Each season is split into legs, with teams tasked to deduce clues, navigate themselves in foreign areas, interact with locals, perform physical and mental challenges, and travel by air, boat, car, taxi, and other modes of transport.

10's iteration of the show is produced by Eureka Productions and hosted by former rugby league footballer Beau Ryan.

[3][4] 10's second and the fifth season overall aired in 2021 and was set in Australia, following international travel restrictions due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

[6][7] On 28 April 2023, the show was renewed for a seventh season featuring celebrity contestants racing for a prize for their chosen charity.

Route markers were, however, coloured yellow and green in the second leg of the inaugural season to avoid confusion with the flag of South Vietnam.

During the race, teams may face the following which may potentially slow them down: At the beginning of each leg, teams receive an allowance of cash, typically in Australian dollars, to cover expenses during the competition (except for the purchase of airline tickets, which are paid for by credit cards provided by the show).

Each season has a number of predetermined non-elimination legs, in which the last team to arrive at the Pit Stop is not eliminated and is allowed to continue on the competition.

The casting for a third season began in August 2012, however, it was notably absent when the network revealed its 2013 schedule in October.

[15] In May 2019, a casting call for a new "Adventure Travel Competition" led to speculation that The Amazing Race Australia was being revived.

[16] In late May, it was reported by blog TVBlackbox that the casting call was indeed for an Amazing Race Australia revival with Network 10 commissioning the reboot.

[18] Notes As of 2024[update], The Amazing Race Australia has visited 38 countries and all 6 inhabited continents.

[a] Most routes in The Amazing Race Australia travelled across the globe, starting from one Australian location and ending in another.