More than 100 children and parents had a taste of orienteering at PlanetFest at Sydney Olympic Park on Sunday.PlanetFest is an interactive, inspiring and fun-filled event designed to engage and promote the conservation of parks and worldwide protected areas to the community.
In conjunction with NSW National Parks, Orienteering NSW provided a short, 10-control course with a Wilderquest theme, with each control featuring a picture of an animal that lives in SOP. Controls were placed on stalls erected by other exhibitors around Cathy Freeman Park in an area 200m x 100m.
National Parks provided a 12-month all-park pass and a backpack for a lucky draw prize, won by a beaming six-year-old.A big thank you to NSW NPWS for providing the stall and the Wilderquest gear and to the 4 ONSW volunteers who organised the event - Vicki Wilmott, Robert Spry, Stuart McWilliam and Andrew Lumsden.
