Tassie has fast developed a reputation in mountain biking circles for having the best trails in Australia, and Devonport on the north coast has perhaps the best kept secret of all of them – Wild Mersey!

In 2025 “The Wild Penguin” will move to a new date at the start of November – a long weekend for Victorian’s for the Melbourne Cup and also the Recreation Day long weekend in Tasmania. All three stages will be held on the Wild Mersey trails, as Penguin awaits a new trail build at Dial Range.

  The event will start on Friday afternoon with a Prelude at the Warrawee Reserve end of the Wild Mersey trail network, just outside of Latrobe.  This will be a convenient location for all travellers as it  is centrally located whether you fly into Launceston, Devonport or are driving up from Hobart.

The two main stages over the weekend will start and finish out of Railton, smack bang in the middle of the Wild Mersey trail network.  Stage 1 on Saturday will again be a testing stage that will be highlighted by the iconic 10km Raptor Ridge descent!  On Sunday, Stage 2 will start and finish at Seven Sheds Brewery in Railton, and feature the absolute best of what the renown Wild Mersey trail network has to offer – a heap of sweet flowing goodness!  

Full course details for all 3 stages will be released approximately 6-8 weeks out from the event. 

We recommend flying in to either Devonport or Launceston and grabbing a hire car which gives you plenty of options on where to stay. With the 2025 event focused upon Wild Mersey all stages are less than a 20 min drive from Devonport and the Sunday stage is only a 50 min drive from Launceston.