Uncertainty surrounded the season as recently as last week, particularly in Victoria, but most groups look to be forging ahead with competitions from next month after the winding back of COVID-19 restrictions in regional parts of the state.

Wodonga Little Athletics Centre secretary Anthea Mulholland was very relieved and excited by the news, with a full season now on the cards.

She said the centre is awaiting final insurance approval from Little Athletics Victoria and has set a start date of October 31, but is prepared to commence as early as October 10.

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"We missed a couple of state events, but we pretty much got our whole season in and it looks as though we'll start again when we were meant to," Mulholland said.

"We're fortunate we've missed the period of downtime all of these other sports have suffered.

"We were awarded a grant and we're actually going to be able to give all of our kids a free top when they join."

The opening of the Victorian-NSW border for daily life purposes was another major step, particularly for Albury Little Athletics Centre.

Secretary Elisabeth McGuire is one of the centre's five committee members residing in Victoria, while more than 60 athletes cross the border to compete and needed it open to stay involved this season.

"Last Wednesday night we were discussing the season going forward with just the NSW kids and by Thursday the border restrictions had been lifted," she said.

"It's a bit tricky with Melbourne locked down, so we don't have dates for regional and state activities, but our focus is getting our centre up and running and providing athletics on the Border."

Albury has a come and try day on October 3 before its first week of competition on October 10.