Bus pick-up locations
Visitors from out of town can be picked up at the Cairns City Bus Station, Platform #2 on Lake Street in Cairns 15 minutes prior to the Bus pickup locations mentioned below. You will be responsible for organising your own way back home at the end of each day.
| Race | Date, 2026 | Bus pickup | Start location | Start time | Public toilets at start? | Finish location |
| Marathon 1 | 5.15am, Crystal Cascades stopping at Redlynch Shopping Centre (5.30am) (50min trip to start) | Wright’s Lookout, Wright’s Lookout Road, Kuranda | 6.30am | No | Crystal Cascades, End of Redlynch Valley Intake Road | |
| Marathon 2 | Cairns City Bus Station, Platform #2 on Lake Street (5.15am) | Copperlode Dam | 6.30am | No | Copperlode Dam | |
| Cairns Marathon / Marathon 3 | 5.30am, Goomboora Park, Brinsmead (50 min trip to start) | 5.30am, Goomboora Park, Brinsmead (50 min trip to start) | 6.30am | No | Goomboora Park, Brinsmead |