Previous news and announcements

Saturday 27th January 2017

Lake Joondalup Park, Scenic Dve, Wanneroo

Celebrate the long weekend with a map in hand. Venturing north once more, an evening along the lakeside awaits at Lake Joondalup Park. With only one month left to enjoy the Metro Series and orienteering in the late afternoon you'll want to make sure that this event is on your "must do" list..

Registration: 4.15pm
Start Time: 5.00pm
Courses Close: 6.15pm
Scatter Event: Mass start scatter event with 3 distance options 2-3km,...

Saturday 3rd February 2017

Shelley Beach Park, Riverton Dve N, Shelley

This, new for the 2018 Season Metro map, was made by first time Metro mapper and long time orienteer Dave Pass. You'll be able to take in the scenery along the riverside with extensive foreshore parklands and flat suburban terrain as you collect your control points.

Registration: 4.15pm
Start Time: 5.00pm
Courses Close: 6.15pm
Scatter Event: Mass start scatter event with 3 distance options 2-3km, 4-6km, 7-8km
Event details...

Saturday 10th Fenruary 2017

Swanbourne Primary School, Narla Rd, Swanbourne

The final beachside event of the year so make the most of the surf, sand and hills! Explore Lake Claremont, Swanbourne Reserve, or take in the coastal panorama from the top of Melon Hill.

Controls will be worth 10, 20 and 30 points which will add a twist to the route planning as you will need to decide if going a little further to chase higher points is worth the reward.

Registration: 4.15pm - 5.00pm
Start Times: from...

Saturday 17th February 2018

Mount Henry Bridge Park, The Esplanade, Mount Pleasant

Explore beside the river, including both sides of Kwinana Freeway, Canning River/Bull Creek Western foreshore, Blue Gum Lake and Booragoon Lake.

The assembly area is off The Esplanade on the north side of Mt Henry Bridge. There is limited parking adjacent to the assembly area so why not carpool and travel with friends to the event or ride your bike. From the Deep Water point car it is just over a 1km stroll to...

Saturday 28th October 2017

Lake Monger Primary School, Dodd Street, Wembley
The first event of the season is a popular map with a new start location. All courses will include the lake with the longer courses crossing the freeway to include the urban areas of Leederville. Given its proximity to Halloween, there will be fun games for the kids!

Registration: 4.15pm
Start Time: 5.00pm
Courses Close: 6.15pm
Scatter Event: Mass start scatter event with 3 distance options 2-3km, 4-6km, 7-8km
Event...

Saturday 4th November 2017

Sir Frederick Samson Park, Sellenger Ave, Samson
This is a newly mapped area, with the map made by Metro Series Co-ordinator Ricky Thackray. The area provides plenty of variety as it includes bushland with a trail network, urban streets and large park areas in the east. Parking is limited so please carpool if possible and park on the verge along the north side of the park – you may have to walk to get to the start.

Registration: 4.15pm
Start Times: from 4.15pm...

This year's camp will be held in Bullsbrook from 1 to 3 July.

The Junior Camp is Orienteering WA's major training camp of the year for 10-17 year old orienteers and is held over the July school holidays. Run by our accredited coaches the camp provides for a wide range of orienteering abilities.

This training camp is suitable for young people who enjoy orienteering, want to learn more about it and have a fun time with other young people. The camp is open to anyone aged from 10 to 17 years who...

 Metro Series returns 6th January 2018

We wish all orienteers and their families a happy and relaxed break over Christmas and New Year.

The Metro Series starts its second half of the season on Saturday 6th January at Ranford with a scatter event, 5pm mass start. We look forward to seeing you all there you kick off the orienteering year.

Merry Christmas and Happy 2018

Date: Saturday 21 October 201
Location: Faulkner Park, Cloverdale

This month try a new type of Orienteering event and experience an ultra-sprint at the beautiful grounds of Faulkner Park, Cloverdale.

Event Time:
Registration on the day
(for non pre-entered competitors) 9am-11am
Starts available until 11:30am

What is an Ultra Sprint?
The ultra-sprint is a series of three, short sprint type races where your cumulative times add up to determine the fastest over the course but there is a twist -...

A large contingent of West Australian orienteers headed to Bathurst, New South Wales for this highlight of the orienteering year. With seven events in nine days it’s a great festival of Orienteering, including the Australian Schools Championships.

Congratulations to everyone who achieved their goals, from those who made the podium to those who had personally satisfying performance on some complex maps and challenging terrain.

Check both the Australian Orienteering Carnival 2017 and the WA...

WA schools team will be heading off to New South Wales to be part of the Australian Orienteering Carnival 2017.

They will be representing Western Australia at the Australian Schools Championship events as well as taking part in the national championship events. The carnival will take in seven events between 23 September and 1 October 2017 near Bathurst and Hill End, NSW.

The team has been training hard and we wish them every success.

The summer orienteering series for 2017 / 2018 program is now available so check the Metro Series page for the list of events or download a copy of the Metro Series brochure.

All Metro series events will be Saturday afternoons for the 2017/2018 Series with registration from 4.15pm and start times from 5pm. Courses will close at 6.15pm.

New to orienteering? Never tried the Metro Series event before? Need to know what is new this season? Visit the Metro Series page for all the details.

WA State Middle & Long Distance Championships

16th & 17th September 2017

A weekend of high standard orienteering is available for all those wanting to get out and enjoy spring in the WA bush. Two events over the weekend on two classic WA areas so don’t miss out. These event are open to everyone and, while it is a championship standard weekend, if you don’t want to compete in a set class, you can just come along and choose an enter on the day course.

Pre-Entries Close: Monday 11th September

Saturday 16th September 2017

Location: Brigadoon, Jumbuck Hill
Walyunga National Park

Saturday afternoon head to Jumbuck Hill and enjoy a map that has been recently updated by Alex Tarr. Pre-entry start times are from 1.30pm with enter on the day also available.

There is quite the mixture of terrain with some steep slopes, granite rock features, grass trees and sheoaks. Sometimes you’ll be running other times a steady speed will be called for in different areas of the map.

Instructors are available...

Sunday 17th September 2017

Location: Marginata, Yarra Road, near York

The WA Long Distance Championships returns to the familiar map of Marginata offering complex navigation with granite rock and a mixture of sheoak and wandoo forests.

This event is open to everyone and, while it is a championship, if you don’t want to compete, you can just come along and choose an enter on the day course. Instructors are available at each event to guide newcomers through the registration process and help you...