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Saturday 9th January

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Find your first control of 2021 by starting the year off with a pleasant ramble along the Canning River in Shelley!  This map includes the river foreshore and the suburban streets of Shelley and is suitable for prams and wheelchairs.  The assembly area is in the parkland near to the intersection of Riverton Drive and Corbel Street, Shelley, with verge parking available.

Saturday 12th December

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Come enjoy a stroll through the suburbs for our last event of 2020!

Ths map includes an extension of the previous Kingsley map and most of the area is quiet suburban backstreets, almost entirely suitable for prams. There is a small playground that includes tricycle trailer tracks. Dogs must be on leads in the park. There is only one toilet so arrive early to avoid a queue.

The assembly area is on Barridale Drive, Kingsley, just north of the...

Saturday 5th December

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The Cottesloe Metro event commences from the Main Lawn at the Civic Centre and has a standard Metro component and a small Sprint mini-map component within the Civic Centre like the last event in 2017. There are plenty of controls along the beach areas of Cottesloe and many up into the suburb’s streets and parks.

Parking is available on Napier St, between Broome St and Marine Parade. There is also a large car park at the Marine...

Saturday 28th November

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This event continues the trend for MetrO this season of being largely in native bushland; in fact the Short and Medium courses can be completed without venturing into the suburbs at all. Warwick Bushland is 60 hectares of original native vegetation. It is mainly jarrah-banksia woodland with scattered tuart trees, and more than 200 species of wildflowers, many of which are still in bloom. Wildlife includes several...

Saturday 21st November

Come enjoy a variety of terrain this Saturday by navigating your way around the bushland, streets, parks and hills in the neighbourhoods around Sir Frederick Samson Reserve.

The event in Samson will start from the north end of Sir Frederick Samson Memorial Reserve. It is a nice shaded area with a small playground nearby. There is verge parking only along Sellenger Avenue and adjacent streets. All courses will include nice bush tracks through the reserve. Three or four...

Saturday 14th November

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Enjoy your Saturday afternoon by the lake in Joondalup.

This MetrO event is slightly different: no-one needs to cross any roads and there are a few contours.

The assembly area is in a dog-free park. If you must bring a dog leave it in your car until after you start, stay out of Neil Hawkins Park and return the dog to your car before you finish. This limits route choices butcourses can be completed by using the car park and the...

Sunday 22nd March, 2020

Location: Ponderosa Loop and Comrie Rd, Canning Vale

Our first NavDash event of the season begins at Canning Vale College. 

Members are invited to come and enjoy some short distance naviagation south of the river wandering the ins and outs and arounds of the school campus. While there will be a normal course of zigzagging around the buildings searching for controls in numerical order, our organiser Graham has some additional fun planned for us.  

Saturday 15th February, 2020

The Kent St Weir map comprises of a large, flat parkland area of Canning River Regional Park as well as the surrounding suburbia of Ferndale. It is a great area that hasn't been used for a while. The map has had significant updates done in preparation for this event from the hardworking duo of Hadrien and Ellie, so please come and enjoy the event they have prepared for you. It is suitable to prams, and dogs are welcome on a lead.

With only two more events left in...

Saturday 22nd February, 2020 

The courses for the City Beach North event have been set by Nick and daughter Zali Dale, a member of the WA Schools orienteering team. The courses are sure to provide some interesting route choices. This event is your last chance for a metro event in the 2019-20 series.

The start is from Kapinara Primary School and the map covers the area of City Beach between the Boulevard and Hale Road. The area has an interesting street network along with many interconnecting parks....

Saturday 11th January

John Dunn Memorial Park, Kelmscott

The first event for 2020 will take place at the John Dunn Memorial Park in Camillo, not far from the Champion Lakes rowing centre SE of Perth and easily accessible from Tonkin and Albany Highways. The event will have a sprint style feel to it with lots of tight-knit controls and direction changes around the start with the longer courses venturing further into the surrounding streets and parklands.  There's even a smattering of bush for...

Saturday 18th January

Rotary Park, The Esplanade, Rockingham

 This week's MetrO event moves to Rockingham for a trip to the beach. The map features a mix of sand, complex streets, canals, parks and several lakes so there is a wide variety of terrain to explore.  Please note that the medium and long courses will be slightly longer (1-2km) than usual in order to get runners into the more interesting parts of the map.
Dogs and prams are very welcome at this event although dogs are not allowed on...

Saturday 1st February

North Beach Primary School, Groat Street, North Beach

The MetrO event will have controls in Star Swamp Reserve, which has some lovely footpaths running through the bushland. It also makes use of the Charles Riley Memorial Reserve where orienteers will traverse Rugby and Cricket fields. Then lastly there is the hilly suburban area which has recently been resurfaced and face-lifted. Here some views of the ocean can be enjoyed while navigating to controls. Prams are welcome,...

Sunday 15th March, 2020 

The first mountain bike orienteering event of the season will be an urban event based around the Canning and Southern Rivers, taking in sealed paths, parkland and some bush tracks. The event will be a 2 hr score course so you can pick and choose which scenic locations to visit and see some of the history of the area.

The 9 am mass start will commence from the Wilkinson Homestead Museum, Homestead Rd in Gosnells on the banks of the river. Come and explore the river by...

Optus Stadium Park, Burswood

Sunday December 22, 2019 

8:30 AM

Don't forget to include Christmas orienteering in your schedule by joining us in Burswood for a little pre-Christmas fun looking for points on a map.

The annual Christmas event with a twist is on again. Come and enjoy the fun — for free! This year, we’ll be using the area we nearly used for the Easter Carnival. Paul’s super map comes out of mothballs! It's a pram- and in most areas wheelchair-friendly venue and dogs are welcome on a...

Saturday November 30, 2019

Come get to know the Leeming neighbourhood! This week is completely pram, dog and people friendly.  Kate has set a course that maximises the use of Leeming’s steeper hills, although there aren’t actually too many of them. Should be a fast day!

We’re starting at the eastern end of John Connell Reserve, corner of Beasley Rd and Dundee St. Access is via Beasley Rd (Dimond Court is a dead-end). There is a playground right next to the start, as well as plenty of grass to...