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Hello!
A 6hr beginner-friendly rogaine is coming up in next month, and it would be great to see some UNSWOC faces there 😁
What is a rogaine?
If you’ve never tried rogaining before, this is a great first event! It combines a lovely course in pretty national park, and the traditional rogaine environment (bush bashing).
More details here: What is Rogaining?.
- When? 11am to 5pm, Saturday 25 July
- Where? Olney State Forest and the Watagans – ~2hrs north
- How much? $80 for a student concession, else $120.
- Signups close? Saturday 11th July (so we can organise teams)
Amazing – how do I sign up?
The purpose of creating an UNSWOC event is to try and encourage as many UNSWOCer’s to get involved as possible! It means we can help club members find a team and perhaps even have some friendly intra-club competition 😉
If you would like to participate in the event, but do not have a team, don’t worry! Sign up to this event and I’ll organise club teams.
Once the teams have be sorted, you’ll be responsible for signing up to the official event here: 2026 NSW State Champs – Lake Macquarie. If you already have a team, please sign up directly.
In the comments, please mention:
- If you have done a Rogaine before
- How competitive are you?
- Your bushwalking experience (you must have some prior experience)
- How much distance you are planning on walking (how much can you comfortably hike in 5 hours?)
If you have any questions, please email me at webadmin [at] unswoc.org
** You do not need to be an UNSWOC member to join this event. If you would like to join the teamfinder, email me.
Excerpt from the Official Event:
The course will feature a relatively level novice and family -friendly section that will dance through mature pines with an understory of wildflowers. There’ll be multitudes of tracks around the start location. You will see wallabies, wombats, bandicoots, and especially goannas everywhere. The longer event options will incorporate several awesome plummeting waterfalls, water junctions, gullies of towering blue gums and eucalypt forest, and deeply seated pockets of untouched remnant rainforest. You’ll be zigzagging areas of the Great North Walk.
Attendees
- Synyee Hong
- kin lim
- Jiayi Cheng
- Oliver Nicholls
- Gabi Burge
- Miriam Jeffery
- Nathalie Hilbert
- Sudarshan Manikandan
- Daniela Bota