2009 Australian Championships Carnival and SILVA National Orienteering League Round 4

Important- Areas embargoed

The areas covered by the following maps, are embargoed until after the 2009 Australian Orienteering Championships Carnival, September 26th - October 4th.

• Chewton Diggings (Castlemaine)
• Castlemaine Goldfields (Castlemaine)
• Crocodile Reservoir (Castlemaine)
• Browns Reef (Bendigo)
• Warby Range (Wangaratta)
• Jubilee Creek (Wangaratta)
• Triptera (Wangaratta)
• The following area in Benalla is embargoed to intending participants in the 2009 Australian Sprint Orienteering Championships: The area bounded on the north by Bridge Street (the main street through town), on the east by Coster Street and the Benalla-Tatong Road (C517), on the west by Thomas Street, and on the south by the town boundary. Shops and accommodation on the south side of the road along Bridge Street are not included in the embargo, but parks and the Showgrounds are.

Castlemaine Region

Saturday 26th September: Australian Middle Distance Championship

Held on gold mining terrain on the outskirts of Castlemaine in what was one of the world's richest alluvial goldfields. The legacy is a fascinating orienteering terrain.

Sunday 27th September: Victorian Long Distance Championship

Classic Victorian spur/gully terrain.

Tuesday 29th September: Australian Schools Individual Championships and Public Event

Wednesday 30th September: Australian Schools Relay Championship and Public Event

Two events in the fast, open box-ironbark forest terrain on the outskirts of Bendigo. This is fast spur/gully terrain with a challenging contour structure. A terrain for the connoisseur of fun terrain.

Benalla-Wangaratta Region

Friday 2nd October: Australian Sprint Championship

To be held in a riverside park with a mix of park and bush terrain set on a series of islands joined by pedestrian bridges.

Saturday 3rd October: Australian Long Distance Championship

Sunday 4th October: Australian Relays

Two events held in quality Australian granite terrain, providing a mix of fast and open plateaus, rocky spurs and areas strewn with boulders providing challenging navigation.