The Akademos Rally is an annual car rally held in Victoria, Australia by the Melbourne University Car Club. The event had its origins in 1961. The name was coined by the then head of Motorsport in Australia as an appropriate amalgam of academic [AKADEM] and motorsport [MOS].
The event is conducted annually as a round of the Victorian Rally Championship

Victorian Rally Championship

The Victorian Rally Championship was the evolution series of car rallies in Victoria, Australia. Prior to 1972, car rallies/trials relied heavily on the ability of a navigator to read a map, and then direct his/her driver over a planned course covering shire roads and forest tracks at night.In...

. The Akademos Rally is a CAMS

Confederation of Australian Motor Sport

The Confederation of Australian Motor Sport , has been the governing body of Australian motorsport since 1953. It is affiliated with the Federation Internationale de l'Automobile ....

 permitted event. As of the 2005 event, held in Alexandra

Alexandra, Victoria

Alexandra is a town in Victoria, Australia. It is located at the junction of the Goulburn Valley Highway and Maroondah Highway , 26 kilometres west of Eildon, in the Shire of Murrindindi local government area...

, the event allows competitors to use pacenotes

Pacenotes

In rallying, pacenotes are a commonly used method of accurately describing the route to be driven in extreme detail. As well as dictating the general route to be taken, in terms of turnings, junctions, etc, all notable features of the route which might affect the way it is driven at speed are...

. Prior to 2005, the event was run as a "blind" event, where competitors are not allowed to view the course in the preceding 6 weeks.