The Twilight 3-hour rogaine will be a mix of urban nature park and a bit of metrogaine in south Canberra. The course will feature some of our nature parks in Waniassa Hills and Issacs Ridge as well as taking in nearby suburbs. Leanne, Ross, Sandy and Wayne are keen to show you what they have found.
Entries are now open for the Spring rogaine - 12 hour or 6 hour event.
Bondo State Forest has some delightful native bush and the course is set. Yes, it may be a little wet this year too with La Nina still lurking around, but the course is high in the catchment so (fingers crossed) won't be flooded.
Access from Canberra is via the Brindabella road (note - about half is unsealed, with a bit of narrow and windy). For those coming from Sydney, access is via Tumut and sealed most of the way. More info will be in the final instructions published on Sunday 30th October.
Entries close on 2nd November.....
Preliminary results are now available for the Spring 6/12.
Congratulations to all the springy rogaine teams. Ivan Koudashev and Xanda Kolesnikow won the 12 hour event and the 6 hour winners were Sarah and Mary Fien. Everyone enjoyed a dry day and, for the 12 hour teams, some wonderful moonlight. However, there were a lot of wet and muddy shoes at the finish. Check out the photos here
Many teams saw snakes and (unfortunately) feral horses. The orchids had just started to flower and kept some teams on their toes trying to avoid stepping on them.
Thanks to all the volunteers who helped run the event, and the control collectors who also had a beautiful sunny day on Sunday. Also thanks to Hartley crew who kept us all fed and even made a very yummy breakfast on Sunday morning.
A few teams managed to get lost driving out to the event. This stemmed from following google advice rather than the “how to get there” in the final instructions on our website. Please don’t take google “shortcuts”! And remember we will always put a rogaine sign at major turnoffs.
If you lost a bag of highlighters, a hammer or enamel mug contact Jean.
Results now available for the Lured by Lyrebirds Night/Day rogaine events on 10-11 September.
Congratulations to overall winners of both events, Gill Fowler and Phil Whitten, who also won the 2022 ACT Champs.
An excellent turnout across both events with over 350 people including many ANU students training and testing their navigation skills for Inward Bound in October.