Interstate orienteers took out seven of the nine overall hard categories as the Xmas 5-Days carnival wrapped up at Belanglo State Forest on Sunday.
Garingal's Warwick Selby set lovely courses (his first outing as a bush planner) on Uringa's The Piggery map, and the GO team were all packed up by 12.30pm, allowing everyone an afternoon nap before the New Year's Eve fireworks.
A cooler day and some soft pine needles underfoot made for easy running... until the rocky pagodas and fallen tree paddocks required more careful negotiation of the terrain.
A huge thanks to all the clubs, setters, controllers, organisers, SI gurus, participants and hangers-on. All the best for 2018... there are whispers next year's X5D may be back in Sydney for urban up-and-down a la 2014.
Overall point scores can be viewed here. Our 2017 champions were:
| Men A | Peter Hodkinson | Vic | Women A | Caroline Pigerre | Qld |
| Men B | Warren Key | Vic | Women B | Kathie Dent | ACT |
| Men C | Richard Morris | Bennelong | Women C | Carolyn Jackson | Vic |
| Men D | Tony Radford | Vic | Women D | Alison Radford | Vic |
| Men E | Eric Baker | Northern Tablelands | Women E | Nea Shingler | Big Foot |
| Men F | Oliver Freeman | Big Foot | Women F | Aoife Rothery | Big Foot |
| Men G | Elye Dent | ACT | M/W Novice | Alex Morris | Bennelong |
