Welcome to the Wednesday Eastern Series - Park and Street orienteering in Melbourne's east all year round.
Setting a course soon? Don't forget you can find all the information and guidance you need for setting your course here.
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Adrift in the Rift
Friday, 27 March 2009
Many Eastern suburbs orienteers have felt the recent rumblings of earthquakes. Little did they know that those tremors created a Rift, right across the middle of the Koonung Heights map! Course setter Sheila Colls challenged the intrepid group of 180 who attended the final Wednesday summer event, to cross the Rift if we dared. While shorter courses could be run safely in the south, most of use chose to make the daunting leap and head north, in spite of the difficulty presented by a map where the bottom half was offset from the top half by one street.
Most runners seemed to navigate this geological fault without too many problems, but a large number of Power Walkers went Adrift in the Rift, returning well after the earlier finish time of 7.50pm. It pays to listen to your pre-event briefing!
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Blackburn South
Sunday, 10 December 2017
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Burnley Maze
Sunday, 3 December 2017
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Belmore Parklands
Friday, 24 November 2017
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Blind Creek
Sunday, 19 November 2017
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Ruffey Lake
Friday, 10 November 2017
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Blackburn North
Monday, 6 November 2017
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Dandenong Creek
Thursday, 26 October 2017
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Tally Ho
Friday, 6 October 2017
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Farewell Winter, Hello Summer!
Wednesday, 4 October 2017
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Hilly Heidelberg
Friday, 15 September 2017
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Eastern Series Information
Where: Eastern suburbs of Melbourne
When: 7:00pm Wednesdays; all year round
Cost: $5 per event for adults, $2 for juniors (under 21)
What to bring: jogging/walking shoes and comfortable, light coloured clothing. Bring a watch, a drink, and a torch for winter events (late March-mid October).
Please arrive 20-30 minutes early. This will provide time to help you register for the event and explain how to take part.
Groups (schools, scouts, sports or social) are extremely welcome, but please contact us at least a week prior to the event so we can ensure enough maps are printed.
In winter, there are 2 courses for runners. These are Score
format, where you visit as many controls as you can in the allocated
time, with the aim of earning as many points as possible. Times are 60
mins or 45 mins. There is also a 60 min Score course for Power
Walkers.
In summer, there are 5 runners courses ranging from 2.5-10 km,
and a 60 minute power walkers' course. For runners the format is
Scatter (visit a designated number of controls in any order, first back
wins), and for power walkers the format is Score format (visit as many
controls as you can in the allocated time).
Enquiries: Ian Dodd, tel 0419 316 843, or email
For more information about Melbourne Park and Street Orienteering, click here