Fox Valley | Garingal Orienteers

Fox Valley MapRun Courses

The Fox Valley area in south Wahroonga has everything an orienteer could want, and course planner Colin Burnett has designed five courses to make the most of the area, and also ensure a coffee shop (for take-aways) at the start/finish.

The pre-start is at the Fox Valley shops on the SE side of the intersection of the Comenarra Parkway and Fox valley Rd (see map).

You MUST keep to tracks in this urban bushland area – to preserve the bush for everyone

NOTES:

The Score course has the usual (Sydney Summer Series) scoring scheme: 10 points for controls 1 to 10, 20 points for controls 11 to 20, and 30 points for controls 21 to 30, with a 10-point penalty for every minute (or part minute) that you are late. The course also has the usual 45-minute time limit. (When planning, be aware that you may have to spend 10-20 seconds at some controls waiting for enough GPS signal to get a beep).
The Short course is designed for families with smallish children.
The Moderate course has more length for more exercise, and includes 2 lookout points.
The Long course is for people who want both a “work-out” and lots of route choice, and includes the 2 lookout points, the bottom of the hill, and most everywhere in between.
The Scatter course may be new to some orienteers. It uses the same map as the Score course, but instead of finding as many controls as you can in 45 minutes, you are required to find 20 controls (any controls and in any order) in the shortest time. (There is no advantage to finding controls that on the Score Course have a higher score.)

Courses available. [Note: for the line courses, both the “red-line” distance and the “run distance” are provided below].

Score

45 minutes

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