Oberon Rally

About the Oberon Rally

The Oberon Rally is a one-day gravel rally held on Saturday 31 October 2026 (08:30-19:00), running as Round 5 of the 2026 AMSAG Southern Cross Rally Series (currently sponsor-titled the Pipe King Southern Cross Rally Series). It is based at Black Springs, near Oberon, NSW, with competitive speed sections run on forest roads in the Vulcan and Essington State Forests. The event is organised by AMSAG (the Australian Motor Sport Action Group), a non-profit association that conducts rallies throughout country New South Wales, with entries taken through the WOLF Event Platform.

Championship

AMSAG Southern Cross Rally Series (2026, Round 5); currently sponsor-titled the Pipe King Southern Cross Rally Series

Organiser

AMSAG - the Australian Motor Sport Action Group

Base

Black Springs, near Oberon, NSW 2787

Surface

Gravel

• Format: One-day event of roughly five stages run twice (about eight competitive stages) totalling ~108-110 competitive kilometres in the 2022-2023 runnings. 2026 stage/distance details not yet published - entries not yet open and supplementary…
• Terrain: Gravel forest-road rally. Speed sections run in state forests (Vulcan and Essington State Forests near Oberon); AMSAG describes its terrain as fast open shire roads, medium-paced hardwood forests and tighter pine forests, all in forestry…
• History: Black Springs / Oberon is a long-running annual AMSAG event (2022 and 2023 editions documented). The Southern Cross Rally Series name deliberately evokes the international Southern Cross Rally run in the 1960s-1980s in some of the same…
• Notable: Brings around 300 visitors into the Oberon area and attracts a strong field (43 starters in 2023); the local forests are noted as excellent but challenging rally roads, linked to the heritage of the historic international Southern Cross…