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Your ultimate guide to the 2023 Finke Desert Race

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Your ultimate guide to the 2023 Finke Desert Race

With 12,000 spectators expected to descend on the Red Centre, the Finke Desert Race this King’s Birthday Weekend won’t be one to miss. Read the full guide, including new spectator rules, here. The bike King of the Desert David Walsh celebrates his emotional and overwhelming victory. After a delay in the issuing of a permit … [Read more…]

Finke organisers failed to act before spectator death

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Finke organisers failed to act before spectator death

Organisers of the Finke Desert Race were aware spectator safety measures were severely lacking three years before the death of 60-year-old Nigel Harris in 2021, a court has heard. A spectator has been killed and two others have been injured during a tragic crash at the Finke Desert Race outside Alice Springs. The coronial inquest … [Read more…]