Sometimes you can be right in the middle of Sydney and yet be enjoying some glorious rock and bush trails. Bennelong Northside's Come and Try It event at Allambie Heights on the Manly Dam map on Sunday 6 July gave beginners a little taste of what bush orienteering can be like, and the more experienced a few challenges too. There were quite a few new faces at the event including some intrepid families with little ones who took on the easy course together. The Currie family from Garingal had a great outing with Ellen winning the Very Easy course and Duncan the Easy course. Duncan was only prevented from winning the Moderate Short by Bennelong's Michael Halmy and a bare 10 seconds. Big Foot runners Patrik Gunnarson and Stephen Craig took the top two places in the Moderate Long with Patrik's winning time of 40:55 leaving scorch marks in the forest.
