The Burnie Ten is an Australian 10 km road race held on a Sunday in October every year in

Burnie Burnie ( ; Aboriginal Tasmanians#North, pirinilaplu/palawa kani: ''Pataway'') is a port city located on the North West Tasmania, north-west coast of Tasmania, Australia. It is the fourth largest city on the island, located approximately north ...

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along Emu Bay.

Route

The race starts north of Wilson/Cattley Street intersection and proceeds south along Wilson Street to the Bass Highway. It follows the highway east, past the Burnie Yacht Club and

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to the five kilometer turning point, then returns along the same route to the start-finish line. In 2015, a 5km event was added with 489 participating in the five kilometre event with the half way point near the Emu River. In 2020, in response to the

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the event was held virtually, with entrants able to complete the race in their own time on either 17 or 18 October.

Selected results

All information fro
The ‘Burnie Ten Honour Board’

References

{{reflist Athletics in Tasmania Sport in Burnie, Tasmania 10K runs Running in Australia