A small outback town, elite athletes, $65,000 up for grabs, a bitumen street as the track. Combine this with a lawn bowls tournament, the Inland Art Prize, fireworks, market stalls, bands and street entertainment all weekend for the kids and you have yourself the outback experience that is Leonora's Golden Gift Carnival. 

In its 19th year, the event features Australia's richest mile running race along the dusty main street of Leonora and WA athletes have a unique opportunity to take part, with travel funding available to the State’s top athletes. Express your interest in competing in the prized Elite Mile, or the 120m or 600m, with a range of community and masters races available too – email your personal bests and recent performances to leonoragoldengift@gmail.com.

There is also a limited number of flight and accommodation packages available for just $150 for anyone who wants to take a shot at the $65,000 prize pool! Contact leonoragoldengift@gmail.com to express your interest.

The prizes up for grabs in the Men and Women’s Elite Mile races include:

• 1st - $7,500.00 + Gold nugget ($2,400+)  
• 2nd -$4,500.00  
• 3rd - $2,500.00  
• 4th - $1,700.00  
• 5th - $1,250.00  
• 6th - $1,000.00  
• 7th - $650.00      
• 8th - $350.00  

The event programme with a full list of events, can be found at https://www.leonoragoldengift.com/programme/