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Australian 3 Days Orienteering Championships
Competition name | Australian 3 Days Orienteering Championships |
Start date | 20090410 |
End date | 20090413 |
Country | Australia |
Race type | National |
Nearest place or city | Launceston, Tasmania |
Club/organizer | Orienteering Tasmania |
Region of country | Tasmania |
Number of competition days | 4 |
Expected number of runners | 1000 |
WRE event? | No |
URL for event homepage | [Link] |
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Contact phone number | 61-3-62342991 |
Contact postal address | 326 Murray St, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, 7000 |
Max distance from eventcentre to competitions | 95 km |
Latest entry date | 1 March 2009 |
Entry fee (Euro) | Approx € 70 (3 days) |
Typical accomodation fee, hotel (Euro) | Approx € 50 per night |
Typical accomodation fee, tent (Euro) | Approx € 10 per night |
Event description | The carnival is based in Launceston, a city of 70,000 with plenty of accommodation, supermarkets and restaurants and accessible by direct flights from Melbourne and Sydney. Friday is traditionally the elite prologue and family relays with the Australian 3 Days Championships on 3 separate maps Saturday to Monday. Following the carnival there are public events on Wednesday and Thursday, the Galaxy Sprint on Saturday 18th and a Badge / NOL event at St Helens on Sunday 19th. |
Terrain description | Friday - Trevallyn Reserve - Close to Launceston -open forest with rock and man made features. Saturday - Diddleum - Open farmland dissected by thickly vegetated erosion gullies in addition to areas of tree plantation and occasional granite outcrops. Sunday - Royal Geeorge - Rolling hills with fast open forest and sandstone and granite outcrops plus some tin mining. Monday - Royal George - A new area with open forest, spur and gully, granite boulders and tin mining. |
Training possibilities | There are no model events. |
Holiday activities,nature,hiking etc. | There are a wide range of outdoor activities available in Tasmania. In addition Launceston is the centre of Tasmania's wine region. |
URL for results | [Link] |
URL for photos from event | [Link] |
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