Previous news and announcements

The OWA Annual Celebration was held on Sunday 7th December at McCallum Park in Victoria Park. Seventy orienteers turned up to help celebrate the busy year. Congratulations to those who received a volunteer award or one of the trophies and awards. 

The Shelley Metro map is a long, narrow area bordered by Leach Highway and the Canning River. The area is mostly residential streets and houses, but it also includes several parks, schools, and one shopping centre that could influence route choices.

A strong sea breeze took the heat off the day for the event at St Marks School campus near the coast at Hillarys. Helen Post, Carol Brownlie and Mark Lommers welcomed a number of newcomers, and participants, some of whom enjoyed completing multiple courses, set by Craig Dufty.

This is the second of the three Summer Sprints for the 2025-26 Summer Series. The ECU Joondalup campus is a complex area of buildings, sports grounds and lakes which will mean a high level on concentration is needed, especially as there are several areas that are mapped with two levels. 

Last weekend's Treeby event saw a little over 60 orienteers enjoying a new (and relatively flat!) map in Perth's southern suburbs in a housing development featuring an intricate street network, a few small parks, and bushland areas with paved paths. The setter was kind and gave orienteers shorter than usual distances between controls although this meant a higher number of controls required than standard as ensuring you didn't run out of fingers and toes was a must.

Round 4 of the MetrO Series unfolded in Carine under perfect weather conditions, drawing a strong turnout of around 80 enthusiastic participants. The fast urban terrain and well-set courses made for an enjoyable and competitive afternoon of orienteering.

Friday 9th - Monday 12th January

Come and have fun learning orienteering!

Entries close this Friday - Dec 12^th!

We are looking for juniors aged 10-20yrs who would like to have fun with other juniors while learning and playing games related to orienteering. The camp will include sprint training activities, an O Craft game, knockout sprint practice, the Shelley Metro event and lots more! Beginners Welcome.

This is the first of the three Summer Sprint Series for the 2025-26 MetrO Series. The area is a typical high school campus with school buildings, gardens, playgrounds, sports fields and parking areas. Any bushland and garden areas marked olive green are out of bounds. It is a relatively small tight campus with courses crossing through the same areas multiple times in different directions so watch out for other competitors when going around corners.

Treeby is a new housing development in Perth's southern suburbs. It is relatively flat but has a real grid network of streets so you will need to be on your toes to keep track of where you are located. In addition to this there are a smattering of parks and bushland that should make for an interesting new map.

MetrO Round 2 delivered a fantastic afternoon of orienteering in Warwick, with perfect spring weather and a course that kept competitors thinking from start to finish. The mix of tightly clustered controls, parallel suburban streets and pockets of bushland offered a true navigational challenge, rewarding those who stayed sharp under pressure.

Carine Regional Open Space is a 124 acre park located at the corner of Beach and Okely Roads in the City of Stirling. The park has an extensive area of playing fields and many picnic spots centred around two swamps that have an abundance of bird life.

Due to unforeseen circumstances, we have had to regrettably POSTPONE the MetrO 3 - Heirisson Island event (planned for November 22nd) until further notice.

The next event, MetrO 4, will be held at Carine Regional Open Space as planned on the following Satuday November 29th. More information about this event is coming soon.

The first event of the 2025-26 MetrO Series was held in Bull Creek, starting at Oberthur Primary School, and what a day it was! We had the biggest turnout to a MetrO event possibly ever, forcing the setter to frantically print out an extra 40 maps 30 minutes before the start time and we only ended up with 1 spare!

Ready to discover the adventure of orienteering? Join one of our Learn to Orienteer sessions and learn the essentials of map reading and course navigation! You can then put your new skills into practise in the MetrO event following the coaching session.

With its coastal location, the second event in the 2025-26 MetrO series takes in a combination of bushland, urban streets and many pockets of parkland to provide an interesting mix of surfaces and route choices. Come and enjoy the navigational challenges of this area!