The 1975 event followed a similar pattern with a Sydney start (Opera House again) with the remainder looping from Port Macquarie. For the first time daylight stages were conducted every afternoon as well as five special stages on the final morning.
The distances and number of stages was as follows:
| Special Stages | Special Stage | Touring | Total | Competitive | Longest Stage | |
| Day One | 13 | 416.08 km | 452.87 km | 868.95 km | 47.9% | 69.31 km |
| Day Two | 9 | 519.96 km | 174.33 km | 694.29 km | 74.9% | 179.12 km |
| Day Three | 10 | 526.87 km | 148.79 km | 675.66 km | 83.3% | 115.17 km |
| Day Four | 16 | 556.63 km | 572.20 km | 1128.83 km | 49.3% | 105.10 km |
| Event | 48 | 2019.54 km | 1348.19 km | 3367.73 km | 60.0% | 179.12 km |
Further details are provided below for each day.
Day One
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TBC |
Stage details
Click on the special stage name to see the map.
| Stage | Name | SS Distance | Touring Distance | Time Allowed | First Car |
| 1 | Tollway Touring | 149.80 km | 150 mins | 3.00 pm | |
| 2 | Jewells Siding Special | 4.00 km | 3 mins | 3.05 pm | |
| 3 | Garden Suburb Touring | 19.72 km | 35 mins | 3.42 pm | |
| 4 | Raymond Terrace Touring | 69.95 km | 65 mins | 4.49 pm | |
| 5 | Stratford Touring | 40.50 km | 35 mins | 5.26 pm | |
| 6 | Craven Forest Special | 30.56 km | 24 mins | 5.52 pm | |
| 7 | The Glen Special | 8.67 km | 7 mins | 6.01 pm | |
| 8 | Cabbage Tree Special | 64.00 km | 50 mins | 6.53 pm | |
| 9 | Crawford River Touring | 4.00 km | 4 mins | 6.59 pm | |
| 10 | Nerong Forest Special | 32.81 km | 25 mins | 7.24 pm | |
| 11 | Booral Touring | 34.09 km | 35 mins | 8.01 pm | |
| 12 | Purgatory Special | 33.26 km | 25 mins | 8.28 pm | |
| 13 | Bulahdelah Touring | 12.72 km | 12 mins | 8.42 pm | |
| 14 | Wang Wauk Special | 69.31 km | 53 mins | 9.47 pm | |
| 15 | Wootton Touring | 7.85 km | 15 mins | 10.04 pm | |
| 16 | Kennedy's Gap Special | 17.30 km | 13 mins | 10.19 pm | |
| 17 | Cooloongolook Touring | 17.29 km | 15 mins | 10.36 pm | |
| 18 | Wollomba Special | 15.16 km | 12 mins | 10.50 pm | |
| 19 | Nabiac Touring | 20.18 km | 16 mins | 11.08 pm | |
| 20 | Kiwarric Forest Special | 47.65 km | 36 mins | 11.46 pm | |
| 21 | Taree Touring | 28.37 km | 40 mins | 12.28 am | |
| 22 | Vincents Lookout Special | 37.52 km | 29 mins | 12.59 am | |
| 23 | Stewarts River Touring | 4.40 km | 4 mins | 1.04 am | |
| 24 | Middle Brother Mountain Special | 23.92 km | 18 mins | 1.24 am | |
| 25 | Kendall Touring | 7.89 km | 7 mins | 1.33 am | |
| 26 | Cold Knob Special | 31.92 km | 24 mins | 1.59 am | |
| 27 | Wauchope Touring | 36.11 km | 45 mins | 2.46 am |
Route instructions are available here.
Day Two
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TBC |
Stage details
Click on the special stage name to see the map.
| Stage | Name | SS Distance | Touring Distance | Time Allowed | First Car |
| 1 | Hibbard Touring | 24.45 km | 35 mins | 3.35 pm | |
| 2 | Little Cairncross Special | 6.54 km | 5 mins | 3.42 pm | |
| 3 | Reids Road Touring | 1.00 km | 2 mins | 3.46 pm | |
| 4 | Big Cairncross Special | 23.90 km | 18 mins | 4.06 pm | |
| 5 | Glen Esk Touring | 20.04 km | 20 mins | 4.28 pm | |
| 6 | Molly Milligan Special | 32.35 km | 25 mins | 4.55 pm | |
| 7 | Maria River Touring | 22.82 km | 23 mins | 5.20 pm Depart 6.00 pm |
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| 8 | Frederickton Touring | 17.32 km | 20 mins | 6.20 pm | |
| 9 | Briggs Tower Special | 44.23 km | 34 mins | 6.56 pm | |
| 10 | Taylors Arm Touring | 5.85 km | 6 mins | 7.04 pm | |
| 11 | Bowra Sugarloaf Special | 43.29 km | 35 mins | 7.41 pm | |
| 12 | Killiekrankie Special | 80.91 km | 64 mins | 8.47 pm | |
| 13 | Bellingen Touring | 13.91 km | 20 mins | 9.09 pm | |
| 14 | Jacobs Ladder Special | 97.62 km | 80 mins | 10.31 pm | |
| 15 | Lower Bendinni Special | 12.00 km | 9 mins | 10.42 pm | |
| 16 | Bowraville Touring | 8.23 km | 18 mins | 11.02 pm | |
| 17 | Nulla Five Day Special | 179.12 km | 140 mins | 1.24 am | |
| 18 | Kempsey Touring | 60.71 km | 75 mins | 2.41 am |
Route instructions are available here.
Day Three
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TBC |
Stage details
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| Stage | Name | SS Distance | Touring Distance | Time Allowed | First Car |
| 1 | Racecourse Touring | 14.45 km | 25 mins | 4.25 pm | |
| 2 | Cowarra Forest Special | 14.99 km | 12 mins | 4.39 pm | |
| 3 | Herons Creek Touring | 10.28 km | 10 mins | 4.51 pm | |
| 4 | Bullsground Special | 7.25 km | 6 mins | 4.59 pm | |
| 5 | Blackbutt Touring | 8.29 km | 8 mins | 5.09 pm | |
| 6 | Bago Lookout Special | 15.89 km | 12 mins | 5.23 pm | |
| 7 | Bago Road Touring | 3.15 km | 5 mins | 5.30 pm Depart 6.00 pm |
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| 8 | Beechwood Touring | 23.20 km | 30 mins | 6.30 pm | |
| 9 | Camerons Camp Special | 96.00 km | 73 mins | 7.45 pm | |
| 10 | Youdales Hut Special | 79.50 km | 70 mins | 8.57 pm | |
| 11 | Yarrowitch Touring | 0.55 km | 10 mins | 9.09 pm | |
| 12 | Cockspur Mountain Special | 115.17 km | 88 mins | 10.39 pm | |
| 13 | Knodingbul Road Touring | 1.23 km | 2 mins | 10.43 pm | |
| 14 | Black Flat Lane Special | 10.54 km | 8 mins | 10.53 pm | |
| 15 | Wingham Touring | 35.98 km | 40 mins | 11.35 pm | |
| 16 | Head and Shoulders Special | 81.34 km | 64 mins | 12.41 am | |
| 17 | Elands Touring | 1.50 km | 2 mins | 12.45 am | |
| 18 | Collings Pass Special | 14.48 km | 11 mins | 12.58 pm | |
| 19 | Comboyne Touring | 16.56 km | 24 mins | 1.24 am | |
| 20 | Kerewong Forest Special | 91.71 km | 70 mins | 2.36 am | |
| 21 | Oxley Highway Touring | 33.60 km | 50 mins | 3.28 am |
Route instructions are available here.
Day Four
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TBC |
Stage details
Click on the special stage name to see the map.
| Stage | Name | SS Distance | Touring Distance | Time Allowed | First Car |
| 1 | Forest Hut Touring | 22.67 km | 35 mins | 3.35 pm | |
| 2 | Cairncross Loop Special | 14.65 km | 11 mins | 3.48 pm | |
| 3 | Telegraph Point Touring | 30.83 km | 25 mins | 4.15 pm | |
| 4 | Kalateenee Forest Special | 16.20 km | 13 mins | 4.30 pm | |
| 5 | Eungai Touring | 48.36 km | 50 mins | 5.22 pm | |
| 6 | Maras Creek Special | 16.87 km | 13 mins | 5.37 pm | |
| 7 | Utungan Touring | 4.50 km | 5 mins | 5.44 pm Depart 6.10 pm |
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| 8 | Boatharbour Touring | 8.60 km | 10 mins | 6.25 pm | |
| 9 | Kosekai Special | 105.10 km | 85 mins | 7.52 pm | |
| 10 | Gordonville Ford Touring | 39.31 km | 40 mins | 8.34 pm | |
| 11 | Brooklana Special | 69.15 km | 53 mins | 9.29 pm | |
| 12 | Coffs Harbour Touring | 28.17 km | 38 mins | 10.09 pm | |
| 13 | Orara East Forest Special | 31.95 km | 24 mins | 10.35 pm | |
| 14 | Lower Bucca Touring | 2.81 km | 4 mins | 10.41 pm | |
| 15 | Wedding Bells Forest Special | 53.04 km | 40 mins | 11.23 pm | |
| 16 | Nana Glen Touring | 15.69 km | 20 mins | 11.45 pm | |
| 17 | Black Mountain Special | 81.11 km | 61 mins | 12.48 am | |
| 18 | Nymboida River Touring | 0.84 km | 2 mins | 12.52 am | |
| 19 | Sheas Knob Special | 60.53 km | 46 mins | 1.40 am | |
| 20 | Charlies Camp Touring | 1.95 km | 2 mins | 1.44 am | |
| 21 | Clouds Creek Pine Plantation Special | 13.84 km | 11 mins | 1.57 am | |
| 22 | Blue Flat Touring | 1.99 km | 2 mins | 2.01 am | |
| 23 | Yellowbank Creek Special | 15.53 km | 12 mins | 2.15 am | |
| 24 | Wollomombi Touring | 120.28 km | 92 mins | 3.49 am Depart 6.30 am |
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| 25 | The Blue Hole Touring | 9.47 km | 10 mins | 6.40 am | |
| 26 | Eastwood Forest Special | 3.94 km | 3 mins | 6.45 am | |
| 27 | Uralla Touring | 140.84 km | 115 mins | 8.42 am | |
| 28 | Myrtle Scrub Special | 14.43 km | 11 mins | 8.55 am | |
| 29 | Copper-Coachwood Touring | 0.84 km | 2 mins | 8.59 am | |
| 30 | Banjo Creek Special | 17.33 km | 13 mins | 9.14 am | |
| 31 | Tobins Camp Touring | 0.78 km | 2 mins | 9.18 am | |
| 32 | Doyles River Forest Special | 21.40 km | 17 mins | 9.37 am | |
| 33 | Long Flat Touring | 69.27 km | 55 mins | 10.34 am | |
| 34 | Rollover and Down-the-Mountain Special | 21.56 km | 17 mins | 10.53 am | |
| 35 | Hastings Valley Touring | 20.57 km | 20 mins | 11.15 am | |
| Oxley Oval Finish | 4.43 km | 12.00 pm |
Route instructions are available here.
