Cartel Coaching Camps

Four days in Noosa.
Two ways in.

One camp for people right at the very start. One for people ready to go adventuring. Same week, same coaches, same place. Small groups, capped on purpose.

When

12 to 16 Nov 2026

Where

Noosa, Queensland

Price

A$840

The place

Noosa was made for this.

Some places you train in. Noosa you look forward to.

The riding is the thing people talk about first. Big wide roads with room to breathe, then hinterland climbs that wind up through the rainforest and open out onto rolling green farmland. Coastal roads along the water on the way home. Quiet enough to actually hear the person next to you.

The swimming is as good as anywhere in the country. A 25m pool for the technical work, then a river and an ocean when you want the real thing. Warm water, clear enough to see the bottom, and a beach you would go to on a day off anyway.

The running is national park trails, headland loops and long flat stretches of beach. Hilly when you want it. Flat when you have had enough.

And when the training is done there are excellent places to eat, drink and be merry, which counts for a lot more than people like to admit. Half of what makes a camp work happens at the coffee shop afterwards.

Ride

Hinterland climbs, rolling farmland, wide coastal roads and a closed circuit for skills.

Swim

25m pool for the technical work. River and ocean for everything else.

Run

National park trails, headland loops, long flat beach when your legs are done.

After

Some of the best coffee and food on the east coast. You will not go hungry.

November 2026

Two camps. Pick your one.

Both run Thursday 12 to Monday 16 November, in the same place, with the same coaches. The only difference is where you are starting from. Pick the one that sounds like you, and if you are not sure, ask us and we will tell you.

Coached pool session at a Cartel Coaching camp Beginner Small group Noosa, QLD · 12 to 16 Nov 2026
Beginner Camp

Your first season starts here.

Thu 12 to Mon 16 Nov 2026

Cannot clip in yet? Do not own a bike? Never put your face in open water? Good. That is exactly who we built this one for, and we can sort you a hire bike.

Noosa has really good places to learn. We will get you climbing and descending on a road where cars are not a factor, and we do it as a group so nobody gets left out the back. We will use the crit track for bike handling and skills with no traffic anywhere near you. Our partner bike shop runs a session on the basics, what to do when something goes wrong and how to look after the thing properly.

Open water swimming with guides. You are never on your own, you are always watched, and there is always a paddle board right there to hang onto.

This one is for you if
  • You are brand new to triathlon
  • You cannot clip in, or the road makes you nervous
  • You want to learn it properly instead of guessing
  • You would rather start somewhere friendly than get thrown in

Nobody here is too slow. We have got you.

A$840per person
Book the Beginner Camp

Accommodation not included.
Cartel coached athletes receive a discount. Code in Skool.

Riding the Noosa hinterland on a Cartel Coaching camp Intermediate Small group Noosa, QLD · 12 to 16 Nov 2026
Intermediate Camp

Go and have an adventure.

Thu 12 to Mon 16 Nov 2026

For athletes with a bit of road under them who want to go and explore. You have done a few races, you are comfortable in a group, and you are up for a proper day out.

We will take you riding through the hinterland and out along the coastal roads. Open water swims out through Main Beach and into the good stuff. Running through some of the prettiest country you will ever train in.

And underneath the adventure, the actual work. Technical correction across all three disciplines, and the detail that turns solid into fast.

This one is for you if
  • You have raced before and want to sharpen up
  • You are confident on the bike and happy in a group
  • You want the why behind every session
  • You are chasing a PB, a qualifier, or just a better year than last year

You bring the fitness. We will fix the details.

A$840per person
Book the Intermediate Camp

Accommodation not included.
Cartel coached athletes receive a discount. Code in Skool.

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Both camps, included

Coached, all three

Swim, bike and run every single day with a coach watching. Not a training holiday. An actual coached camp.

Filmed swim analysis

Pool sessions with your stroke on camera and Head Coach Tim Brazier telling you what he can see. Most people have never had this done properly.

Open water with support

Guided sessions with eyes on you the whole time and a paddle board never far away. Confidence first, speed after.

Strength, done properly

Dedicated gym work actually built for triathletes, rather than the usual version triathletes make up themselves.

Bike skills and maintenance workshop Optional

Run with our partner bike shop. How to change a tube without panicking, what that noise is, how to set your position up, and what to check before every ride. Worth it even if you have been riding for years.

Nutrition workshop Optional

What to actually eat, when, and how much, for training and for race day. The stuff nobody sits you down and explains, minus the supplement sales pitch.

Your hosts

Who you will be spending four days with.

Small camps mean you actually get coached, not counted. A tight group, two of us, four days.

Em Watson and Tim Brazier after a session

Em and Tim. Post session, as usual, holding coffee.

Head Coach

Tim Brazier

Tim is the coaching brain behind everything Cartel does. Bachelor's and Master's in Physical Education from Otago, IRONMAN University certified, and years spent coaching at Olympic level.

He is the one who will watch thirty seconds of your stroke on camera and name the thing you have been doing wrong for six years, then give you something simple to do about it. He will be on deck, on the road and in the gym for all four days.

Olympic level coach MPhEd, Otago IRONMAN University certified

Co-founder

Em Watson

Em started at 148kg with no athletic background whatsoever. Four years later she was on the start line at the Ironman World Championship in Kona.

Which means she has done every single bit of the path these camps are built for, including the part where you cannot clip in, the wetsuit will not go on, and everybody else looks like they were born knowing what they are doing. She runs the camps and she will be training alongside you, not standing next to the car with a clipboard.

148kg to Kona in four years Age group athlete @emz2ironman

The detail

What you are actually paying for.

Included

  • Four days of coached sessions across swim, bike and run
  • Filmed pool swim analysis with Tim Brazier
  • Guided open water sessions with paddle board support
  • Dedicated strength sessions
  • Bike skills and maintenance workshop with our partner bike shop
  • Nutrition workshop
  • Hire bike available on the Beginner camp if you need one

Not included

  • Accommodation
  • Flights and getting yourself there
  • Meals and coffee

Everything above sits outside the camp fee, so you can spend as much or as little on it as you like.

Where to stay

You sort your own. We help.

Accommodation is not included, which keeps the camp fee down and lets you pick something that suits your budget rather than one we picked for you.

We are talking to a few local providers now and we will send everyone a list of places that work and sit close to where the sessions start. If you would rather just be told where to book, ask us and we will tell you.

Run session
Sunrise pool session
Open water swim crew
Run drills
Strength session
Running on grass
Noosa river
Coffee after training
Sunrise over the beach at Noosa

Worth knowing

Our last Noosa camp sold out before we properly opened the doors. We cap these on purpose, because the whole point is that you get looked at, corrected and coached rather than counted. When they are gone they are gone.

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