Albury Wodonga Orienteering Club

17/09/2026

Nail Can Hill Training day. Sunday 13th Sept

40 orienteers including 17 kids from the families : Scalzo, Rissmann, Boyd, Flower, Colbert, Simmons and Joyce enjoyed a sunny morning to learn about rocks, boulders and cliffs. Newcomers received instruction on a short walk up the hill and then, with their new skills, navigated the 1.7 km course to the finish. Coffee and cake followed. Well done everyone. Hope to see you at our next event. (11 Oct., 18 Oct )

10/09/2026

ORIENTEERING TRAINING EVENT:
Nail Can Hill -
Sunday 13th September. Starts 9.00am.

Start: North end of Jemalong Avenue adjoining Nail Can Hill, West Albury.
Training: Street and Park orienteering.
IDEAL FOR BEGINNERS. More information in the Pres Prattle in this Newsletter. Be there at 9.00am for map walk and tuition. The wild flowers are magnificent.
Entry: No fee for 'training events'. You can come along and participate on the day.
Coffee: Coffee and cake afterwards.

Hi all.
AWOC retains the inter club trophy! Waggaroos won the day on home ground at Wolfram but AWOC had enough points to win the six part series. Well done to Tim Boote who cycled to the event from Baranduda and then easily won the Long Red course.
There is still plenty of orienteering in 2026, with state champs in Victoria and Asia pacific champs in ACT.
But, first up is a training event on Nail Can Hill on September 13. Note the earlier start 9.00am for ALL participants. We will start together with a group walk to read how boulder, boulder cluster, rock face are represented on the map. A choice of courses will be available to navigate back to Rob’s house for cakes and drinks. The training is suitable for all levels of orienteering.
See you there!
Tony Perrott

23/08/2026

19/08/2026

Orienteering this Sunday
Wolfram near Mangoplah - AWOC v Waggaroos Interclub Challenge #6 -
Sunday 23 August.
Named for its history of tungsten mining in the area, the Wolfram map is in the Livingstone State Conservation Area near Burrandana about 30km south of Wagga.
Interclub Challenge: This will be the 6th and final Interclub Challenge event for this year. One point is awarded to each participant for starting; a second point is awarded for successfully completing the course; and bonus points are awarded to placegetters. The club with the highest total points wins. After five events AWOC leads 217:180. It's close and we need AWOCers participating to maintain our lead. So, come along, do the course of your choice and earn points for AWOC.
Terrain: The map will be 1: 10,000 scale and the terrain is undulating spur gully in pleasant bush. Spring weather??
Courses:
Long Hard 6.0km
Medium Hard 4.5km
Short Hard 3.2km
Moderate 2.5km
Easy 1.6km Participants on the Easy Course will need to follow tapes from control 6 to control 7.
Directions from Albury: Drive to Cookadinia either via Culcairn and Morven, or Holbrook. At Cookadinia proceed north along
Holbrook Rd towards Mangoplah and Wagga Wagga. After 8km turn right into Paper Forest Road. Continue for 6.5km to the T-junction and turn left to stay on Paper Forest Road. After 1.4km at the next T-junction turn left into Burrandana Rd. Continue for 600m across Burkes Creek and immediately turn right into Grass Tree Fire Trail. Follow Grass Tree F/T as it bends left and proceed north along the unsealed road past Burrandana Hall. After 400m go through the gate and veer right along Grass Tree F/T. (O-sign). Follow Grass Tree F/T past Floyds Tk for a further 2km to the assembly area at the junction of Grass Tree F/T and Long Gully F/T (GPS: -35.398358, 147.354587).
Note: Drive slowly and take care negotiating the numerous humps on the road, particularly cars with low clearance.
Entry fees: Adult Club Members $10 Adult Non-Members $14
Junior Club Members $10 Junior Non-Members $9
Car Pooling: Ring or text Rob on 0407238031 if you are interested in car pooling from Albury.

18/08/2026

Orienteering this Sunday
Wolfram near Mangoplah - AWOC v Waggaroos Interclub Challenge #6 -
Sunday 23 August.
Named for its history of tungsten mining in the area, the Wolfram map is in the Livingstone State Conservation Area near Burrandana about 30km south of Wagga.
Interclub Challenge: This will be the 6th and final Interclub Challenge event for this year. One point is awarded to each participant for starting; a second point is awarded for successfully completing the course; and bonus points are awarded to placegetters. The club with the highest total points wins. After five events AWOC leads 217:180. It's close and we need AWOCers participating to maintain our lead. So, come along, do the course of your choice and earn points for AWOC.
Terrain: The map will be 1: 10,000 scale and the terrain is undulating spur gully in pleasant bush. Spring weather??
Courses:
Long Hard 6.0km
Medium Hard 4.5km
Short Hard 3.2km
Moderate 2.5km
Easy 1.6km Participants on the Easy Course will need to follow tapes from control 6 to control 7.
Directions from Albury: Drive to Cookadinia either via Culcairn and Morven, or Holbrook. At Cookadinia proceed north along
Holbrook Rd towards Mangoplah and Wagga Wagga. After 8km turn right into Paper Forest Road. Continue for 6.5km to the T-junction and turn left to stay on Paper Forest Road. After 1.4km at the next T-junction turn left into Burrandana Rd. Continue for 600m across Burkes Creek and immediately turn left into Grass Tree Fire Trail. Follow Grass Tree F/T as it bends left and proceed north along the unsealed road past Burrandana Hall. After 400m go through the gate and veer right along Grass Tree F/T. (O-sign). Follow Grass Tree F/T past Floyds Tk for a further 2km to the assembly area at the junction of Grass Tree F/T and Long Gully F/T (GPS: -35.398358, 147.354587).
Note: Drive slowly and take care negotiating the numerous humps on the road, particularly cars with low clearance.
Entry fees: Adult Club Members $10 Adult Non-Members $14
Junior Club Members $10 Junior Non-Members $9
Car Pooling: Ring or text Rob on 0407238031 if you are interested in car pooling from Albury.

28/07/2026

23/07/2026

ORIENTEERING SUNDAY 26th July
GOOMBARGANA Near Rand
- AWOC v Waggaroos Interclub Challenge #5

Sunday 26th July. Starts 10.00 - 11.00am.
Location: Co-ordinates 35.7259S 146.5624E

Directions: From Albury head north towards Jindera / Walbundrie but do not take the turn into Walbundrie. Instead continue west towards Berrigan on Daysdale Road for 15km. Turn left towards Corowa on the Corowa-Rand Road. After 3.6km turn left (east) through gate to property and follow 'O' signs to assembly area.
https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=-35.7264&mlon=146.5611 =11/-35.7264/146.5611
Courses: 5 courses
Easy: 2.5km
Moderate: 3.1km
Short Hard: 3.0km
Middle Hard: 4.6km
Long Hard: 6.3km
Terrain: A combination of relatively open hillside with long grass on the Easy and Moderate courses and complex forest with large boulders on the Hard courses.
Course Setter: Liz Wood
Entry: You can come along and enter on the day (cash only) but ... for map preparation please text Liz on 0431778515 indicating how many and your preferred course(s).
Entry Fees: AWOC Members - $8 adults, $3 juniors (20 and under), $16 maximum per family
Non-Members - $12 adults, $4 juniors (20 and under), $24 maximum per family
Payment by EFT prior to the event - AWOC Bank details: BSB 640000, Account 111106820