	{"id":102705,"date":"2025-04-25T04:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-04-24T18:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/bellarinetimes\/?p=102705"},"modified":"2025-04-24T23:15:40","modified_gmt":"2025-04-24T13:15:40","slug":"great-rail-run-called-off","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/bellarinetimes\/news\/great-rail-run-called-off\/","title":{"rendered":"Great Rail Run called off"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A COMMUNITY run which would see participants race the steam train from Queenscliff to Drysdale has been cancelled for this year<\/p>\n<p>The Great Rail Run has been called off due to lower-than-expected registrations and an increase in cost for an already expensive event.<\/p>\n<p>An email sent out earlier this month highlighted that even with a late rush of entries, event organisers would still lose a significant amount of money if they held the race.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We understand that this will be disappointing for many and please know that we have explored all available options,&#8221; the email stated.<\/p>\n<p>The run, organised by PB Events, was to include a 21.1km, 17km, 10km and a three leg 17km relay event.<\/p>\n<p>All registered participants will receive a full refund for the May 4 event.<\/p>\n<p>Although the Great Rail Run has been called off, PB Events are still planning all future events as normal.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A COMMUNITY run which would see participants race the steam train from Queenscliff to Drysdale has been cancelled for this year The Great Rail Run has been called off due to lower-than-expected registrations and an increase in cost for an already expensive event. An email sent out earlier this month highlighted that even with a [&#8230;]<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"btn btn-secondary understrap-read-more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/bellarinetimes\/news\/great-rail-run-called-off\/\">Read More&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":220,"featured_media":102710,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"post_folder":[],"class_list":["post-102705","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Great Rail Run called off - Bellarine Times<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Great Rail Run cancelled: Low registrations and rising costs force PB Events to call off the May 4 race between Queenscliff and Drysdale.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/bellarinetimes\/news\/great-rail-run-called-off\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Great Rail Run called off - Bellarine Times\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Great Rail Run cancelled: Low registrations and rising costs force PB Events to call off the May 4 race between Queenscliff and Drysdale.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/bellarinetimes\/news\/great-rail-run-called-off\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Bellarine Times\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-04-24T18:00:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/04\/Untitled-design-2025-04-23T120847.326.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"630\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Abby Pardew\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Abby Pardew\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/bellarinetimes\\\/news\\\/great-rail-run-called-off\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/bellarinetimes\\\/news\\\/great-rail-run-called-off\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Abby Pardew\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/bellarinetimes\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/830da1968e4a2c17abb7828279809399\"},\"headline\":\"Great Rail Run called off\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-04-24T18:00:00+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/bellarinetimes\\\/news\\\/great-rail-run-called-off\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":152,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/bellarinetimes\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/bellarinetimes\\\/news\\\/great-rail-run-called-off\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/prod\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/3\\\/2025\\\/04\\\/Untitled-design-2025-04-23T120847.326.png\",\"articleSection\":[\"News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-AU\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/bellarinetimes\\\/news\\\/great-rail-run-called-off\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/bellarinetimes\\\/news\\\/great-rail-run-called-off\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/bellarinetimes\\\/news\\\/great-rail-run-called-off\\\/\",\"name\":\"Great Rail Run called off - Bellarine Times\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/bellarinetimes\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/bellarinetimes\\\/news\\\/great-rail-run-called-off\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/bellarinetimes\\\/news\\\/great-rail-run-called-off\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/prod\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/3\\\/2025\\\/04\\\/Untitled-design-2025-04-23T120847.326.png\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-04-24T18:00:00+00:00\",\"description\":\"Great Rail Run cancelled: Low registrations and rising costs force PB Events to call off the May 4 race between Queenscliff and Drysdale.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/bellarinetimes\\\/news\\\/great-rail-run-called-off\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-AU\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/bellarinetimes\\\/news\\\/great-rail-run-called-off\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-AU\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/bellarinetimes\\\/news\\\/great-rail-run-called-off\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/prod\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/3\\\/2025\\\/04\\\/Untitled-design-2025-04-23T120847.326.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/prod\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/3\\\/2025\\\/04\\\/Untitled-design-2025-04-23T120847.326.png\",\"width\":1200,\"height\":630,\"caption\":\"The 2025 Great Rail Run has been cancelled due to low registrations and increased costs. Photo: PB EVENTS\\\/FACEBOOK\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/bellarinetimes\\\/news\\\/great-rail-run-called-off\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/bellarinetimes\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Great Rail Run called off\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/bellarinetimes\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/bellarinetimes\\\/\",\"name\":\"Bellarine Times\",\"description\":\"Free local news\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/bellarinetimes\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/bellarinetimes\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-AU\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/bellarinetimes\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Bellarine Times\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/bellarinetimes\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-AU\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/bellarinetimes\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/prod\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/3\\\/2019\\\/08\\\/cropped-logo.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/prod\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/3\\\/2019\\\/08\\\/cropped-logo.png\",\"width\":291,\"height\":38,\"caption\":\"Bellarine Times\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/bellarinetimes\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/bellarinetimes\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/830da1968e4a2c17abb7828279809399\",\"name\":\"Abby Pardew\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-AU\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/f6f2ab63ea8a525c01078ee794926abe5ff274f838205a5e36accea997743f9b?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/f6f2ab63ea8a525c01078ee794926abe5ff274f838205a5e36accea997743f9b?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/f6f2ab63ea8a525c01078ee794926abe5ff274f838205a5e36accea997743f9b?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Abby Pardew\"},\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\\\/bellarinetimes\\\/author\\\/abby\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Great Rail Run called off - Bellarine Times","description":"Great Rail Run cancelled: Low registrations and rising costs force PB Events to call off the May 4 race between Queenscliff and Drysdale.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/bellarinetimes\/news\/great-rail-run-called-off\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Great Rail Run called off - Bellarine Times","og_description":"Great Rail Run cancelled: Low registrations and rising costs force PB Events to call off the May 4 race between Queenscliff and Drysdale.","og_url":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/bellarinetimes\/news\/great-rail-run-called-off\/","og_site_name":"Bellarine Times","article_published_time":"2025-04-24T18:00:00+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1200,"height":630,"url":"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/04\/Untitled-design-2025-04-23T120847.326.png","type":"image\/png"}],"author":"Abby Pardew","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Abby Pardew","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/bellarinetimes\/news\/great-rail-run-called-off\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/bellarinetimes\/news\/great-rail-run-called-off\/"},"author":{"name":"Abby Pardew","@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/bellarinetimes\/#\/schema\/person\/830da1968e4a2c17abb7828279809399"},"headline":"Great Rail Run called off","datePublished":"2025-04-24T18:00:00+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/bellarinetimes\/news\/great-rail-run-called-off\/"},"wordCount":152,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/bellarinetimes\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/bellarinetimes\/news\/great-rail-run-called-off\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/04\/Untitled-design-2025-04-23T120847.326.png","articleSection":["News"],"inLanguage":"en-AU","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/bellarinetimes\/news\/great-rail-run-called-off\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/bellarinetimes\/news\/great-rail-run-called-off\/","url":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/bellarinetimes\/news\/great-rail-run-called-off\/","name":"Great Rail Run called off - Bellarine Times","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/bellarinetimes\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/bellarinetimes\/news\/great-rail-run-called-off\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/bellarinetimes\/news\/great-rail-run-called-off\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/04\/Untitled-design-2025-04-23T120847.326.png","datePublished":"2025-04-24T18:00:00+00:00","description":"Great Rail Run cancelled: Low registrations and rising costs force PB Events to call off the May 4 race between Queenscliff and Drysdale.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/bellarinetimes\/news\/great-rail-run-called-off\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-AU","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/bellarinetimes\/news\/great-rail-run-called-off\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-AU","@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/bellarinetimes\/news\/great-rail-run-called-off\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/04\/Untitled-design-2025-04-23T120847.326.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/04\/Untitled-design-2025-04-23T120847.326.png","width":1200,"height":630,"caption":"The 2025 Great Rail Run has been cancelled due to low registrations and increased costs. Photo: PB EVENTS\/FACEBOOK"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/bellarinetimes\/news\/great-rail-run-called-off\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/bellarinetimes\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Great Rail Run called off"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/bellarinetimes\/#website","url":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/bellarinetimes\/","name":"Bellarine Times","description":"Free local news","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/bellarinetimes\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/bellarinetimes\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-AU"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/bellarinetimes\/#organization","name":"Bellarine Times","url":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/bellarinetimes\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-AU","@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/bellarinetimes\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/08\/cropped-logo.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/08\/cropped-logo.png","width":291,"height":38,"caption":"Bellarine Times"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/bellarinetimes\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/bellarinetimes\/#\/schema\/person\/830da1968e4a2c17abb7828279809399","name":"Abby Pardew","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-AU","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/f6f2ab63ea8a525c01078ee794926abe5ff274f838205a5e36accea997743f9b?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/f6f2ab63ea8a525c01078ee794926abe5ff274f838205a5e36accea997743f9b?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/f6f2ab63ea8a525c01078ee794926abe5ff274f838205a5e36accea997743f9b?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Abby Pardew"},"url":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/bellarinetimes\/author\/abby\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/bellarinetimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/102705","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/bellarinetimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/bellarinetimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/bellarinetimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/220"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/bellarinetimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=102705"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/bellarinetimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/102705\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/bellarinetimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/102710"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/bellarinetimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=102705"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/bellarinetimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=102705"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/bellarinetimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=102705"},{"taxonomy":"post_folder","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/bellarinetimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/post_folder?post=102705"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}