Sydney Summer Series - Brickmakers Creek / Boronia Park
My first orienteering in Australia!
I met up with
andyhill and Amy and took the train out to West Ryde, where Andy's dad Graeme picked us up. We drove over to a park and changed. The Summer Series are all score-O events held in various parks all over Sydney and its suburbs, and that draw around 200 (!!!) people every Wednesday evening. This race went through a mix of city streets and narrow, rocky trails going through the dense woods down by the river. There were also a few short, but steep hills that made choosing the order of visiting controls pretty tricky. I set off pretty fast and did the street section first, which might have been a mistake. I got quite tired after 20 minutes or so, wilting in the heat and humidity, and started getting sloppy, losing time all over the place. I ended up getting 29/30 controls but going 6 minutes overtime, which put me quite a bit down the results list and 40 points behind Andy.
It was a fun experience, and I am looking forward to the next event!
Course, without routes:
http://www.dxdeluxe.se/linnekartparmen/show_map.ph...
My routes:
http://www.dxdeluxe.se/linnekartparmen/show_map.ph...
(Order: 1-11-25-12-13-22-20-9-21-17-18-16-24-15-2-14-19-5-29-10-8-30-6-27-7-4-26-28-3-F)
In retrospect, it probably would have been smarter to go the other way. Also, in the end; i should have gone 27-28-7-4-26-3 to avoid the stupid leg from 26 to 28.