RACE ENTRY & EVENT SCHEDULE WELCOME TO WESTERN AUSTRALIA ABOUT THE CHAMPIONSHIPS COURSE INFORMATION THINGS TO SEE & DO HOLIDAY SPOTS CONTACT US

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1 WELCOME TO WESTERN AUSTRALIA ABOUT THE CHAMPIONSHIPS COURSE INFORMATION RACE ENTRY & EVENT SCHEDULE THINGS TO SEE & DO HOLIDAY SPOTS CONTACT US Welcome - Bienvenido - fòonying - Velkommen - Welkom - Bienvenue - Willkommen - Kalōs orisae - Üdvözle - Selama daang - Benvenui - yōkoso - hwangyong-hamnida - Wëllkomm - Wiamy - Bun veni - Dobro požalova - Viaje - Bienvenidos - Välkommen - yindii on rap - Laskavo prosimo - Croeso

2 WELCOME TO WESTERN AUSTRALIA Sun, advenure, an awesome naural environmen and friendly people i s wha you ll find on a holiday o Wesern Ausralia whaever ime of year you visi. Our famous hospialiy welcomes holiday makers in search of advenure and a sunning naural environmen. Combine he rugged ouback wih he sophisicaion of fine wines, alfresco dining, specacular coas line and a sublime climae and you have he perfec holiday desinaion. Perh, he capial, is acclaimed as one of he mos friendly and aracive ciies in Ausralia wih inner-ciy parks and he beauiful Swan River adding o he relaxed, naure-based feel. Perh has 19 beaches o choose from, each wih is own amosphere bu all offering superb sunses over he Indian Ocean and grea swimming. Surfing, fishing, beach volleyball, parasailing, wind-surfing and yaching are he major river and sea spors. Perh people ake o spor like hey do o waer. Thousands ake par in he annual Ciy o Surf fun run and he Avon Descen, Ausralia's greaes whie waer even. Ausralian Rules fooball, soccer, cricke, golf, baskeball and horse racing op he lis of specaor spors. Norhbridge and Fremanle have been joined by a number of oher café pulse poins including Leederville, Subiaco, Moun Lawley, Vicoria Park, Nedlands, Claremon, Coesloe and he ciy. Oudoor cafes serving ligh meals from breakfas unil supper can also be found a many hoels. The waerfron is anoher lure for diners, wih riverside resaurans clusered on he Swan River a Barrack Square, Souh Perh, Crawley, Nedlands, Mosman Park and Fremanle. Beachfron cafes hug he coas from Fremanle hrough Coesloe o Scarborough and Sorreno Quay, while Fraser s Resauran and he Kings Park Tea Rooms are favouries wih ouriss for heir views of he ciy skyline. From he ciy, head o he Souh Wes for world class wineries, luxury accommodaion and foress of all imbers. For hisory, heriage and high advenure, head o he wide open spaces of he Golden Ouback. Awesome marine life, endless whie sandy beaches and he warm urquoise waers of he Indian Ocean characerise he Coral Coas. Or if i s an Aussie fronier advenure you re afer, head furher norh o he rugged Kimberley and Pilbara regions. For more informaion on Wesern Ausralian holiday desinaions, visi For more informaion on Perh, visi

3 ABOUT THE CHAMPIONSHIPS Inroducion Triahlon Ausralia and he Ciy of Perh are honored o hos he 2009 ITU Long Disance Triahlon World Championships, o be held from Ocober The las ime he spor s premier long disance even was held in Ausralia was 2006 when Canberra, he naion s capial, played hos. This ime, Perh, he capial of Wesern Ausralia, will welcome long disance riahlees from around he world o is idyllic locaion. Perh is acclaimed as one of he friendlies and mos aracive ciies in Ausralia, wih inner-ciy parks and he beauiful Swan River adding o he relaxed, naure-based feel. Langley Park, ideally posiioned nex o he CBD on he foreshore of he Swan River, will ac as he hub of his iconic even, which comprises a 3km swim, 80km bike ride and 20km run. The esing even will provide a challenge o all age group and elie ahlees, who will race for prize money pool of US$75,000. Even Parnership Triahlon Ausralia (TA), he spor s governing body in he counry, is he proud even manager for hese world championships and is responsible for driving enry numbers and, ulimaely, execuing he even. To achieve is vision, TA has enered ino a ourism even parnership wih Evenscorp. Evenscorp is he Wesern Ausralian Governmen s major evens agency and a division of Tourism Wesern Ausralia. I boass a proud hisory of developing and delivering world class evens ha promoe and enrich Perh and Wesern Ausralia. Evenscorp pioneered he Ausralian evens indusry and is recognised oday as a world leader in is field. The evens araced by Evenscorp promoe WA inernaionally as a desirable and vibran ouris desinaion. More informaion relaing o he 2009 ITU Long Disance World Championships can be found on he even s dedicaed websie when i is launched in Ocober, We sugges all ineresed paries visi his sie for official informaion and regular updaes. All relevan links will be also be posed he Triahlon Ausralia websie. RECENT WINNERS YEAR VENUE WOMEN S CHAMPION MEN S CHAMPION 2008 Almere, Neherlands Chrissie Wellingon (GBR) Julien Loy (FRA) 2007 Lorien, France Leanda Cave (GBR) Julien Loy (FRA) 2006 Canberra, Ausralia Bella Comerford (GBR) Torbjorn Sindballe (DEN) 2005 Fredericia, Denmark Kahleen Sme (BEL) Vikor Zyemsev (UKR) 2004 Saer, Sweden Tamara Kozulina (UKR) Torbjorn Sindballe (DEN) 2003 Ibiza, Spain Virginia Berasaegui (ESP) Eneko Llanos (ESP) 2002 Nice, France Ines Esed (GER) Cyrille Neveu (FRA) 2001 Fredericia, Denmark Lisbeh Krisensen (DEN) Peer Sandvang (DEN) 2000 Nice, France Isabelle Mouhon-Michellys (FRA) Peer Sandvang (DEN)

4 COURSE INFORMATION LOCATION Nesled beween Perh s CBD and he Swan River, Langley Park provides a prime venue o hos he 2009 Perh ITU Long Disance World Triahlon Championships. This long expanse of open space will ac as he hub of he even, hosing he sar, finish and ransiion area. COURSE PROFILE The 3km swim will ake place in he Swan River, wih enry via seps. Wih he race sie 20km from he ocean mouh, he river in his area is usually calm wih minimal curren. The average waer emperaure in Ocober can range from 16-23C. The 80km bike leg will be a loop forma, beginning in Langley Park and aking in he specacular sighs of Perh s CBD and Swan River. The exac roue is ye o be confirmed. Once i is approved, a map and video fooage of he course will be posed on he ldworlds.org.au websie. The 20km run leg will be a loop forma. I will be a predominanly fla run along he foreshore of he Swan River. WEATHER For he majoriy of he year, Perh sees fine and sunny weaher. Even during he shor mild winer, he sun is ofen shining. Spring begins in Sepember, and from his ime on he emperaure rises quickly, especially from Ocober and November when he weaher is generally fine and rain is usually minimal. Sepember Ocober November AVE DAYTIME TEMP (C) HUMIDITY (%) [9am] HUMIDITY (%) [3pm] OVERNIGHT MIN TEMP(C) RAINFALL AVERAGE (mm) WIND SPEED (km) WIND SPEED (km) [9am] [3pm] MONTH

5 RACE ENTRY & EVENT SCHEDULE Enries for he 2009 ITU Long Disance World Championships (age group and elie) mus be made hrough an ahlee s naional federaion. Each federaion ses is own qualificaion crieria for age group and he elie eams. Please conac your naional federaion for deails on your relevan applicaion process. ENTRY FEE Enry for each even is AUD$280. SELECTION RACES As par of he selecion process, ahlees are required, where possible, o paricipae in he nominaed selecion evens relevan o he campaign hey have applied or inend o apply for. I is up o each ahlee as o how many selecion races hey compee in as par of heir inenion o gain selecion for a campaign. PRIZE SCHEDULE Ahlees will cones a US$75,000 prize pool. This amoun will be evenly allocaed across he male and female elie even, alhough he disribuion of placegeer prize money is ye o be deermined. POLICY DOCUMENTS Please ensure you read he Selecion Policy, Ahlee Agreemen and Appeals Process of your relevan naional federaion. EVENT SCHEDULE The even schedule begins wih regisraion on Wednesday, Ocober 21, Ahlees will have he chance o regiser hroughou Thursday is, along wih paricipae in he parade of naions, pasa pary, enerainmen and ITU recepion. Friday will see he beginning of a compeiion-packed weekend, wih he commencemen of junior races, corporae eams and wiligh evens. Age group and oher junior races will be held on he Saurday, wih an evening program providing enerainmen. The World Championships will culminae on Sunday afernoon, wih he elie men s riahlon followed by medal presenaions and a closing ceremony. An official even schedule will be posed on when deails are confirmed.

6 THINGS TO SEE AND DO Shopping Perh s cenral ciy shopping area is a designaed ouris precinc, which means ha deparmen sores and many oher shops are open seven days a week. Shopping hours in Perh Ciy are 9.00am 5.00pm on Monday o Thursday and Saurday. Lae nigh shopping hours exend unil 9.00pm on Fridays while on Sunday mos shops are open from noon unil 6.00pm. Fremanle also has seven days a week shopping. Family Fun Perh has a range of aciviies and aracions for a fun family day ou. Why no visi one of Perh's wildlife parks, beaches, educaional cenres or paricipae in some culural and hisoric aciviies. Local Visior Cenres, communiy newspapers, libraries or Hoel Concierge Deparmens, can all provide more informaion on evens and aciviies around Perh ha are suiable for children and families. Dining Ou & Nighlife Perh resaurans offer locals and visiors alike an abundance of dining experiences; from he posh nosh on he Perh waerfron, o cheap and cheerful Perh cafes. As he locals will proudly aes, here's nohing quie like dining in Perh, eaing gourme fare under a balmy summer nigh sky. Dining ou in Perh, Wesern Ausralia means fresher-han-fresh food and premium wines. In Wesern Ausralia's ypical friendly fashion, many Perh resaurans even allow you o bring your own wine or beer. Afer dark, he pubs and clubs of Norhbridge, Moun Lawley, Fremanle, Leederville and Subiaco come alive. Acion & Advenure The scope of acion and advenure aciviies in he Perh Region is ousanding wih fun-filled advenures and aciviies caering o all age groups. Wheher i's acion along he coas, hiking in he grea oudoors or soaring hrough he sky in a ho air balloon, in he Experience Perh region, you're sure o find an aciviy ha caers o your sense of advenure all wihin a very shor disance of he ciy. Wine & Food To indulge your passion for food and wine you won' have o ravel far in his region o discover wine-asing venues and an excellen selecion of op-qualiy resaurans. In fac he Swan Valley, WA's oldes wine growing region is locaed righ on he ciy's doorsep, a mere 25 minues away. Furher inland in he Perh Hills, you'll find a new emerging wine scene nesled amongs he Hill's specacular scenery. Souh of Perh in he Peel Region, you'll discover more han 20 vineyards, many of which welcome visiors o ase heir vinages. There's also he Chiering Valley Wine Trail o explore norh of Perh, along wih he nearby area around Gingin where he ferile plains nurure a whole hos of produce, ranging from wines, olives and cirus fruis o lamb, beef and honey. Ars & Culure Perh ciy and he surrounding regions are alive wih a rich and vibran apesry of hisory, ar and culure. There is also an exraordinarily rich radiional and conemporary Indigenous culure, which encompasses all ar forms including dance, music, visual ars & crafs, lieraure and oral hisory. The Wesern Ausralian Museum and he Ar Gallery of Wesern Ausralia boh mainain major exhibiion galleries on indigenous culure and life in Wesern Ausralia.

7 HOLIDAY SPOTS Perh Perh has an abundance of sunshine and he US consulae has said Perh has he kind of weaher California hinks i has. In Perh, you can ge acive and enjoy he sunshine, naural parklands and beach lifesyle in one of Ausralia s mos beauiful ciies. Fremanle Jus 20km from he CBD is he hisorical and colourful por own of Fremanle. Seven days a week, he srees of Fremanle buzz wih shoppers, oudoor diners and pubs brimming over ono he pavemen. Funky fashions, busling markes, sree performances and oudoor beer gardens make Freo a lively place. Ningaloo Reef Home of he famous whale sharks, Ningaloo Reef has been hailed as one of he bes diving and snorkelling spos of he world because of is prisine condiion. I s easy o undersand why once you see he muliude of colourful marine life ha calls he Reef home. Rones Island Jus offshore from Perh, a mere 40 minue ferry ride away, is an island paradise. Rones Island, affecionaely known as Roo, is where he locals go o swim a whie-sand beaches, snorkel in urquoise waer over shipwrecks, or kick back and go fishing. Margare River Magic Originally a chilled ou surfie own, Margare River has evolved ino he ulimae smorgasbord of good food, fine wine and specacular scenery jus a hree-and-a-half hour drive souh of Perh. Albany Prepare o be blown away by Albany s dramaic convic hisory, se agains a backdrop of rugged granie coasline, green seas and a wild beauy ha ugs a he hearsrings. Monkey Mia Monkey Mia is one he world's bes and mos reliable meeing places for wild dolphins - in fac he dolphins in Monkey Mia Bay easily ounumber he local populaion.

8 CONTACT US Kellie Ware Even Coordinaor Andrew Hamilon Chief Execuive Officer Brian Hinon Chairman, 2009 Perh ITU Long Disance Triahlon World Championships Organising Commiee TRIATHLON AUSTRALIA Level 3, 20 Rodborough Road, PO Box 6039 Frenchs Fores DC NSW Ausralia 2086 Telephone: Facsimile: Websie: EVENT WEBSITE OFFICIAL TRAVEL OPERATOR - TRI TRAVEL Ausralian ravel agen, Tri Travel, caers for all muli-spor ahlees and heir parners. They are working closely wih he Wesern Ausralian ourism body, Evenscorp, o creae a number of accommodaion and ravel packages. Visi or call for furher deails.