Warburton Valley is only an hour-and-a-half drive from the Melbourne CBD, but a whole world away. You can ditch the concrete jungle for a fern-fringed one and run at the Warburton Valley Trail Festival. There's plenty of running, but also a plethora of walking options, mountain biking, road cycling with big hills, river recreation (paddling, swimming, liloing), camping, birdwatching, hang gliding (yes...), along with tasty cafes and restaurants (yes, great coffee), galleries, and shopping. Warburton Trail Festival – a weekend running getaway with the lot.

Go for the ultra and run in the footsteps of legendary lumberjacks, test your quads with a double that takes you up Donna Buang and back down again...or maybe Little Joe's Night Terror is more to your liking, or hang it, go for everything and take on the Multiday Madness Challenge? Options, options. Whatever you choose bring your lilo, because trail running just got floaties...