The Strzelecki Stages was the brainchild of Alan Mackay, utilising the superb roads in the eastern Strzelecki Ranges generally with a base in Yarrum. Five editions ran between 1998 and 2003, all rounds of the Victorian Rally Championship, after which there was a break before the Cerberus Car Club moved their premiere event back to the Powelltown area as the Cerberus Stages and subsequently Rally Victoria.