Suburban Orienteering in Melbourne Parks

Scout Adventure Racing is based on the popular sport of orienteering and provides walking, running and navigational training to Scouts, their parents and any other members of the public that want to come along and join in. Events are held in the Eastern Suburbs of Melbourne - on Tuesday evenings - during the daylight savings period (October to March).

Events are both safe and enjoyable - offering challenges to both the beginning navigator and to the experienced orienteer. If you can walk or run for 30-60 minutes, thyen come along and join us; bring the kids or the family dog - they can enjoy the Melbourne outdoors too.

The 2012 Summer Series has now finished.

Our next evening event is scheduled for October 2012.

We do, however, expect to provide a number of Saturday events in local parks during September-November 2012. Please drop us a line on geoff.hudson@gmail.com if you'd like to be kept informed of proposed events.

In the meantime, enjoy one of our recent maps (below) or have a look through some of the reports on events held last season (at 2012/Tuesday/Scouts/index.html ). These provide an excellent view of the types of course offered.
 

Interested in Orienteering?

The folks at Emus Orienteering Club have provided terrific support to get our Adventure Racing Series up and going. If you're interested in taking part in these or other orienteering events in Melbourne then join Emus Orienteering Club now - the folks there will be only too happy to help you take part in your first suburban orienteering adventure. Known as Nillumbik Emus in the wider orienteering community, the club is also very active in bush orienteering and mountain-bike orienteering.

Membership is only $5 per household per year. Join now and let us introduce you to this exciting sport! Your membership of the club entitles you to:

• Regular online newsletters about club activities and orienteering in Victoria

• Club websites; that provide access to event reports, training material and details of social activities run by the club

• Training; the club has 6-8 qualified coaches and provides mentoring/coaching to new members

• Subsidised running gear;  it's great to be a member of a team - and running in one of our distinctive tops immediately identifies you as a member of the team. A casual greeting, a friendly wave as you approach another runner - they all build camaraderie that makes participation even more enjoyable

But most importantly, membership provides you with a group of friendly people that you can meet as you begin your orienteering career. It also allows you to pitch in and help us as we run events; there's no better way to get to know people than to work alongside them to make events fun for all.

If you'd like more details, please contact us on geoff.hudson@gmail.com or call (at reasonable hours) on (03) 9888 8121.