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 on an unfamiliar course in bush terrain, parkland or urban areas.  

If you like a physical and mental challenge while exploring the outdoors, orienteering is the sport for you!

 NEW TO ORIENTEERING? Click here for more information.

 See what's on by clicking on the Club Event Series buttons below or see all orienteering events by going to   Eventor, the orienteering event calendar.

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   Classic "forest" orienteering for all in the great outdoors. Run or walk, compete against yourself or others, or a fun family day out. (Mar-Sept)
   Navigate the suburbs. Run or walk to as many checkpoints as you can within 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. (Mar-Apr)
   Navigate bush tracks & trails on your mountain bike. Bike Orienteering Summer Series offers 75 minute score & line+score events. (Oct-Mar)

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First time Park O course setter, Viola O'Connor, set an excellent park course at the Botanic Gardens. Intricate tracks in and around the main gardens area made sure careful navigation was needed both early in the course and again over the concluding controls. The longer legs in the middle ensured competitors would be suffering some sort of fatigue for that last tricky phase. Early starters probably had the best of the conditions although even then the mosquitoes were a hassle! For the later starters automatic sprinklers coming on, followed by a storm and rather dark conditions made life interesting.

Thank you to the helpers (without whom events wouldn't occur):
Control Collectors: Steven Roberts, Callum Roberts, Angus Roberts, Alex Massey, Andrew Morris
Registration: Cheryle Todkill, Joy Guy
Computers: Malcolm Roberts, Bridget Whitehead

Special thank you to Kerry Bacon for being the liaison person with the Botanic Gardens.