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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.


Sunday's hit song is "Burngoogee, burn"

Burngoogee is one of the many jewels in Waggaroos' treasure chest of maps - and first-timers found out just why at the Australian 3-Days on Sunday.

Top-ranked Australian Julian Dent set a demanding test for the traditional Long day, held in beautiful golden winter sunshine.

Courses generally started out through the steep, rocky section in the northwest corner of the map then swept east through some flatter open forest before some more rock and a final climb. 

Contouring or up-and-down was a constant dilemma for many, and most courses seemed steeper than Saturday's opener at Connorton. That didn't prevent some very fast times being recorded, especially on Course 9 where Ella Cuthbert from the ACT sped around the 4.5km course in 38:22.

The best NSW result among the elites was Alastair George (Big Foot) coming third in the junior men.

Click on the blue links for the photo album on our Facebook page; and for Day 2 results, Winsplits and Routegadget.

Another big thanks to Waggaroos and their helper clubs SHOO, Uringa and IKO. And a massive shout out to the Billetts who have worked tirelessly in the Junior Squad catering van on both days. Funds raised help offset the cost of sending the NSW All Schools Team to the annual Australian championships.