Event Calendar
Join us for our last event for 2025. The Northern Territory Rogaining Association is providing a Yuletide Cross Country 4 hr Navigational experience that is suited to those new and well versed in the art of Map Reading whilst using a compass to swiftly peregrinate across the splendid terrain of Litchfield National Park.
West of Florence will see us starting from the Carpark near Florence and then head west. In keeping with our Western theme controls will be placed strategically in around the sandstone on Spurs and Saddles. Overall course is around 15 sq. kilometres, so legs between controls are relatively short. This is an excellent opportunity to hone your map to ground skills.
Event date is Saturday the 6th of December. There will be 2 start times being 06:00-07:00 hrs and the other at 15:00 hrs on the 6th of December. The aim of this event is to encourage new participants and those members that want to learn more from those that are suitably more proficient. The aim will be to be provide learning and Education, with a bit of fun to keep the enthusiasm rolling.
You can camp both nights on the Friday and the Saturday or just camp one night on the Saturday. Your Entry fee includes dinner on the Saturday evening and breakfast on the Sunday morning. If you are a newcomer or don’t have a team, please submit your entry, we will find a suitable team dependent upon your abilities and fitness levels.
Important information: We need as much information from you to save having to contact you and confirm further details. So please, when filling out the form, can you ensure you go through and complete every box which is shaded in blue. Select your Start Time and fill out your First Name, Last Name, Address, Phone, Email, Age, Gender. Can you also record the Entry Fee - please refer to the payment table on the left of the form for guidance. The Entry Fee is $55.00 if you are staying 1 Night only or $65.00 if you are staying both nights, this includes the evening meal on Saturday night and breakfast on Sunday morning
Please also select ‘Yes/No’ in each of the 4 columns on the right-hand side – indemnity form, camping and whether you are going to participate in the Kris Kringle.
There will be a quiz and a Christmas themed Kris Kringle during the evening. Please get involved as it’s a bit of fun and a good way to end the Rogaining Calendar.
Camping and participant numbers (max 45) will be limited, so do not hesitate to get your entry in.
Maps out Friday evening for those that want to start early on Saturday and those starting in the afternoon can collect maps at 13:00 on the Saturday.
Read the instructional course notes that are sent to you, these are important and will provide the critical information you require.
 Entry Form West of Florence | [ ] | 414 kB |
What is Rogaining?
Rogaining is the sport of long distance cross country navigation. Teamwork, endurance, strategy and map reading are features of the sport. Rogaining is a team activity for people of all ages and levels of fitness, which aims to support and encourage people to develop respect for and enjoyment of rural and bushland environments, and to encourage the development of navigational skills, self reliance, general fitness, and the ability to work in a team.
About the NTRA
Rogaining found its way to the NT in 1999 (about a quarter of a century after the sport's invention in Victoria), courtesy of the energetic Andy Black and David Palmer who organised the first NT rogaine, the Croc and Rock, at Litchfield National Park in August of that year.
With their rogaining experience from southern states, Andy and David spent much of early 1999 battling Wet season humidity, flooded creeks, thick high grass and the almost totally unroaded bush of Litchfield National Park to set the course for what turned out to be an historic (and for many competitors very tough) 24 hour event.