["< sod > in australia, the [ [ westfield ultra marathon ] ] was an annual race between sydney and [ [ melbourne ] ] contested between 1983 and 1991. greek runner [ [ yiannis kouros ] ] won the event five times during that period. australia is also the home of one of the oldest [ [ 6 day race | six - day race ] ] s in the world, the [ [ cliff young australian 6 - day race ] ], held in [ [ colac, victoria ] ]. the race is held on a 400 - meter circuit at the memorial square in the centre of colac, and has seen many epic battles since its inception in 1984. the 20th cliff young australian six - day race was held between 20 and 26 november 2005. during that event, kouros beat his existing world record six - day track mark and set a new mark of { { convert | 1036. 851 | km } }. the [ [ coast to kosciuszko ] ] inaugurated in 2004, is a { { convert | 246 | km | mi | adj = on } } marathon from the coast to the top of [ [ mount kosciuszko ] ], australia's highest mountain. < eod > < sod > in australia, the [ [ westfield ultra marathon ] ] was an annual race between sydney and [ [ melbourne ] ] contested between 1983 and 1991. greek runner [ [ yiannis kouros ] ] won the event five times during that period. australia is also the home of one of the oldest [ [ 6 day race | six - day race ] ] s in the world, the [ [ cliff young australian 6 - day race ] ], held in [ [ colac, victoria ] ]. the race is held on a 400 - meter circuit at the memorial square in the centre of colac, and has seen many close races since its inception in 1984. the 20th cliff young australian six - day race was held between 20 and 26 november 2005. during that event, kouros beat his existing world record six - day track mark and set a new mark of { { convert | 1036. 851 | km } }. the [ [ coast to kosciuszko ] ] inaugurated in 2004, is a { { convert | 246 | km | mi | adj = on } } marathon from the coast to round the top of [ [ mount kosciuszko ] ], australia's highest mountain. < eod >"]