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Mapping Page		 Looking for an interesting way of getting some exercise? Street Orienteering offers the opportunity to take part in regular street and/or park runs in a social environment. The sport caters for all ages and fitness levels - typically, A, B, C and D grade offer runs of 10, 8, 6 and 4.5 km respectively and an E grade event of about 3 km is especially designed for children and beginners. In addition, there is a Power-Walking section - if you can walk for about 1 hour this is the event for you.

Metropolitan park/street events are held at 7:00pm on Mondays and Wednesdays (if you are a newcomer, please be there by 6:40 so we can brief you). Suburban and bush events are held on Saturdays and Sundays from March to late October. If you would like more information please try the excellent training and information pages provided by the Emus Orienteering Club

Use Google Maps to see if there's a street-orienteering event near you - thanks to Ash Petersen for setting this up.

If you can't find the information you're looking for click here or call Geoff Hudson on (03) 9888 8121.

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Latest News/Friendly Gossip

Bayside Kangaroos refuse DROC

Legendary Poet (with thanks to Mrs Prez)

If a Legend you want to become,
Then you'll have to get up off your bum
And join us at Street-O
On four nights a week-O
(But on Fridays you don't have to come)

Saturday Morning Fun Running - Brunch-O - 10:00 AM at Glen Waverley

Instead of sitting on your tush,
You should head to Shepherds Bush.
This Saturday morning Debbie Dodd
will run again the map we trod.
Your previous score it can be beat,
So run with us, then come and eat             (see below for details)

Ray's Rankings - now available for June 2009

Thanks to Ray Howe for updated rankings - press here to see how you fared. 

Millennium Club Launch Dinner

The Millennium Club has been formed to acknowledge and honour the long serving participants of Park and Street Orienteering in metropolitan Melbourne. The first Members will be inducted at the official Launch. A dinner and presentations will be held on Wednesday June 3rd, after the Greythorn event. The venue is the Bistro at the Shoppingtown Hotel (opposite Westfield Doncaster) Williamsons Road, Doncaster. Dinner from 8.15pm, presentations at approx 9.15pm. All orienteers are cordially invited to come for dinner, or dessert, or coffee, or a drink, or the lot!

Please register your intention to attend this occasion by seeing Ray or Dale Howe, or ringing 9841 6816, or emailing howeray@hotmail.com, by Friday May 29 2009.

Click here for more information about The Millennium Club

This Wednesday Evening - Smith's Dell

There is an issue with parking for the Street-O event on Wednesday 27 May.  The east side of Widford St opposite Anderson Park (Mel 59 G3) is now Permit Parking - ie effectively not available.  Down the hill in Anderson Rd, south of the park, there is quite a bit of (angle) parking on the north side of the road.

Last Wednesday Night Event - how did you go last time?

We believe tonight's map was set by Judy Hopkins back in August 2004 - and thought it would be interesting to see how those of us who took part back then did compared to tonight's run. If you've been around for a while, check out how you did at http://street.orienteering.com.au/phpresults/?2004/Street/Wed-Iceberg/event09.txt. I spoke to Vic Sedunary on the way round - he noted that last time he got the lot - and managed to finish the course within time. It will be interesting to see how he's improved (or not) in the intervening 5 years.

Ray's Rankings - now available for May 2009

Thanks to Ray Howe for updated rankings - press here to see how you fared. 

Coming Events

Event Date Map Club Location Suburb Melway 
Saturday, 4th JulBlackburn LakeMikeBlackburn Lake map - drafted in 1974 by Mike. Come see how it's changed!Blackburn48 B11
Sunday, 5th JulMonash UniversityDRWorld Masters Warmup #1. - Monash University Clayton Campus – use the main entrance from Wellington Road. - Start times: 10am – 12pmClayton70 G11
Monday, 6th JulBennetwsood EastFitz/MartaStart at 12 Murra Street - please park in adjacent streets and walk inBennetswood61 E5
Wednesday, 8th JulRingwood WildsDRHeathmont Station car park (west of railway line), Heathmont RoadHeathmont50 A12
Saturday, 11th JulBanyule/ViewbankBKBanyule Flats Reserve - enter from Somerset DriveViewbank32 F2
Wednesday, 15th JulWaverley WoodsAREssex Heights Reserve - enter from Outlook RoadMount Waverley61 B10
Saturday, 18th JulGilpin ParkBKCar park west of Union Square Shopping Centre (near the corner of Grantham Street and Union Street)Brunswick West29 D9

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Brunch-O - Saturday Mornings


(Informal activities organised by local street-orienteers - events run every Saturday morning - come for a run, then join us for brunch. While there is NO charge for these events, we do expect participants to pitch in and help when the need arises. Course-setting is fun too - and we will provide you with the assistance you need to set your first course. For more info, call Geoff on 9888 8121)
  

Join an Orienteering Club

If you live in the Northern or Western suburbs of Melbourne
 join Emus Orienteering Club now
 
Membership only $5 per household per year

Please see our Clubs Page for the benefits of joining a club - there are excellent clubs serving all regions of Melbourne.

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 11.6° in Melbourne @ 11:30am (11km/h Westerly Wind, 0.2mm of Rain since 9am; View History)

Friday: Cloudy. Showers, more frequent in the east. Winds southwesterly averaging 30 to40 km/h.
Saturday: Cloudy. Scattered showers. Winds southwesterly averaging 20 to 35 km/h.
Sunday: Partly cloudy. Isolated showers. Winds southwesterly averaging up to 25 km/h.
Monday: Morning cloud. Isolated showers clearing during the morning. Winds west tosouthwesterly averaging up to 20 km/h.
Tuesday: Morning cloud. Patchy fog and frost during the morning. Light winds.
Wednesday: Cloudy. Winds northerly averaging up to 25 km/h.
Thursday: Partly cloudy. Patchy morning fog. Light winds.

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Temp Changes - Last 24hrs

 

Useful Services

Load 2008 Summer Series Fixture
into your PDA or Phone		 Street-Orienteering Who's Who Ray's Rankings Printed copies of the program
Don't key all 100 Events into your diary, computer or PDA... See the Emus Orienteering Club download page if you'd like to download the fixture for the current series. 

Want to know who that other runner or walker is? Do you have a name and want to know what the person looks like so you can talk to them at an event? If so, just go to the Street-Orienteering Who's Who pages. We'll update this regularly. Please forward additional photos/names if you wish to be included.

See how you rate against other streetO folks that do the same course/category.

Ray's Ranking System

 Printed brochures are readily available at all events.

Archive Material

Want to trace back through the older announcements - then see our archive file

 

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