Lysterfield Lake Park, VIC
16-11-2019
10:00 am
  • Want to improve your navigational skills or get familiar with an exciting world of maps? 
  • Looking forward to getting into adventure races but not confident in your navigational skills? 
  • Navigation training is designed for beginner/intermediate navigators as well as for those who have never done any navigation based activities.

Information

  • When: 3-hour group session. 10:00 -13:00
  • Where: Main entrance Lysterfield Park (from Horswood rd)
  • What to bring: running/walking gear for the second part, compass (if you have your own)
  • What is included: professionally organised training session, all training materials, compass hire
  • Cost: $49 per person

Group is limited to 15 people. Do not wait to book.

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Skills

This training is designed to give you an idea of how to read a map, build your confidence and skills in navigation.

  1. How to orientate a map, magnetic declination
  2. Map types
  3. Contours, how to read the terrain
  4. Orienteering techniques
  5. Route choices
  6. How to prepare your map before the event 

Practice

This is specially designed exercises which practicing the necessary skills:

  1. Bearing
  2. Distance counting
  3. Exercises to practice basic techniques

 

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