Orienteering promotion at Planetfest

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Last Updated: Tuesday, 18 November 2014 17:18
More than 100 children and parents had a taste of orienteering at PlanetFest at Sydney Olympic Park on Sunday.
 
PlanetFest is an interactive, inspiring and fun-filled event designed to engage and promote the conservation of parks and worldwide protected areas to the community.
 
In conjunction with NSW National Parks, Orienteering NSW provided a short, 10-control course with a Wilderquest theme, with each control featuring a picture of an animal that lives in SOP. Controls were placed on stalls erected by other exhibitors around Cathy Freeman Park in an area 200m x 100m.

National Parks provided a 12-month all-park pass and a backpack for a lucky draw prize, won by a beaming six-year-old.

As well as introducing children to the sport, ONSW answered a steady stream of enquiries from adults, many of whom had tried the sport in their younger days. We also explained what orienteering is to delegates from the International Union for Conservation of Nature - perhaps orienteering will take seed in Jordan, Nepal and Peru!

A big thank you to NSW NPWS for providing the stall and the Wilderquest gear and to the 4 ONSW volunteers who organised the event - Vicki Wilmott, Robert Spry, Stuart McWilliam and Andrew Lumsden.