Added Watson & Duffy maps & info for Oct courses.
We have a number of bush orienteering courses. These courses are coded as a traditional line course, where you visit each control in order. You can download and print the PDF for any course from this page. Then in the MapRun app, "Select Event" → "ACT" → "Bush" and pick the desired course. Note that careful navigating and fine detail map reading is needed to locate controls on these courses with no flags out. The following are the currently available courses:
Park in the lower Arboretum carpark. Start at road/path junction W of lower carpark. Finish at road bend before dirt carpark. Mod1 - 5.1km. Course set by Darryl Erbacher & David Hogg, originally used in July 2021
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Park in the lower Arboretum carpark. Start at road/path junction W of lower carpark. Finish at road bend before dirt carpark. Mod2 - 3.4km. Course set by Darryl Erbacher & David Hogg, originally used in July 2021
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Park in the lower Arboretum carpark. Start at road/path junction W of lower carpark. Finish at road bend before dirt carpark. Easy - 2.5km. Course set by Darryl Erbacher & David Hogg, originally used in July 2021
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Park in the lower Arboretum carpark. Start at road/path junction W of lower carpark. Finish at road bend before dirt carpark. Very Easy - 2.0km. Course set by Darryl Erbacher & David Hogg, originally used in July 2021
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Nominal start/finish at bend in fence, east side in south carpark on John Cardiff Close, Black Mountain Peninsula, Acton. This is a 30 min scored scatter course, visit as many controls as possible in 30min. For added challenge, visit the controls in numerical order. Originally created for the Parawanga Orienteers end of year get-together on 4 Dec 2022. Course set by Lawrie Brown, adapted from previous course by Ken Mansell.
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Park in east car park of GIO Stadium (southern end of Masterman St, Bruce). Walk through Gungahlin Drive underpass, and head to left (south) for clearing with noticeboards. Start at track junction to SW. Finish by fence to NE. Moderate 1 course - 4.2km. Course set by Bill Jones, originally for the 2019-20 Twilight Series Event 10
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Park in east car park of GIO Stadium (southern end of Masterman St, Bruce). Walk through Gungahlin Drive underpass, and head to left (south) for clearing with noticeboards. Start at track junction to SW. Finish by fence to NE. Moderate 2 course - 3.0km. Course set by Bill Jones, originally for the 2019-20 Twilight Series Event 10
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Park on Mt Ainslie Drive, near the gate on east side close to the water reservoir. Start/finish at the gate. Easy course - 1.9km. Course set by Nathan Guinness, originally for Midweek #2 on 15 July 2020.
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Park on Mt Ainslie Drive, near the gate on east side close to the water reservoir. Start/finish at the gate. Moderate 1 course - 4.8km. Course set by Nathan Guinness, originally for Midweek #2 on 15 July 2020.
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Park in Lincoln Close, Chapman. Start/finish at southern end of Lincoln Place. Very Easy course created for use by Joeys. Course set by Ian Elz.
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Park in or off Sidaway St or Doyle Tce in Chapman and walk in. Start at the track junction. Finish by the large tree on SW side of track near bend. Course 1 - 4.9km. Course set by Bob Allison, originally used in July 2014
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Park in or off Sidaway St or Doyle Tce in Chapman and walk in. Start at the track junction. Finish by the large tree on SW side of track near bend. Course 3 - 3.4km. Course set by Bob Allison, originally used in July 2014
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Park at the end of dirt track off Sulwood Drive (east bound) just before the intersection with Erindale Drive. Start/finish at the gate into the reserve, opposite the Erindale Drive underpass. Mod1 course - 4.4km. Course set by Lawrie Brown. This was the 22 June 2022 OACT Midweek event, after previously being scheduled then postponed from 1 Sept 2021.
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Park at the end of dirt track off Sulwood Drive (east bound) just before the intersection with Erindale Drive. Start/finish at the gate into the reserve, opposite the Erindale Drive underpass. Mod2 course - 3.3km. Course set by Lawrie Brown. This was the 22 June 2022 OACT Midweek event, after previously being scheduled then postponed from 1 Sept 2021.
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Park near the Scout Hall on Kitchener St between Hughes & Garran. Start at the signboard, finish at SE edge of garden bed. This is a bush sprint course, 2.1km. See some additional notes on the course. Course set by Bob Allison as a lockdown challenge.
This course is also available in reverse order as "Kitcheners Ridge ACT Sept 2021 Rev", so two people can race each other in opposite directions. If selecting this, you need to traverse the course on the map from finish, through controls in reverse order, back to start. Note in the app the S1/F1 names are necessarily swapped.
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Park in Quamby Place, off Port Arthur St, Lyons. Start/finish at the SW end of the log fence at head of Quamby Place. Course 1 - 3.0km. Course set by Bob Allison.
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Park at the top of Red Hill Drive by the lookout and water-tank. Start at the crossing NW of lookout. Finish on SW side of water-tank compound. Moderate 1 course - 4.9km. Course set by Bob Allison, originally for the 2019-20 Twilight Series Event 12
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Park at the top of Red Hill Drive by the lookout and water-tank. Start at the crossing NW of lookout. Finish on SW side of water-tank compound. Moderate 2 course - 3.3km. Course set by Bob Allison, originally for the 2019-20 Twilight Series Event 12
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Park at the east end of Rusden St, Garran. Start/finish at the track junction. Course 1 is 3.4km. Course set by Bob Allison.
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Park in the Black Mountain Reserve carpark off William Hovell Drive. Start by a lone gate. Finish by a lone tree. Course 1 - 4.0km. Course set by Bob Allison, originally used in Aug 2017
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Park in the Yarralumla Bay carpark on Alexandrina Dr, Yarralumla. Start/Finish at junction of path and low wooden fence on Hopetoun Cct near Alexandrina Dr. Very Easy course - 1.7km. Adapted from course originally set by Bob Allison for Twilight 1 in Oct 2019
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Park in the Yarralumla Bay carpark on Alexandrina Dr, Yarralumla. Start/Finish at junction of path and low wooden fence on Hopetoun Cct near Alexandrina Dr. Easy course - 2.1km. Adapted from course originally set by Bob Allison for Twilight 1 in Oct 2019
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Park in the Yarralumla Bay carpark on Alexandrina Dr, Yarralumla. Start/Finish at junction of path and low wooden fence on Hopetoun Cct near Alexandrina Dr. Moderate 1 course - 4.2km. Adapted from course originally set by Bob Allison for Twilight 1 in Oct 2019
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Park in the Yarralumla Bay carpark on Alexandrina Dr, Yarralumla. Start/Finish at junction of path and low wooden fence on Hopetoun Cct near Alexandrina Dr. Moderate 2 course - 3.2km. Adapted from course originally set by Bob Allison for Twilight 1 in Oct 2019
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Park in "Rock Garden" carpark at east end of Forest Drive. Start/finish at track junction east of carpark. Mod 1 course - 5.1km. This was originally run as an OACT Midweek event on Wed 13 July 2022. Course set by Lawrie Brown.
Note: Control 10 is indistinct, look for/align with bend in shore with blackberries.
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Park in "Rock Garden" carpark at east end of Forest Drive. Start/finish at track junction east of carpark. Mod 1 course - 5.1km. This was originally run as an OACT Midweek event on Wed 13 July 2022. Course set by Lawrie Brown.
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