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Luke hales from a strong orienteering family. Along with his brothers he has been involved with orienteering for most of his life!
He is an active and very valued member of Central Coast Orienteers.
He has been a stalwart and willingly assists whenever asked from truck driving to collecting controls and equipment maintenance.
His volunteering to be the new Belanglo Hut manager means the hut is in exceptionally good and capable hands.
Thankyou Luke.
You would never know it, but Metro League #1 is happening on this Sunday 13th April.
Having explored the northern sections of the park for the Xmas 5 Days the focus shifts to the southern end of the park with the assembly in Fearnley Grounds. Courses will explore the little used southern end plus the longer courses some legs that will challenge you to choose the best route to the northern sections of the map.
The assembly area is best accessed through the Randwick Gates off Darley Road. This will save you doing the full Grand Drive Circuit. There is parking available in Darley Road. The “Royal Randwick” light rail stop leads you directly into the Ash Paddock which is part of Fearnley Grounds.
2025 Metro League Details are all on our website now - Orienteering NSW - MetrO League
It is much preferred if competitors enter via Eventor as there will only be a limited number of maps in each division available for Enter on Day.
Entries close on Saturday night at midnight 12th April. Starts will be:
9.30-10.00 public starters
10.01 – 10.35 Metro Teams
10.35 -11.00 Public Starters
Courses will close at 12.30
Invitation: You are warmly invited to attend our informal April Orienteering Training Camp to be held at Newbridge Recreation Reserve 18th – 27th April, 2025. These dates cover the Australian Easter 3 Days (18th – 21st) and the Victorian Championships (25th – 27th) and the days between, where some training sessions will be held.
Coaching support will be provided across the entire period and social opportunities will abound. This camp is for juniors in Year 6 and above. Activities will include Moderate and Hard navigation. All juniors wishing to attend must be accompanied by their own family for accommodation and transport. Accompanying family members are very welcome to come and participate in all camp coaching and training sessions.
It is not necessary to camp at Newbridge, though that is likely to be a cheap option. It would be handy to be somewhat nearby.
Accommodation and Food: You will need to organise your own accommodation and food. Either with your own family or find a family willing to be your guardian and look after you.
You can attend any part of the camp, or the whole thing. Please let us know by registering on Eventor.
Also see flyer in Eventor.
Cost: There will be no cost to attend the camp. Any camp expenses will be paid for by our fundraising.
Entries close Monday, 7th April at Midnight.
Late Easter entries extended till Midnight Friday, 4th April same as Victorian Champs.
Camping at Newbridge Recreation Reserve is $15/night and can be booked on Eventor at: https://eventor.orienteering.asn.au/Events/Show/22154
Helen O’Callaghan, ONSW Junior Squad Manager
Links to mapping resources for club mappers:
- Open Street Map - https://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=13/-33.84861/151.21709 (this link is centred on the Sydney Harbour Bridge). Open Street Map often shows tracks in bush areas that are not available in other spatial resources.
- SDT Explorer - SDT Explorer SDT Explorer is NSW Spatial Services public portal to NSW Government's spatial resources including aerial photos, lidar and cadastral data. (It replaced SIX in 2025).
- Spatial Collaboration Portal - https://portal.spatial.nsw.gov.au/portal/apps/sites/#/home/ Spatial Collaboration Portal is the platform for the delivery of NSW spatial datasets. It is a professional level access to search and discovery of NSW datasets. Registration to access the data is available to all NSW citizens.
- ELVIS - https://elevation.fsdf.org.au/ ELVIS is the open platform for DCS Spatial Services' high-resolution elevation and depth information, including point clouds (LiDAR) and 5 m, 2 m and 1 m multi-resolution digital elevation models (DEMs).
Webpage - Orienteering NSW - Map Resources
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