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Over the Easter and Anzac Day holidays Orienteering WA hosted the Easter Carnival 2019. This featured 7 events over just 9 days and with such a wide variety of courses over a diverse set of terrains, there was something for everybody. The many visiting Orienteers from around Australia and overseas also enjoyed seeing the sights of Perth and WA.

Events included the Go for 2 &5 Australia 3 Day Championships, the Go for 2 &5 Australian Sprint Championships and the Go for 2 &5 Australian Middle...

25th - 26th May 2019

Can't decide if you want to orienteer on foot or by bike this weekend? Why not do both?
Enjoy the autumn colours at the Banyowla MTBO event and at the Garvey Park sprint event close to the city centre.

MTBO Event 2: Banyowla Regional Park, Martin

The second mountain bike orienteering event for the year will be held in bushland in the Kelmscott/Martin area of the Perth hills. This is a great area to get on your bike, hit the hills and hone those navigational skills. With...

Can YOU help?

All the hard work for the Easter carnival has been covered by a dedicated band of members. However, there is a host of small duties that need to be covered at each event.

Your help is required to ensure the success of the carnival.None of the tasks are overly onerous and you will still be able to compete in the event itself.

The tasks in bold still need helpers. Please notify Vanessa Smith where you can help via This email address is being protected from spambots. You need...

Date: Sunday 21 October 2018

Location: Leeming Senior High School, Aulberry Parade, Leeming

One last chance for 2018 to run around like a headless chook on a new sprint map. Three courses, no control descriptions – pure mayhem. On the back of the inaugural event last year, the Ultra-Sprint returns, this time to Leeming Senior High School. A brand new map with plenty of opportunities to get yourself mislocated and maybe end up in a Year 8 Maths class!

Over 60 West Australian orienteers are taking part in the 2018 Australian Orienteering Championships hosted this year by South Australia. With seven events in nine days it’s a great festival of Orienteering. Those taking part will include the WA State Schools team who will take part in the Australian Schools Championships.

Best wishes to everyone for a successful carnival, from those who strive to reach the podium to those who aim for a personally satisfying performance on some complex maps...

Saturday was the final event in the 2018-19 Metro Series. It was held in Mt Claremont starting from the lovely grounds of John XXIII college. Rob and Lois West provided challenging courses that kept participants thinking for some time about how best to collect the required number of controls. Thanks so much Rob and Lois for your efforts setting.

Following the event, day presentations were completed with a number of spot prizes drawn, followed by series presentations. Many tight contests over the...

Download your copy now to read all about what's been happening in Orienteering WA plus event reports from State and National Championships and Carnivals with great colour pictures. A fitting final issue for 2018.

Nominations close SUNDAY 15th April 2018

All students wishing to nominate for the 2018 WA State Schools team to take part in the Australian Schools Orienteering Carnival in South Australia from the 29th September to the 7th October 2018 MUST complete the team nomination form.

Get your nomination in as soon as possble to be part of the team.

Metro Series: 13th January 2018

Timing is everything when juggling collecting the most number of points in a fixed amount of time. Score Events add an extra degree of difficulty on a metro map, with the goal to score the most points in a fixed time. Being late back, in this case over the hour, loses you 10 of those hard-earned points for each minute you are late.

At the Gwelup Score event, Oliver Martin had the highest score of those not on the bike, with 530 points in a time of 59:59 using...

Metro Series: 20th January 2018

A big crowd or orienteers descended on City Beach Saturday afternoon and, just like the kite surfers, they were flying around the course. Bike riders, runners, joggers and walkers had a great time as they explored the renovated city beach foreshore. Well done to all who participated.

It was a long day for the setter, Natasha Sparg, who got herself lost this afternoon! A typical WA day at the beach with the hot sun, soft sand and cool seabreeze addled her brains....

Metro Series: 27th January 2018

Despite the rumour that the setter was using Google street view in place of a site visit Cameron Duncan did, actually, visit Lake Joondalup before the event rather than use technology!

And it was a worthwhile planning and checking trip as he did a great job setting with lots of controls close to the start sending a big group of Orienteers in all directions at Wanneroo Lakeside.

Sten Claessens, on the long course tried to beat the bike riders home and only missed...

Metro Series: 4th February 2018

After a hot and humid afternoon the sea breeze arrived just in time for close to a hundred orienteers to enjoy the first event on the Shelley Foreshore reserve.

Apart from a swarm of bees that descended on the start area at the during the setup and then moved off to hang around control 20 everyone enjoyed the area and the courses that they chose (maybe!).

Thanks go to Dave Pass, Wendy Hobley, John and Jenny Major, Sten Claessens, Heike Behrbohm, Cameron Duncan,...

Metro Series: 10th February 2018

The last Metro score event for the series saw a strong turn out with a crowd of around 100 people enjoying the slight(!) hills, the cooling sea breeze and comparing route choices at the challenging Swanbourne score event.

From locals giving orienteering a go to international visitors on foot or on bike there was something for everyone. BO and LOST also had their AGM’s pre and post event, while a survey was conducted to gain some feedback on score events, yesterday’s...

Metro Series: 17th February 2018

One of the more pleasant ways to explore Perth is with a map in hand at the Metro Series, as orienteers discovered at Mt Pleasant on Saturday afternoon. River views, lakes and parks all featured on the map. Keen orienteers parked up to 2kms away, while several rode their bikes to get to the Mt Pleasant Metro Series event.

The orienteers were rewarded by an interesting new Simmo map, with courses taking in a steep hill and three wetland areas. Alex Tarr from...

Metro Series: 24th February 2018

Clear blues perfect skies and warm temperatures greeted participants for the final MetrO event of 2017 - 2018 at the delightful Bayswater Riverside Gardens, in what was the last chance to make improvements to overall standings & snare a top 3 finish.

Those who kept close to the river benefitted from the easterly breeze, whereas those who took to the streets found the going a little tougher. The Bayswater map combined parks, lakes, swamp land, roads & laneways,...