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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.


Melissa sets new Great South West Walk record

Congratulations to Central Coast member and endurance athlete Melissa Robertson who has smashed the record for the 250km Great South West Walk in Victoria.

Melissa's time of 51 hours 39 minutes obliterated the previous women's record of 94h 27m and took a whopping 7 hours off the men's best time of 58h 33m.

She travelled with her mum who was her support crew for all but a 38km beach stretch towards the end.

To add to the drama, their car was written off after hitting a kangaroo near Seymour en route to the event centre in Portland!

The first day of the run was tough, with temps hitting 37C, and she was understandably exhausted after the adrenalin-sapping sagas of the lead-up.

"As is often the case with ultra events, you have a brief mental breakdown, then pull yourself together and get to the next water source to cool down," said Melissa.

The 40-year-old grew up with a bushwalking mum, became an elite obstacle racer (Tough Mudder etc) in her 20s then picked up orienteering in her 30s. This taught her how to navigate and - crucially - become a lot less afraid of the bush.

Melissa has won the Central Coast Summer Series women's division for several years now.

Her next big challenge is the annual Six Foot Track marathon, where she has three times placed in the top 10 women.

But that's barely a warm-up for the 200-mile (360km) Unreasonable East in June.