Select a Day Day 1, 25 January 2006 - Penrith to Parramatta Day 2, 26 January 2006 - Sydney to Sydney Day 3, 27 January 2006 - Sydney to Newcastle Day 4, 28 January 2006 - Newcastle to Port Macquarie Day 5, 29 January 2006 - Port Macquarie to Coffs Harbour Day 6, 30 January 2006 - Coffs Harbour to Ballina Day 7, 31 January 2006 - Ballina to Brisbane Day 8, 1 February 2006 - Brisbane to Maroochydore Day 9, 2 February 2006 - Maroochydore to Kingaroy Day 10, 3 February 2006 - Kingaroy to Airlie Beach Day 11, 4 February 2006 - Airlie Beach to Cairns Day 12, 5 February 2006 - Cairns to Mount Isa Day 13, 6 February 2006 - Mt Isa to Alice Springs Day 14, 7 February 2006 - Katherine to Darwin Day 15, 8 February 2006 - Darwin to Newman Day 16, 9 February 2006 - Margaret River to Mandurah Day 17, 10 February 2006 - Mandurah to Fremantle Day 18, 11 February 2006 - Perth to Guildford Day 19, 12 February 2006 - Adelaide to Victor Harbor Day 20, 13 February 2006 - Victor Harbor to Hahndorf Day 21, 14 February 2006 - Hahndorf to Clare Day 22, 15 February 2006 - Clare to Renmark Day 23, 16 February 2006 - Renmark to Mildura Day 24, 17 February 2006 - Mildura to Swan Hill Day 25, 18 February 2006 - Swan Hill to Bendigo Day 26, 19 February 2006 - Bendigo to Shepparton Day 27, 20 February 2006 - Shepparton to Healesville Day 28, 21 February 2006 - Healesville to Benalla Day 29, 22 February 2006 - Benalla to Wangaratta Day 30, 23 February 2006 - Wangaratta to Wodonga Day 31, 24 February 2006 - Wodonga to Wagga Wagga Day 32, 25 February 2006 - Wagga Wagga to Canberra Day 33, 26 February 2006 - Canberra to Orange Day 34, 27 February 2006 - Canberra to Bombala Day 35, 28 February 2006 - Bombala to Traralgon Day 36, 1 March 2006 - Traralgon to Cowes Day 37, 2 March 2006 - Phillip Island to Frankston Day 38, 3 March 2006 - Frankston to Geelong Day 39, 4 March 2006 - Geelong to Warrnambool Day 40, 5 March 2006 - Warrnambool to Hamilton Day 41, 6 March 2006 - Hamilton to Horsham Day 42, 7 March 2006 - Horsham to Ararat Day 43, 8 March 2006 - Ararat to Ballarat Day 44, 9 March 2006 - Ballarat to Sunbury Day 45, 10 March 2006 - Devonport to St Helens Day 46, 11 March 2006 - St Helens to Hobart Day 47, 12 March 2006 - Hobart to Devonport Day 48, 13 March 2006 - Port Melbourne to Nunawading Day 49, 14 March 2006 - Box Hill to Melbourne Day 50, 15 March 2006 - Melbourne to Melbourne Cricket Ground
The baton commences the first leg of the Australian sector at 7.29am in Castlereagh and travels east through Penrith, Cambridge Park, Werrington, St Mary???s, Oxley Park, Mount Druitt, Rooty Hill, Doonside and Blacktown, then south to Campbelltown then north through Leumeah, Liverpool, Guildford, Merrylands and Harris Park. The baton completes it 76km journey in Parramatta at 5.30pm. The baton will be carried through each of the towns listed and in some instances travel by convoy between them.
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