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!

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 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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Location: Cnr Balderston and Macgowan streets
Directions: Approaching from Newcastle on the New England Hwy turn left into South Seas Drive. Then left in Ballydoyle Drive, right into Kilshanny Ave and finally right into Balderston Street.
Start Times: Starts are between 5pm and 6:30pm
Map: Ashtonfield
Facilities: TBA
Setter: Karen Blatchford

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For those interested here is an overlay of this weeks map over the '4 mile creek' map from the 1989 Xmas 5-day. The start is indicated on the map near 3B. Of note is all the brown v's near the start from Wednesday. They indicate mine subsidence from shallow mine workings from the early 19th Century. Might explain the vacant blocks....

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