At the recent Australian Rogaining Championships in Goobang National Park near Parkes we were told it was the 43^rd such event. That got me thinking about my own rogaining career, and I realised that it was indeed 43 years ago, in 1980, that I completed my first what we would now call rogaine. As many an ANU student will be remembering this month, adventure racing often first appears on the horizon in one’s first year at university. There was no IB for me at Adelaide Uni, and the event was still known as the ‘24 Hour Walk’ in South Australia then, but the concept was the same.

Perfect weather for the Night/Day Rogaine and a return of rogaining to Orroral Valley for the first time since the 2020 bushfires.

Preliminary results are now available.

Provisional results are now available for the 2023 ACT Cross-border Metrogaine, which was held on 6 August in Queanbeyan and Jerrabomberra. Congratulations to all who participated, and special congratulations to overall winner Ryan Stocks (also the winner of the mens category), and other category winners Susie Sprague and Selina Stoute (womens) and Oscar Woolford, James Harris and Liv Murphy (mixed).

Please let us know if you notice any errors in the provisional results. Note that control 45 (which wasn't flashing when punched) does appear in people's results. We also had to update the mixed youth's category, moving the winners announced during the event to the men's youth category due to a team change, so if you are now in the winning team (Oscar, James & Liv) or in the second or third place team and would like your correct certificates and winners' travel cups, please contact This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..