Permanent Orienteering Courses This will introduce you to a type of park orienteering.

What is Orienteering?: Its a sport where you navigate around a course using a map. It provides recreation, fitness, challenges & fun in park & bush land areas. Permanent Courses are designed to allow you to do a course at any time.

How do you do it?: For each leg of the course select the best route. The aim is to visit all controls in order. Navigation is about keeping track of where you are on the map & finding the control. Keep your map oriented to ground features.

Control Questions: The map has a description of each control feature and a question. There are three possible answer options. Select the correct answer .

Responsibility: Please look after the parks & bush land areas we use. Follow the rules and requirements of landholders.

SAFETY: YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR YOUR OWN SAFETY.

Roads: TAKE CARE crossing roads & do not walk or run on roads Water: On hot days it is advisable to drink fluids before, during and after

the course; Water tap locations are shown on the maps (blue X or O)

Enjoy the challenge of Orienteering and the Environment For further information please contact Orienteering Queensland

www.oq.asn.au or Ugly Gully Orienteers ( Brisbane West & Ipswich)

The Orienteering activity is proudly supported by Brisbane City Council. Maps & courses are provide by Ugly Gully Orienteers & Orienteering Qld. The project is funded by an Access & Inclusion Community Sports Club Grant from BCC. No responsibility or liability is assumed by BCC or Orienteering Queensland.. Copyright 2013

Course: Course 1 Navigation: Moderate Start: Triangle Finish: Double circle Length: 2 km Climb 40 metres

Control Ref

Control Description Control Question Options A B C

Answer A, B or C

S1 Start Green Picnic shelter 1 Sign post Track name? Kingfisher Owl Koala

2 Track sign Distance to Esplanade? 130m 230m 330m

3 Sign Distance to Monoplane? 200m 240m 280m

4 Sign Colour? blue green grey

5 Sign: Distance to Kingfisher? 170m 370m 270m

6 Picnic table Colour? brown blue green

7 Park sign What creek? Ithaca Bowman Bowen

8 Light pole Material? timber steel concrete

9 Light pole No. lights? 1 2 3

10 Parklands sign What rehabilitation? waterway creek bush

11 Signs Distance to Sunset? 615m 715m 815m F1 Finish Green Picnic shelter

Answers: A B B B C A A A B A C