Top End Orienteers

OY event

Gunn

This event uses MapRun and physical checkpoin

Please register through Eventor before attending and ensure the MapRun app is operating on your phone (one phone needed per group). The app is used for timing. Courses also have flagged checkpoints with punches, and participants will need to carry a punchcard to record checkpoint visitation.

Sunday, 31 May 2026

Courses traverse the streets, woodland and reserves of this quiet Palmerston suburb. Expect a mix of street and bush navigation including along the Palmerston escarpment greenbelt. On the moderate and hard courses checkpoints may be positioned in the bush on contour features such as spurs and gullies and point features. There will be many sections of good running but there may also be long grass and hills on some parts of courses.

Admin

Joana Baumann

Shani Bryceson

Control collector

Lachlan Hallett

Eleanor Hallett

Annie Whybourne

Frederick Scott

Emily Prichard

Duncan Rance

Course Planner

Lachlan Hallett

Organiser

Lachlan Hallett

Time

Start between 7:30 am and 8:30 am

Finish by 11:00 am

Courses offered

Easy

2.1

controls

Moderate

3.8

controls

Hard-Short

3.3

controls

Hard-Long

5.5

controls

BYO

Hat, sun protection, water bottle with water and clothes comfortable for exercising in the heat.

Coaching

Coaching is available between 7:30 am and 8:30 am

Afterwards

Enjoy cold water and fruit for free, purchase a cold drink from the esky.

Directions

The assembly area is in Gager Park (in Gunn, Palmerston), at the end of Gager Way. It has a great playground and a good shade structure etc but has no suitable parking. Car parking will instead be along Lakeview Boulevard and Bryant Terrace. Please be respectful of residents when parking.

Closest toilets are at Sanctuary Lakes and at Oasis Shopping Village.