Easter and Anzac Weekend News

The Easter 3 Day is fast approaching, and will be followed by the Anzac Weekend triple treat!  Here’s all the latest news on this fantastic 10 days of incredible orienteering, right on your doorstep in the Loddon Shire, Victoria.  Find out all the latest news here, visit https://aus3days2025.orienteering.asn.au/ or visit us on Facebook

EASTER/ANZAC BULLETIN 2 AND START LISTS

The Australian Easter Bulletin 2 has now been published.  Find it at https://eventor.orienteering.asn.au/Documents/Event/20864/Bulletin-2

Bulletin 2 for Anzac Weekend is also available at https://eventor.orienteering.asn.au/Documents/Event/20884/Anzac-Weekend-Bulletin-2

Start lists for Easter are also now available on Eventor.

Start lists for Anzac Weekend are coming soon, along with information for on the day entries.

OVER $2000 WORTH OF SPOT PRIZES UP FOR GRABS!

There will be spot prizes at both Day 1 & Day 3 presentations, including three $200 Rebel / Macpac vouchers at each presentation.
You must be present to win a spot prize.

LODDON SHIRE DIY ITINERARIES

Take in some non-orienteering tourist activities between events. Loddon Shire has put together a number of Diy Itineraries for orienteers. View them HERE.

KOOYOORA WOC 85 REVISTED, TUES 22 – THURS 24 APRIL 2025

It’s 40 years since the World Orienteering Championship (WOC) came to Australia and was held at legendary Kooyoora near Inglewood.

To mark this occasion a selection of courses will be set on the Kooyoora map incorporating
control sites and legs from the WOC courses. You’ll be able to compare your split times with those of the 1985 WOC champions and compare times and routes with your rivals in Livelox.

If you are planning on being in the Loddon Shire / Bendigo region between the Australian 3
Days and the Victorian Champs, consider this activity. This is a DIY activity. No infrastructure or officials will be present. Please keep groups to less than thirty people if you are planning to meet up and do a course at the same place and
time. 

Map pack sales are now CLOSED – pick yours up from the Info Centre at Easter.

ANZAC WEEKEND – VIC CHAMPS X 3!  FRIDAY APRIL 25 – SUNDAY APRIL 27

The Anzac Weekend features three days of unrivalled orienteering:

• Friday 25 April – Victorian Short Distance Championships, Andersons Diggings, Dunolly
• Saturday 26 April – Victorian Middle Distance Championships, Wehla Hill (near Kooyoora)
• Sunday 27 April – Victorian Long Distance Championships, Mt Korong

 The maps are equal in quality to those selected for Easter. Courses have been planned by a who’s who of Victorian orienteering – Jim Russell, Aston Key, and Neil Barr.  Excitement guaranteed!

• Kick off with the Vic Shorts – two short distance races with a chasing start in the afternoon, on gravel pit terrain adjacent to open, fast spur gully. 
• Move onto the Vic Middle – featuring the same dramatic granite as Kooyoora, minus the heavier vegetation. 
• Finish on a high at the Vic Long – an extension of the wonderful Korong Spur map; Victoria’s best kept orienteering secret is now large enough to showcase to a larger audience. 

All three events will be catered by the delicious offerings of My Cake Kitchen – enjoy their sandwiches, rolls, wraps, salads, cakes and coffee.

EASTER 3 DAY FINAL ENTRIES ARE CLOSED

The Australian 3 Days program offers a variety of terrain types, covering mining, spur gully and granite. We have put together a program for people to enjoy as well as test abilities across a variety of terrains, and with a comprehensive list of classes there is something for everyone.

Friday features a forest sprint to start the weekend, then the 3-Days competition will consist of 3 shortened long-distance courses, one on each day. If you can’t make all the races, then there is the opportunity to enter individual days.

Elite competitors will run the standard NOL Easter format, with two of the events being World Ranking ones.

If you want to know more, or have questions please contact us at easter2025@vicorienteering.asn.au.

LOOKING AT CAMPING? SPOTS STILL AVAILABLE

The Newbridge Recreation Reserve is our suggested camping area. The reserve has a large area for camping, either river frontage or further back within the reserve grounds. Its size means it is possible for orienteers to collect in one area. The reserve provides affordable camping with toilet and shower facilities.

The reserve is close to the Newbridge General Store for supplies and the Newbridge Hotel for meals. However, these will not be able to cater for large numbers and participants looking at camping here should be prepared to cook their own meals or drive 20 – 30 minutes to the nearest supermarket and other eating out options. Camping is $10 per night per tent site, and $15 per nite per van site.