Northern Tablelands Orienteering Club announces the installation of a permanent orienteering course at Dumaresq Dam, near Armidale.
The course has been constructed as a community service by the club and will be officially opened on the first day of the school holidays, Saturday June 28. Members of the club will be on hand between 10 am and 3 pm to give tips on map reading and navigation.
Maps will be available at the picnic shelter on the day, and from the Visitors Information Centre at other times. Apart from that, all you need is a pencil to tick off the control points as you find them.
The course does a leisurely circuit around the dam with relatively easy navigation. It is about 2.8 km in length and should take no more than 1 hour to complete at walking pace. A compass may be used if you have one but is not essential.
