Competition areas

Link to Australian World Ranking Events 2007/1 and 2 Bulletin 1-2 (PDF)

This event is to be held on a remap of part of the 1986 1:15 000 Worlds End map.

Link to a sample of part of Worlds End 1986 map

Schedule of events:

EVENT 1   Friday April 6th: Family Relays, Worlds End, 20km SE of Burra.
Typical spur-gully orienteering country with an intricate matrix of medium, small and microscopic watercourses. Runnability varies from fast to very fast, with visibility in the mallee scrub limited only by the trees.
Teams of 3 family members, who must be directly related to each of the other 2 members as either: spouse, parent, child, brother, sister, grandparent, or grandchild, in order to be official teams. Handicap will be based on age classes of team members.Short/very easyMedium/moderateLong/moderateUnofficial teams are welcome to enter.

Course Planner;: Adrian Uppill, Organiser Vern Hembrow, Controller Robin Uppill

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EVENT 2 Friday April 6th: IOF World Ranking Event, Elite Prologue sprint,  Worlds End, 20km SE of Burra.

Typical spur-gully orienteering country with an intricate matrix of medium, small and microscopic watercourses. Runnability varies from fast to very fast, with visibility in the mallee scrub limited only by the trees.
Elite classes: M17-20, W17-20, M21, W21 Please note that the prologue is compulsory for all Australian 3-Days entrants in M/W 17-20E and M/W 21E and will be added to their 3-Days time.

Start Time for Prologue Sprint - the first start times for this event will be at 12 noon.  All competitors in both senior and junior classes must be within the quarantine area for this event by 11:50AM.  Failure to meet this requirement will risk disqualification.

National Orienteering League Race 1
Course Planner: Adrian Uppill, Organiser Vern Hembrow, Controller Robin Uppill

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EVENT 3 Friday April 6:  Slologue sprint, Worlds End, 20km SE of Burra.

Typical spur-gully orienteering country with an intricate matrix of medium, small and microscopic watercourses. Runnability varies from fast to very fast, with visibility in the mallee scrub limited only by the trees.
Slomen: open men
Wologue: open women
Mass start, open to everyone.Entrants in the Slologue will not have their time added to the 3-Days total.

Course Planner: Adrian Uppill, Organiser Vern Hembrow, Controller Robin Uppill 

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EVENT 4  Friday April 6: Model event, Worlds End, 20km SE of Burra.
Typical spur-gully orienteering country with an intricate matrix of medium, small and microscopic watercourses. Runnability varies from fast to very fast, with visibility in the mallee scrub limited only by the trees.
Preorder maps on entry form A limited number of maps will available for purchase on the day.

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EVENT 5  AUSTRALIAN 3-DAY CHAMPIONSHIPS  (IOF World Ranking Event)
Overall Controller Robin Uppill

Elite classes: M17-20, W17-20, M21, W21

A classes: M10, M12, M14, M16, M17-20, M21, M35, M40, M45, M50, M55, M60, M65, M70, M75, M80+
W10, W12, W14, W16, W17-20, W21, W35, W40, W45, W50, W55, W60, W65, W70, W75, W80+

A short (AS) classes:  M17-20, M21, M35-44, M45-54, M55+,
W17-20, W21, W35-44, W45-54, W55+

B classes: M12 ,M13-16, M17-20, M21, M35-44, M45+,
W12, W13-16, W17-20, W21, W35-44, W45+
(AS & B classes are non championship)

Saturday April 7: Australian 3-Days Day 1, Twigham, 45km NE of Burra.
A network of minor watercourses forming an escarpment on the edge of a plateau: -dry mallee scrub vegetation offering fast running, with limited visibility beyond 100- 200 metres.- watercourses are generally dry, with erosion features consistent with occasional flash flooding,- some rock outcrops, exposed on hilltops or via erosion in watercourses- some evidence of former mining and quarrying activities.

National Orienteering League Race 2
Course Planner Peter Mayer, Organiser Barry Wheeler, Controller Phil Davill

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Sunday April 8: Australian 3-Days Day 2, (including the University Championships and Interclub Challenge), Twigham, 45km NE of Burra,
A network of minor watercourses forming an escarpment on the edge of a plateau: -dry mallee scrub vegetation offering fast running, with limited visibility beyond 100- 200 metres.- watercourses are generally dry, with erosion features consistent with occasional flash flooding,- some rock outcrops, exposed on hilltops or via erosion in watercourses- some evidence of former mining and quarrying activities.

National Orienteering League Race 3
Course Planner Bob Smith, Organiser Barry Wheeler, Controller Peter Cutten 

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Monday April 9: Australian 3-Days Day 3, Worlds End, 30km SE of Burra.
Typical spur-gully orienteering country with a matrix of small, medium and large watercourses. The forest is a mix of typical eucalypt and mallee scrub, with very little undergrowth. Runnability varies from slow (uphill) to very fast (downhill). There are occasional rocky outcrops which look very similar to the one on the next hilltop!
Photos to display some of the terrain from Worlds End South and the relevant map legend symbols

National Orienteering League Race 4
Course Planner Adrian Uppill, Organiser John Such, Controller Gerry Velaitis

Photos to display some of the terrain from Worlds End South and the relevant map legend symbols

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EVENT 6 Thursday April 12: Mountain Bike Orienteering, Mt Crawford Goldfields, 40km S of the Barossa Valley.
Undulating spur-gully terrain in a mix of native and pine forest. Tracks range from well-made forest roads to rough logging rides, with plenty of route choice.

Score events: 1 hour,   2 hours,  3 hours,  Short course: approx 6-8km

Course Planner Andrew Slattery, Organiser Steve Sullivan

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EVENT 7 Friday April 13: ASC Galaxy Sprint, Nuriootpa, Barossa Valley.
A cross between park and street orienteering with a high school, football oval and caravan park providing multiple man-made features, and a creek system to get your feet wet in. (Probably not in April!)
Elite classes: M17-20, W17-20, M21, W21

National Orienteering League Race 5
Course Planner John Nieuwenhoven, Organiser Gil Hollamby, Controller Jenny Casanova

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EVENT 8  Friday April 13: Public Sprint, Nuriootpa, Barossa Valley.
A cross between park and street orienteering with a high school, football oval and caravan park providing multiple man-made features, and a creek system to get your feet wet in. (Probably not in April!)
A classes: M16, M17-34, M35-44, M45-54, M55-64, M65+
W16, W17-34, W35-44, W45-54, W55-64, W65+

Course Planner John Nieuwenhoven, Organiser Gil Hollamby, Controller Jenny Casanova

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EVENT 9 Saturday April 14: Australian Middle Distance Championships, Pewsey Vale, 20 km S of the Barossa Valley.
Detailed small, medium and large granite in a mixture of  native and pine forest; hillsides are undulating to steep. Plenty of clearings, occasional blackberry thickets.
Elite classes: M17-20, W17-20, M21, W21
A classes: M16, M17-20, M21, M35, M40, M45, M50, M55, M60, M65, M70, M75, M80+
W16, W17-20, W21, W35, W40, W45, W50, W55, W60, W65, W70, W75, W80+

A Short classes: are not offered as this is effectively the short distance championships.
B classes: M open B, W open
B (non championship) M10, M12, M14, W10, W12, W14 (non championship)

National Orienteering League Race 6
Course Planner Tony Radford, Organiser Peter Clark, Controller Alison Radford

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EVENT 10 Sunday April 15: National Badge Event, Ngaralta Country, Eastern Mount Lofty Ranges.
"Ngaralta” is the name of the Aboriginal tribe who lived in this section of the valleys draining into the Murray.  Now there is a patchwork of cropland interlaced by scrubby spurs with a scattering of metamorphic rocks (schist). In one area, owned by the Hellenic Gun Club, the ground is littered with fragments of clay targets. No shooting that weekend!
Elite classes: M17-20, W17-20, M21, W21 

A classes: M10, M12, M14, M16, M17-20, M21, M35, M40, M45, M50, M55, M60, M65, M70, M75, M80+,
W10, W12, W14, W16, W17-20, W21, W35, W40, W45, W50, W55, W60, W65, W70, W75, W80+

A short (AS) classes:  M17-20, M21, M35-44, M45-54, M55+
W17-20, W21, W35-44, W45-54, W55+

B classes: M12 ,M13-16, M17-20, M21, M35-44, M45+,
W12, W13-16, W17-20, W21, W35-44, W45+
Some classes may be merged if there is a lack of numbers.

National Orienteering League Race 7
Course Planner Steve Cooper, Organisers John & Jeffa Lyon, Controller Phil Hazell, NOL Controller Alison Radford

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Courses for all age classes at events will be planned in accordance with the regulations for recommended winning times as laid out by the Orienteering Australia Competition Rules.

When planning your travel to South Australia, consider arriving on Thursday night April 5th,  as driving time to the Good Friday events is 2.5 to 3 hours from Adelaide.
Shops and supermarkets will mostly be closed on Friday 6th, in Adelaide and Burra, so you will need to bring food with you or allow time for shopping after on Thursday night.
When hiring a car, be aware that all events will necessitate driving on unsealed roads.
Be aware that dogs are not permitted at any events, as they will be held on pastoral land.

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SOCIAL ACTIVITIES: Pasta buffet night at Sports Club Friday April 6 – register on entry form.


It is intended that a social function will be arranged in the Barossa Valley; details of this will be in the start booklet.

CHILD MINDING: Where possible, an area will be made available at events to assist parents in their cooperative child minding arrangements. See start booklet for details of each event’s arrangements.

SPLIT START TIMES: Parents wishing split start times should indicate this on their entry form and every effort will be made to accommodate this request.

Contact details for the Burra to Barossa 2007 Easter Orienteering Carnival:
Event Secretary Ken Fisher phone 08 8370 9608   Email: eventsecretary@yahoo.com.au