a custom made buggy) which carried his water, camping gear and supplies; when fully stocked it weighed as much as 95 kg.

In 2012 Richard Bowles covered almost the entire length of the Great Dividing Range, along Australia's Bicentennial National Trail at 5,330 km.

[42] In 2024, Stefan and Lachlan Lamble, a brother duo better known by their collective social media handle Lambros, ran approximately 3,360 km from Perth to Melbourne to raise money for cancer research.

[45][46] Additionally, they were the first brothers to run across Australia in recorded history, raising A$212,628 for cancer research as of June 2024.

[47] They completed their journey in 85 days despite injuries such as stress fractures, achilles tendinitis, and a torn meniscus.