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Check out the current Event Calendar or Upcoming Events (scroll down the right hand column).  Most events are pre-entry in Eventor.  To enter, first create a Casual Registration in Eventor on the Register page.  Refer to this How To document.

For fitness and other orienteering training activities - see the Coaching and Training page

The Learn To Orienteer program will be run again in 2026. The program is suitable for everyone from complete beginners to those who might have tried orienteering but want more formal training.  Add your name to the Wait List if you are interested in this program in 2026.

To do orienteering in your own time, choose a DIY Permanent Course or download the MapRun App for Android and iOs. New maps are added regularly.

Ask us about Day & Evening Training Sessions - After-School Orienteering - Kid-O for the under-8s.

Latest News

  • The St Peters River Park Permanent Courses have been re-opened. The map has been re-drawn in sprint style with lots of updates. The courses have also been modified. To download a course for this or any other permanent course go to Permanent Course 
  • The latest issue of SA Orienteer Quarterly newsletter is now online. Click here to access Issue 4/2025 and archive.
  • The results for the SA Long Championships for 1999 and 2005 have been recovered and can be seen by going to Results -> Results Archive
  • The Dec 2025 edition of the The Australian Orienteer is now available online. Go to About Us -> News -> Australian Orienteer

Summer orienteering continues through January and February on Friday evenings with the Twilight Series followed by the Snap Sprint Series.  All events are listed under upcoming events. Note that events go ahead if the forecast temperature is over 35 degree for the time of the event, but may be cancelled on very hot days (40+) depending on the location.

Additional sprint format events and training are planned for the weekend of 22-23 February. Details are being finalized and are to be listed in our event program on Eventor.

Less formal orienteering training is held on Wednesday evenings, generally at 6 PM – these activities are also listed in upcoming events.

And if you can’t make to one of the scheduled events, the DIY courses are also available – with the newest set now in Shepherds Hill Recreation Park. The start location for these courses is at the National Park sign adjacent to the car park on Ayliffes Rd. All DIY courses are listed here and maps (PDFs) can also be downloaded free of charge.

ShepsPCStart

A link to a Google Map – Location map shows you where the various courses are available.

Shepherds Hill Permanent Course.All

ShepsHillControl

For some armchair orienteering – view this set of videos by several British Orienteers covering the important orienteering techniques. Some terms may vary from Australian usage e.g. "re-entrant" = "gully". From this first video you can access the whole set (will list at the right on the You-Tube page) - https://youtu.be/3r0pQf-Phsc

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