Welcome to Newcastle Orienteering Club

Orienteering is a competitive or non-competitive recreational activity in which participants use a detailed map (and usually a compass) to navigate between checkpoints (known as “controls”) along an unfamiliar course. If you like a mental and physical challenge and exploring the outdoors, orienteering is the sport for you!

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See what's on by clicking on the Club Event Series buttons below or see all orienteering events by going to the  Orienteering Event Calendar (Eventor).

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    Run or walk, compete against yourself or others, or a fun family day out. Classic "forest" orienteering for all in the great outdoors. (Mar-Sept)
   Run, walk or push a pram to a 45 minute time limit. How many points can you get? (Oct-Feb)
    A great introduction to orienteering with fun courses in suburban parks & reserves. Also includes a night event. (Feb-Mar)
    Navigate around bush tracks and trails on your mountain bike. The     BOSS series offers 75 minute score & line+score events. (Oct-Mar)

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This area provides an opportunity to practice what to do when there is very little help from contour detail. Think accurate distance and direction. Think about using vegetation boundaries and route choice around the thickest green.

Directions: From Pelaw Main follow Stanford St. south toward Mulbring. After approx. 750m look for assembly set up on the eastern side of the road. PARKING can be on either side of this 90km/h road, before and after the assembly entrance.
Map: Stanford Scrubs 1:10 000  (Slightly extended 2015.)
Setter: Denis Lyons
Vetter: Rudi Landsiedel

Courses: 

(1) A set of courses equivalent to NOY standard will be available.
(2) A master map of all control sites will be available for those who may wish to plan their own training using these control sites.
(3) If the weather is fine, ask about the possibility of trying to follow a line on the map and you mark the position of controls to test if you are accurately matching the terrain to the map.


Course maps will not be pre-printed. You will mark your course from a master map.


Start times: 9:30 to 11:30am with course closure at 1pm (Plan to be back by then).