The race organisers publish a GPX for each Melbourne Marathon Festival course, with the drink stations marked. They don’t say what each station serves, though. The official app does (water, Maurten Drink Mix 160, gels), so I combined the two: the official course lines and drink station locations, with the details from the app added to each station.

Each event has two files: one with the drink stations (and spectator zones) as waypoints, and one with just the course. The km figures below are distances along the official course.

Marathon⌗

km What’s there
4.2 / 36.8 Water + gels
6.9 / 19.0 Water + Maurten Drink Mix 160
9.7 / 16.3 Water + Maurten Drink Mix 160
12.6 / 13.4 Water + Maurten Drink Mix 160
21.5 / 24.7 Water + Maurten Drink Mix 160 + Maurten gels
28.2 Water + Maurten Drink Mix 160 + gels
33.1 Water + Maurten gels
41.0 Water + Maurten Drink Mix 160 + gels

Half Marathon⌗

km What’s there
4.9 / 15.6 Water + gels
7.1 Water + Maurten Drink Mix 160 + gels
12.1 Water + Maurten gels
19.8 Water + Maurten Drink Mix 160 + gels

10km⌗

km What’s there
3.9 Water + Maurten Drink Mix 160
5.3 / 7.1 Water + Maurten Drink Mix 160
8.6 Water

5km⌗

km What’s there
1.6 / 2.1 Water + Maurten Drink Mix 160
3.6 Water

3km⌗

km What’s there
1.8 Water

Caveats⌗

  • The official GPX files are newer than the app’s map, and at several stations the two place the drink station 100-330 m apart. I’ve used the official locations. What each station serves comes from the app, matched to the nearest official station.
  • Each station has a single pin, so on the out-and-back sections I can’t tell whether it serves one direction or both. Where the pin sits on the road both directions use, I’ve listed both passes (e.g. 4.2 / 36.8). The marathon’s 28.2 km station is one where the app suggests it also serves the return leg (around 30.3 km), but the official pin only lines up with the outbound side.
  • The official 3km course measures 3.19 km, so treat its km figure as approximate.