EVENT SITE AND COURSE

The Australasian Rogaining Championships for 2016 will be held in the surrounds of east Nannup Western Australia. The map is bisected by the Brockman Highway and bounded by the Vasse Highway to the west.

On offer is a course with a wide range of terrain. About 60% of the map is forest and includes recently cleared pine plantation, old growth pine plantation and long ago logged Karri and Jarrah forest. The pine forests range from slow going to open fast and, for the most part, the forest is quite thick with slow going. Tracks abound ranging from long overgrown foot tracks to substantial gravel roads.

The remaining 40% of the map is farmland - a mixture of sparsely vegetated paddocks and blue gum plantation. The paddocks will be lush with pasture and crop by September. The paddocks are quite steep in parts overlooking scenic views for which a short climb will be well rewarded.

Numerous mobs of Kangaroos and Emus have been spotted on the course along with a wide variety of other bird life including the stunning scarlet robin.

The mean weather temperatures for Nannup in September are 6 degrees minimum and 18.2 degrees maximum. The average rainfall in September for Nannup is 106.4mm with an average number of days rain being 13.8 in September.

Map scale: 1:50,000

Event start and finish times: 12:00 noon Saturday to 12:00 noon Sunday.

Maps and checkpoint descriptions available: from 8:00am Saturday.

Points penalty for finishing after the nominated finish time: loss of 10 points per minute or part minute late.

Your event directions form - available from the 12th of September - will contain more information about the event.