Australian Three Days South Australia – Easter 2024
Orienteering SA has commenced preliminary planning for this event.
A more detailed web site is being developed and can now be accessed here - .https://aus3days2024.saorienteering.au/
For more information contact - aus3days2024 AT sa.oienteering.asn.au
The dates in 2024 are
- Good Friday – March 29th – Urban Sprint, - Elite Prologue, individual public event, Family Teams event
- Easter Saturday March 30th – Day 1 for all classes
- Easter Sunday March 31st – Day2 for all classes
- Easter Monday – Day 3 for all classes
Currently event planning is centered on areas in the Mount Lofty Ranges.
The following areas are embargoed from Aug 31st 2022, some of these will be removed when the event area permissions are finalised
- Narrinyeri Hills, near Murray Bridge
- Rock Oyster – north of Tailem Bend, west of Walker Flat
- Pewsey Vale – southwest of Angaston, northwest of Eden Valley
- Pymton – near Rockleigh
- Mack Creek - south of Para Wirra NP (excluding a Wed training event in2023 which was already programmed)
- Ngaralta - eastern Mt Lofty Ranges
- Heathfield HS and the southern part of Woorabinda Reserve (except for students attending the school)
- Flinders University - south campus
OSA's Summer Orienteering Program is held across Metropolitan Adelaide during the warmer months. Events are generally held on Friday evenings through November to February.
Kicking off with the Twilight Series (followed by the Sprint Series in February), it's a fun way to introduce friends to the sport. Come prepared for a walk/run around parks and streets (wear walking or running shoes).
Each Twilight Series event has 3 line (point to point courses) courses from around 2 - 6 km, and a Scatter Course (you choose the controls to visit). Courses are available to runners and walkers, teams/groups (e.g. families with children) and individuals. No experience required as courses involve simple map reading.
And for the younger ones, each event has some Orienteering games targeted at the under 7 years old (Kid-O). For the activities on offer at the Nov-Dec events - see this flyer.
Click the links (to be added when locations are decided) below to register on Eventor, if you are new see the document on How to Register as a Casual Orienteer choosing Orienteering SA, 2025 as the year and "Casuals SA" as the club (or contact the event organiser for any assistance).
Twilight and Sprint Series events are held on park and street maps. For the basics of the orienteering course and map used for these event, see the information sheet below the event list. And under that is an example of a typical summer orienteering sprint course.
Note: If the forecast temperature in the event location is over 35 degress at around 6 PM, courses will be available, but non-competitive. Events may be cancelled if extreme heat is forecast.
Twilight SeriesIn 2024 the first event is Friday 15 Nov with events through to end of January 2025 Events have start times from 6 - 7 PM, with course closure at 8 PM Planned Locations are yet to be decided - proposed dates are below ************************************************************** Friday Nov 15 Friday Nov 22 Friday Nov 29 Friday Dec 6 Friday Dec 13 Break over Christmas - New Year Friday Jan 3 Friday Jan 10 Firday Jan 17 Australia Day Long Weekend - no events planned as this weekend is the Oceania Championships in New Zealand |
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Snap Sprint Series
2024 events will be held on 4 Friday evenings - January 31st, February - 7th, 14th and 21st - final event details to come.
Basics of Orienteering Map and Course
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Sample Snap Sprint Map:
Lincoln Orienteers Events in the Port Lincoln area are organised by Lincoln Orienteers.
For further information on Lincoln events visit the Lincoln Orienteers website
Saltbush Orienteers
Saltbush Orienteers organises event in Whyalla and surrounding areas
For further information on Saltbush events please visit the Saltbush Orienteers website:
Top End Orienteers
Top End Orienteers is based in Darwin and organises events in the Darwin area and other locations within the Northern Territory including Alice Springs. For more information visit the Top End Orienteers Website
