Permanent courses allow you to print your own map and do an orienteering course in your own time. We have a number of permanent courses in Canberra and courses to suit all ages an abilities.

MapRun is an Android/iOS orienteering app that provides GPS based punching and timing for courses. There are plenty of courses to try and you can compare your time to others.

NEXT EVENT: Saturday, 17-May-25 :  ACT Learn to Orienteer, Week 3  [Directions by Apple Maps, Google Maps]

Tax Deductible Donations Can Now Be Made to Support the 2025 ACT ASOC Team

You now have the opportunity to gain a tax deduction and at the same time provide support for the ACT Team to attend the 2025 Australian Schools Orienteering Championship to be held in late September in Queensland. Donations can be made through the Australian Sports Foundation (ASF) website to the ACT Orienteering Development Fund. Donate…
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ACT League #4, Tidbinbilla, Sunday 18 May

The fourth event of the 2025 ACT League will be held at Tidbinbilla on Sunday 18 May.Entries close at 11:59pm, Wednesday 14 May. Enter here.Please note that enter on the day is not available and late entries will not be accepted. Courses A full range of courses are available, with lengths and difficulty to suit all abilities: V…
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Enjoy Fun and Enjoyable Sprint Mountain Bike Orienteering at Fadden Pines on Sunday 25 May!

Try Mountain Bike Orienteering at Fadden Pines for the first time! Very exciting news – Duncan Currie prepared an excellent new MTBO map.Ann and John Scown work on designing great MTBO SPRINT courses.This event is an excellent opportunity to try MTBO and a thrilling chance to enjoy new, easy and fast urban/park/sprint format of MTBO…
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Presentation of Silva Award to Ann and John Scown

At Easter, Ann and John Scown were announced as the winners of Orienteering Australia’s Silva Award for Services to Orienteering for 2025. As they were unable to be present to receive their award, it will be presented next Saturday, 10 May, at the start of the Fadden Pines event. The presentation is scheduled to take…
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Elye Dent and Owen Radajewski Selected for Junior World Championships

Congratulations to Elye Dent (Red Roos) and Owen Radajewski (Parawanga) who have been named in the Australian team to compete at the 2025 Junior World Orienteering Championships (JWOC) to be held in Trentino, Italy, from 26 June to 4 July. Ariadna Iskhakova (Red Roos) has also been named as a reserve for the team. This…
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