2015 Paddy Pallin 6 hour - Tinderry Range
The Paddy Pallin rogaine events on 28 February and 1 March 2015 were a great success. The event was held in some beautiful private land in the Tinderry Range about 45 minutes south of Canberra with a mix of open rolling paddocks and some hilly bush country to provide something for everyone.
Saturday was a warm clear day and around 280 ANU students were out learning and testing their navigational skills ready for their Inward Bound competition in 4 weeks time.
On Sunday a thunderstorm mid-event did little to dampen the enthusiasm of the field of 170, with Olympic marathon runner Martin Dent teaming up with Brad Hetharia to win from Paul Cuthbert and visiting orienteer Lukas Frei. Julie Quinn and Simon Fairweather were third overall, winning the mixed category, and Lizzie Ingram and Sarah Buckerfield won the women's.
A big thank you to all the landholders for sharing their wonderful properties with us, to all the volunteers for their efforts in making the event run so smoothly, and to the Jerangle School for the delicious food!
Thanks to John Harding, Bryant Allen, Miranda Sherley and David Baldwin for their photos of the event.
Barkley had a great event too! Read Barkley's Rogaining Adventure in Tinderry by Rhianna McNamara (photos at the end of the gallery)
It was a cool overcast morning when we headed off with Barkley. There were crowds of people going to control 23 as we were. It was very hard to get to the control, we had to go down a small but steep gully to cross the creek. There were lots of people at that control. We went to 24 next and it was also very crowded. At that point people forked off in different directions. We tried to go straight to 54 but the thistles were too thick, so we crossed the creek and walked along the road. We had to scramble down a very steep slope. We found the control 54 on a tree along the creek. There was wild mint growing along the creek bank. It smelt delicious! We followed the creek to 31 We saw lots of rocks that sparkled in the sun and left gold dust on your fingers. There was a water dragon basking on a rock we passed. We had to climb up a very steep slope to get to 31. After that it was a easy walk along the spur to 101. When we got there we saw a snake swimming in the river it looked amazing! We climbed back up over the spur then climbed down a steep gully to a waterfall where 77 was. We saw quite a lot of people who also went to 77. Then we sat down and had a snack. Then we saw some black cockatoos flying and the weather started to change. A lightning storm struck up Barkley had to hide in the bag to keep dry. We had to scramble through lots of scrub and then we thought we were lost but we were exactly were we wanted to be. We found twenty one, the sun came back out, and then we walked along a very long track back to the HH but we turned off and picked up 35 and 48 along the way. Finally we got back to the HH and Barkley said goodbye to everyone.
Read MoreSaturday was a warm clear day and around 280 ANU students were out learning and testing their navigational skills ready for their Inward Bound competition in 4 weeks time.
On Sunday a thunderstorm mid-event did little to dampen the enthusiasm of the field of 170, with Olympic marathon runner Martin Dent teaming up with Brad Hetharia to win from Paul Cuthbert and visiting orienteer Lukas Frei. Julie Quinn and Simon Fairweather were third overall, winning the mixed category, and Lizzie Ingram and Sarah Buckerfield won the women's.
A big thank you to all the landholders for sharing their wonderful properties with us, to all the volunteers for their efforts in making the event run so smoothly, and to the Jerangle School for the delicious food!
Thanks to John Harding, Bryant Allen, Miranda Sherley and David Baldwin for their photos of the event.
Barkley had a great event too! Read Barkley's Rogaining Adventure in Tinderry by Rhianna McNamara (photos at the end of the gallery)
It was a cool overcast morning when we headed off with Barkley. There were crowds of people going to control 23 as we were. It was very hard to get to the control, we had to go down a small but steep gully to cross the creek. There were lots of people at that control. We went to 24 next and it was also very crowded. At that point people forked off in different directions. We tried to go straight to 54 but the thistles were too thick, so we crossed the creek and walked along the road. We had to scramble down a very steep slope. We found the control 54 on a tree along the creek. There was wild mint growing along the creek bank. It smelt delicious! We followed the creek to 31 We saw lots of rocks that sparkled in the sun and left gold dust on your fingers. There was a water dragon basking on a rock we passed. We had to climb up a very steep slope to get to 31. After that it was a easy walk along the spur to 101. When we got there we saw a snake swimming in the river it looked amazing! We climbed back up over the spur then climbed down a steep gully to a waterfall where 77 was. We saw quite a lot of people who also went to 77. Then we sat down and had a snack. Then we saw some black cockatoos flying and the weather started to change. A lightning storm struck up Barkley had to hide in the bag to keep dry. We had to scramble through lots of scrub and then we thought we were lost but we were exactly were we wanted to be. We found twenty one, the sun came back out, and then we walked along a very long track back to the HH but we turned off and picked up 35 and 48 along the way. Finally we got back to the HH and Barkley said goodbye to everyone.
