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Sat 6 Apr 9:00 am
Forest Orienteering and Navigation Skills Day
Smiths Creek Reserve, Campbelltown (meet at Waminda Reserve, Macquarie Av, Campbelltown.

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Sun 7 Apr 9:00 am
Waggaroos Local event, Willan's Hill plus LTO Training session
Lord Baden Powell Drive, Willans Hill, Wagga Wagga.

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Sun 7 Apr 9:30 am
2024 Metro League #1 - Appin
Scout Hall, Burke St, Appin

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Sun 7 Apr 9:30 am
NOY1 - Archery Ridge (Elrington)
Archery Ridge (1:10,000)

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Sun 7 Apr 10:00 am
Mount Brown
4.5 km on Torryburn Road

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Sun 7 Apr 10:00 am
Goldseekers Bush Series #2 - Bridal Track Reserve
Clifton Grove (only a few minutes' drive out of Orange).

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Sat 13 Apr 1:00 pm
Highlands Forest Series #1 - Penrose State Forest
Penrose Forest North, 1:10,000

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Sun 14 Apr 9:30 am
2024 NSW State League #4 - Snow Hills (ACT Classic Series; ACT League #3)
Snows Hill . Mayfield Cross Road, Mayfield. About 1 hour drive south of Goulburn and 1.5 hours east of Canberra

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Sun 14 Apr 2:00 pm
Bluebottles April Camp at Belanglo
Belanglo State Forest.

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Sun 21 Apr 9:30 am
NOY2 - Redgum Ridges (Freemans Waterhole)
 Redgum Ridges 1:10 000

Welcome to Orienteering NSW

Orienteering is a sport that challenges both the body and the mind. It's also loads of fun!

The aim is to use a special orienteering map to navigate your way around a course and visit marked check points along the way. You choose a course that suits your age and experience and proceed at your own pace: walk, jog or run. It is a race but you decide if you want to just race yourself or be the next world champion! The course may take you through urban areas, parks, schools, farmland or forests.

Events are conducted weekly across NSW and beginners are welcome at all events.

New to orienteering? Click here for more information.

Want to enter an event? You can see what's on by looking at the Coming Events at left or by going to the Event Calendar. Some events are enter on the day - you just turn up and register at the start. Other events require pre-entry and for that you need to know about (and register with) Eventor - read the Eventor FAQ.


Wianamatta map debuts in MetrO League

WHO unveiled a terrific new Sydney bush map of Wianamatta Regional Park for round 2 of our MetrO League on Sunday.

Opened just two years ago after more than 50 years off limits, the park is one of the last remnants of Cumberland Plain forest. The site has a history of farming, timber cutting and from the outbreak of WWII to the late 1980s housed an explosives and munitions filing factory.

It was flat terrain with a few earthbanks and former roads in a grid assisting navigation. When the white was white it was right for smooth running; when the white was green it was a bit mean. The plethora of small termite mounds (<1m high) required caution to locate among the scrub.

As such many of the times were a little longer than expected, but we'll put that down to first-time trial. At the top end of the competition the big guns certainly proved the course lengths to be correct.

Uringa's Ondrej Pavlu (31.35) helped the hybrid WHO Evers to a comfortable win over a severely depleted Big Foot n Division 1, while Garingal had a close victory over SHOO-IKO.

Garingal had a good day out, winning 7 of 11 contests. Their Dragons and Frill Necks won in Division 2, while Uringa's Ian Jones (32.04) was the only runner under 35 minutes. 

KNOX's Thomas Gordon (34.45) and Bennelong's Alitia Dougall (39.47) were the only runners under 45 miniutes in Divn 3, with most clustered between 47-53 minutes. Winning times in Divns 4 and 5 were just above 40 minutes.

We thank WHO for this great new adventure in western Sydney. Scores are on the ML web page. A reminder that Round 3 is on a new map at Glengarry Girl Guides Camp in North Turramurra on June 25. This event is being run by the NSW Junior Squad.