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25.01.2022 Rogaining goes bush! ACTRA returned to physical events on a small scale over the weekend at Kowen Forest with results now online. Don't worry if you weren't able to make it, you can do the event as a virtual event for the next few weeks. Maps are on the website to download and print, or limited stocks at Paddy Pallin. https://act.rogaine.asn.au//60-2020-night-day-cycle-result

23.01.2022 Thanks to many of those attempting the virtual Kowengaine who have reported some problems getting MapRunF to detect control sites, incl the start. In some cases runners have had to walk at least a 20m radius around the tape to get a ping, esp on less well defined landmarks like the spur or the gully (eg #71, 73, 81). At 101 it even looks like the centre of the circle for MapRun purposes might actually be in the dam :( There's not a lot we can do about this now, but it's good to know the tapes are still there and a good time can still be had in the forest as we slowly come out of hibernation...

23.01.2022 The Winter 4 hour virtual rogaine in Jerrabomberra and Queanbeyan has now finished after running for an extra two weeks due to popular demand! It was a rogaine for everyone with a little bit of everything, from trails to footpaths, hills to flats, tracks to bushbashing. Well done to all who entered and we hope you enjoyed it each time you went out there. We are currently putting together the results and will publish them shortly! In the meantime, entries for our 2020 Night/Day/Cycle Rogaine are open!

22.01.2022 Some more great pics from John Harding from the bush land in the SE of the course of the Jerrabomberra/Queanbeyan virtual rogaine. Thanks John!

20.01.2022 We’re almost ready to welcome you back to ACTRA rogaining at Kowen Forest this weekend. Please check the website for final instructions, bring your completed indemnity forms and obey COVID restrictions when you get there - especially keeping your distance at the start and finish. When arriving for either the Night event or the Day events please watch out for kangaroos on the Sparrow Hill entry road. Organisers saw several on the road this evening.

19.01.2022 More Rogaining ahead: the chance to record an official result for the Jerrabom/beyan virtual rogaine is put to bed after this weekend, but ACTRA is planning to hold the annual night/day/cycle event as a real-ish event on the weekend of 15/16 August. Keep an eye on this page and our website for more details in the next few days - or if U R @ ANU contact your IB coach

19.01.2022 After the success of the Mt Rogers Rogaine, we are pleased to announce we are putting together another virtual rogaine! This one is 4 hours, the virtual course encompassing Queanbeyan, Jerrabomberra and lots of surrounding bushland. You can have a go any time from Saturday 11th July to Sunday 19th July. More to come!

15.01.2022 Have you entered for the next virtualgaine - in the Jerrabomberra/Queanbeyan area 11-19 July? Please complete a free entry online TODAY https://act.rogaine.asn.au//winter-maprun-virtual-4-hour.h so we can be sure to enough hard copy maps available for everyone to collect from Paddy Pallin in Braddon from Thursday 9 July. Then download the MapRunF app and get ready set rogaine!

15.01.2022 A few pics from out vetting the course of the upcoming Jerrabomberra and Queanbeyan virtual 4 hour rogaine to be held 11-19 July. As for the previous event, entry is free and maps can be printed yourself or pick one up at Paddy Pallin in Braddon while they last. Enter by Monday 6 July to help us estimate how many maps to print, and all entries will be matched with MapRun produce results. https://act.rogaine.asn.au//54-winter-4-hour-jerrabomberra

14.01.2022 Entries are now open! A lovely area of unburnt open bush with lots of controls waiting for you to find them and an updated map. Get your bush camping weekend action on now!

12.01.2022 ACT 8 hr & 24 hr events POSTPONED until 7-8 November. It has been very wet this week and with more rain forecast between now and Sunday the creeks on the course are very high and are potentially dangerous to cross. We also have a high risk of not being able to access most of the course to put out water drops and do the safety patrols. If you can't come next weekend see the website to email the organisers for a refund. If you can now come to the event - awesome! We will re-op...en entries until next week for you to enter. Check out Spring Creek at a low flow and look at the flow marks on the banks...we don't think David would be crossing here today or on Saturday.

11.01.2022 Can you help out at the ACT Champs on the weekend 31 Oct - 1 Nov? We need admin volunteers to ensure registration and finishing goes smoothly to keep us COVID-safe, and also control collectors after the event. Please contact Julie Quinn https://act.rogaine.asn.au/committee/3-julie-quinn.html

09.01.2022 Ready to rogaine! See you all tomorrow at Yanununbeyan.

09.01.2022 We sadly announce the "Back to the Bay" rogaine is cancelled. Just when we were all starting to get excited about a trip to the coast, public health advice in NSW around community sport just issued states "Cease activities that result in the mixing of participants and staff from different regions" for at least the next 6 weeks. We hope to be able to reschedule this event some time in the future. https://www.sport.nsw.gov.au//CHO%20Letter%20to%20Communit

09.01.2022 B’ding - if you haven’t heard it yet, that’s the sound of the MapRun app (even in the rain) confirming you have found the control sites on ACTRA’s latest virtualgaine. Thanks Thomas Banks for setting a challenging cross-border course covering new destinations across Queanbeyan and Jerrabomberra.

07.01.2022 Do you Rogaine only on a blue moon? Well, you’re in luck, because October 31 is our next event and it’s a Blue Moon! 8 hour and 24 hour bush event in a lovely area out towards Captains Flat from Canberra. Late fee of $10 per person from Sunday midnight, so don’t delay getting your entry in. See you there! https://act.rogaine.asn.au//even/17/-/act-8-24-champs.html

07.01.2022 Entries are now open for ACTRA’s delayed first real bush rogaine for 2020! Its free to enter, but numbers at Kowen Forest will be strictly limited to comply with COVID-19 restrictions. Use the ‘tickets’ link to enter, not just ‘going’. ANU students please contact your IB coach first to help us manage entry numbers. All entrants please read the final instructions carefully when they are released next week.

05.01.2022 John Harding shares some photos from his second outing on the Queanbeyan/Jerrabomberra rogaine. There’s lots of fascinating things to find all around the course with a good mix of urban and bush terrain - plenty for everyone and worth a second visit.

05.01.2022 Any Rogainers who like Mountain Bike Orienteering (MTBO) should check out the ACT MTBO Championships 2020 coming up at Kowen Forest! There will be 3 quality MTBO events offered for experienced and absolute beginner riders over 2 days, featuring Sprint, Middle and Long Distance Champs events: SPRINT Champs, 24th October, Start window between 10am-11am, entries are open here: https://eventor.orienteering.asn.au/Events/Show/9100 MIDDLE Champs, 24th October, Start window 2pm-3pm..., entries are open here: https://eventor.orienteering.asn.au/Events/Show/9101 LONG Champs, 25th October, Start window 9am-10am, entries are open here: https://eventor.orienteering.asn.au/Events/Show/9102 For more details on ACT MTBO Calendar 2020 go to http://act.orienteering.asn.au/mtbo or contact ACT MTBO Coordinator - Marina Iskhakova [email protected] 0412 308 310

03.01.2022 Results and photos are now live for the Winter 4 Hour Jerraboomberra Rogaine. Big thanks to John Harding who again diligently took photos during his many runs of the course. Results https://act.rogaine.asn.au//Jerrabomberra_Virtual_4_hour_R... Photos https://hardingjohn.smugmug.com//July-2020-Jerrabomberra/

03.01.2022 It all starts tomorrow - ACTRA’s latest virtual rogaine in the Jerrabomberra/Queanbeyan area is available for starts any time from Sat 11 to Sun 19 July. Grab a map from paddy Pallin (Braddon) and walk or run the 4 hour course as many times as you like - on your own or with family and friends. Enter via our website so we can share the fun, and seeing as you’ll have your smartphone on you to use the MapRun app there’s no excuse not to take and post your photos https://act.rogaine.asn.au

03.01.2022 LAST CHANCE - just over 24 hours left (until 11.59pm Thursday) to enter the night event for the Kowen Forest rogaine on Saturday 15 August. NB ANU students: as IB has now been cancelled you may enter the night event if you want to (within our 100 person limit). Thanks to the nearly 100 people who have already entered on Sunday for the foot or cycle events - entries are now closed for that day. Final instructions are available from the event website this evening. As you can see from the attached photos you can expect it to be a bit wet under foot/tyre this weekend, so plan your wet weather gear appropriately. (Photos also give an indication of the COVID-safe contactless navlight mounting arrangement.) Everyone else: stay tuned for more information about a MapRun option once the event finishes on Sunday.

03.01.2022 HH site looking good!

03.01.2022 Entries are open for the Queanbeyan Virtual Rogaine. Sign up and enter by 6 July 2020 to be eligible for category awards and prizes.

02.01.2022 Good news for those planning on giving the Kowengaine a go this long weekend (in preparation for ACT Champs at the end of October) - more maps are now available at Paddy Pallin, Braddon. The latest stock is not waterproof, which shouldn’t be a problem for Saturday and Sunday, but if your plan is for Monday you might want a map bag or some contact. Paddy Pallin

01.01.2022 And they’re off...for 24 hours of rogaining at Yanununbeyan for the ACT Championships

01.01.2022 Why the long face? If you were regretting missing ACTRA's latest virtual rogaine in the Queanbeyan/Jerrabomberra area, despair no longer - we have reopened the event for another fortnight, so now you have 14 more good reasons to try to catch hash-house leader Jonathan Ricks. Enter via the website, collect a map from Paddy Pallin Braddon, download MapRunF and have fun :) https://act.rogaine.asn.au//winter-4-hour-jerrabomberra-vi