Top End Orienteers

Come and join us for Mountain bike orienteering at Casuarina Coastal Reserve and surrounds. This is similar to foot orienteering but on a bike and all controls are accessible from bicycle trails, tracks, roads, clearing or close-cropped grass cross-country. The courses mostly use flatter parts of the reserve but on harder courses there are some more technically challenging sections north of the hospital. The easy course can be completed by beginners who have had some previous experience riding off road. The Long course features a lot of single MTB trails, mostly easy-medium difficulty with a few very short sections of difficult riding (or walk). Course lengths are measured as the distance of the optimal riding route.
COURSE ETIQUETTE: The single track area can get busy. Watch out for other riders. Please get off the track if you need to stop for anything. Please carry your own water and take home your own rubbish. There are taps at Lee Point and Dripstone Cliffs area but no water is being placed out on the course. Visit checkpoints in order shown on the map. Each team carries a punch card to record that they have successfully found their allocated checkpoints. Each checkpoint has a flag or locking plate with a punch device on it. Use the punch to record checkpoint visitation on your punch card. Carry your phone for safety purposes and to use the MapRun app for timing. (Manual timing can also be done by the admin team for those without the MapRun app.)

Course Planner

Rick Armstrong

Organiser

Debbie Hall

Time

Start between 7:30 am and 8:30 am

Finish by 10:59 am

Courses offered

Short Bike-O

5.0

km

11

controls

Moderate Bike-O

8.0

km

13

controls

Long Bike-O

17.0

km

23

controls

BYO

Road worthy mountain bike & helmet, water bottles with water and snacks for a 1-2 hour ride, method for carrying map so you can read it while riding (some people use a map board).

Coaching

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

Afterwards

Relax in the shade and compare notes with other riders. Free fruit and cold water, drinks for purchase from the esky.

Directions

Turn off Trower Rd, onto Dariba Rd, towards the Surf Life Saving Club. Proceed past the Surf Club turnoff and continue to the second last carpark at the end of Dariba Rd. The event will be set up in the carpark.