Previous news and announcements

Roleystone

Some 34 starters braved the ominous comments about contours and were rewarded with a beautiful autumn morning for a ride in the hills and a coffee and treats at the local markets.

Julimar State Forest

This is one of our premier complex spur and gully bush areas with additional rock detail but also a network of watercourses and tracks for the easier courses. Generally, the area is pretty runnable except close to Spice Brook which has a band of thicker vegetation along it. The VE and H5 courses ONLY do not need to cross the creek.

Hale School, Wembley Downs

It unexpectedly turned out to be a beautiful day for a run in the luscious school grounds of Hale. Lots of twists and turns kept competitors on their toes. We were very appreciative of Hale School for being very supportive of the event and helping make it enjoyable for all. The NavDash had 96 starters and 106 courses were run. It was great to have such age diversity in attendance including some first timers.

Roleystone

Enjoy exploring the hills, valleys, cul-de-sacs, bush tracks and reserves in Roleystone on your bike. This event is based in the residential areas, not in the bush areas that surround it. Contours will feature in your route choice.

Runners & e-bikes also welcome!

Manning Park, Spearwood

Manning Park offers a great opportunity to (re)introduce yourself to a bit of bush orienteering in a convenient metropolitan location. A range of courses from the beginner level through to the more advanced have been set using the lake, park and the ridge of coastal bushland with its multitude of tracks crisscrossing it.

The range of courses offer something for everyone - regardless of age, orienteering experience or fitness level. For those new to orienteering,

Troy Park, Burke Drive, Attadale

The MTBO season opened on Sunday 2 April with a scatter time limited event using MapRun in Attadale and Applecross. The event attracted over 50 participants with many new to MTBO. Although MapRun challenges make the point results questionable, the 39 controls provided a solid challenge within the two hour time limit.

North Lake Senior Campus, Kardinya

The third NavDash event of the year saw a huge turn out of people (69 on the long course alone!). A brand new map, drawn specifically for this event, provided many tricky challenges, yet still enabled some crazy speeds to be reached. Many thanks to the North Lake Senior Campus Admin staff for allowing us access to the area. It shows that some tight campuses can be used for our local sprint orienteering events.

Hale School, Wembley Downs

Come and enjoy a sprint at the Hale School campus in Wembley Downs, with beautiful green lawns, neat gardens and intricate buildings. Be prepared for interesting route choices, intense navigation around the buildings and fast legs in the open. Afterwards, there are plenty of options – visit a local coffee shop, picnic at Bold Park or enjoy a swim and lunch at the beach.

Russell's Gully, Beeches Mews, Brigadoon

Without rain, the ground at Brigadoon was rock hard and making holes for control stands was very difficult. Many of the control stands had a little rock cairn for support. Fortunately, this map does not have any shortage of small rocks.

Troy Park, Burke Drive, Attadale

Come and enjoy a cycle around Attadale/Applecross! The course covers mainly residential streets, with gravel paths in nature reserves and cycle paths along the river. This event is suited to beginners, families and runners. E-bikes welcome.

Friday 20th - Monday 23rd January

Camp Quaranup, Albany

OWA is organising a summer orienteering camp with accommodation at Camp Quaranup, Albany. A team of OWA coaches will lead activities on site and nearby Albany sprint ‘O’ maps for three days and three nights towards the end of the January School holidays.

We are looking for young people who enjoy orienteering, want to learn more about it and have a fun time with other young people.

Edith Cowan University, Joondalup

Organisers Helen and Ken Post decided on the start time of 10am rather than the usual 9.30am as everything had to be set up on the morning of the event. The forecast for Joondalup for the day was 33 for mid afternoon, so the light easterly combined with the abundance of tree shade on campus made it reasonably pleasant running in the morning.

North Lakes Senior Campus, Kardinya

The area was mapped in January and is a small school campus, being used for the first time. The start is adjacent to the parking area. The terrain is typical of high school campuses. As the area is small, the courses are quite short. Both the Long & Short courses will have a map flip. Please note the scale is 1:2000 with 2.5m contours. The map is A4 size.

Russell's Gully, Beeches Mews, Brigadoon

Treat yourselves to a delightful drive up into the hills past the vineyards to the spectacular location that is near the lookout to view the train line and Swan River snaking through the valley.

Russell's Gully is open running, with patches of thickets that can be avoided. There are many bare rock surfaces scattered throughout the map. The boulders are mostly on the smaller size and again scattered over most of the area. As this map contains a broad

City Beach Primary School

The final MetrO for the season was mapped and set by Nick Dale. The brand new map complements Duncan’s map of north City Beach and Ricky’s map of south-west (coastal) City Beach, to complete the mapping of this large suburb.