Australia confirmed on 2011 Provisional FIM World MX Calendar:

[denill]

The 2011 FIM Motocross World Championship provisional calendar was released overnight and the big news for Australian enthusiasts is the inclusion of an Australian round for the first time in over a decade. Broadford is the named venue for the 2011 season opener and classes expect to compete at the round include the premier MX1 and MX2 categories supported by a Veteran class.

PROVISIONAL CALENDAR-FIM MOTOCROSS WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP MX1/MX2
DATE GRAND PRIX VENUE WORLD CUP SUPPORT RACE
15 May AUSTRALIA Broadford, MX1, MX2 & Veteran :rolleyes:
05 June GREAT BRITAIN Tba Veteran UEM EMX 125
19 June GERMANY Teutschenthal UEM EMX 125
26 June LATVIA Kegums Veteran
03 July SWEDEN Uddevalla Veteran UEM EMX 125
17 July CATALUNYA Bellpuig UEM EMX 125
24 July PORTUGAL Agueda UEM EMX 125
07 August LIMBURG Lommel Veteran
14 August CZECH REPUBLIC Loket UEM EMX 125
28 August BRAZIL Campo Grande
11 September MONSTER ENERGY USA Glen Helen Veteran Amateur
18 September USA Tba Veteran Amateur
09 October BULGARIA Sevlievo Veteran
16 October ITALY Tba Veteran UEM EMX 125
25 September – Monster Energy FIM Motocross Of Nations – FRANCE – Tba

[clmintie]

Then it's only a short hop across to Taupo....... (well I can hope, can't I?)

[takitimu]

Then it's only a short hop across to Taupo....... (well I can hope, can't I?)

My take is within 3 years personally, youthstream are playing hardball with the ama running two events in the USA, my money is they're trying to muscle the factories to give global support & using the two USA + oz events to do that, at that point taupo makes alot of sense, but at the moment that global money is not there & the teams are not real happy about travel costs, at least that is what I take from the articles I've read.