SE7EN REASONS BUSH ROGAINE - LITCHFIELD NATIONAL PARK
Our next BUSH ROGAINE is taking place in Litchfield National Park.
There are Se7en good reasons to enter - see the flyer above!
The Hash House is located at the Litchfield Education Facility (located on the Florence Falls / Buley Rockhole road). There are showers and toilets, a large undercover common area, green grass for camping and a water hole safe for swimming.
Two events are on offer - the 4 Hour Lost & Found and the 7 Hour Map Mavens. Maps are available from 11:00am. Participants in the 7 Hour will start at 1:00pm and finish by 8:00pm. Those in the 4 Hour can start anytime from 2:00pm onwards, provided they are back by 8:00pm at the latest.
The 4 Hour is aimed primarily at families with children and those who want to take it very steady.
The 7 Hour is fit for everyone else! It offers on-the-ground training and development opportunities to all those new to the sport - do not sell yourself short, have a go at it! For the experienced rogainers it will provide some route challenges if you are looking to be competitive.
The event fee covers Maps, Camping Fees, Saturday’s Evening Meal and Breakfast on Sunday.
There are ample opportunities for a swim and to explore some of the extraordinary country that Litchfield has to offer, both during the event on Saturday and on the Sunday after the event.
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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.