Adventure Sport NQ

Saturday August 14th 2010 Cairns Post

Hi there folks, for some time I have had in the back of my mind the idea that I would love to get involved in this multisport stuff – i.e. ride run and paddle races.  I am a bit out of condition though was pretty fit a few years back so know how to train.   [...]

Brett Wilson lies beside me drenched in sweat. His stomach contents (two cold sausages, a rum and coke and a cupful of salt amongst many other rogaine snacks) are raging an intense nausea-creating battle inside him, yet stubbornly refuse Brett’s repeated, vocal and apparently painful efforts to expel them.

REPORTS TAFE Adventure Sport Weekend – Collins Weir – June 5/6 2010 Setters Report 1 – Hike Rogaines My course setting adventure begun in early March when I was partnered with my class mate Danielle and assigned the task of facilitating and running the ‘Weir in Heaven’ and ‘Blind man’s Bush Bash’ rogaines for our [...]

If this country is not a rogainers heaven, it sure is very close. What an event!!! The country was stunning and the weather mild. We travelled to waterfalls, waterholes, granite slabs and features, along shady cattle pads and rolling spurs with awesome views. In our course design we were realistically looking at travelling 3 .5 [...]

Sally and I had great fun, lots of panoramic views and by running the high country first we only struck the spear grass during the third hour of our adventure. This was Sally’s’ first bush rogaine and the first I have run in for 18months or so and on arrival I had to get a [...]

With members from each of the teams soon to represent the far north in XPD 2010 present the pace at the Real Hanndful 9 hour Rogaine on the Hann tableland was going to be fast. Maps were handed out the night before which allowed a bit of extra time to strategise. Initially ‘Woody Willies’ planned [...]

Course setting for the Real Hanndful Rogaine kicked off with a bit of exploration West of Mt Molloy in March. The aim was to check out the Northern end of the Hann Tableland National Park and the foothills on its North East side. Some excellent rogaining terrain was discovered (beneath some fairly lofty grass in [...]

Dinden Rogaine – Team Green Ant Report (by Team Member Chris White) What a top event! A decent length rogaine in great open country, not far from home, early in the year and a week before a trip south to the Australian Rogaining Championships presented a much anticipated opportunity simply too good to miss. Our [...]

By Darren Osmond, Brice Ruellan and Jason Thomson Having taught many navigation courses in the Davies Creek area I was eager to do an event in this beautiful country which is so close to Cairns. I was also confident that Tony Webster would set a course which was suitable for experienced rogainers as well as [...]