A long weekend at the coast with a rogaine thrown in!
The course was set around South Durras near Batemans Bay for a 6 hour event with a mix of Murramarang National Park an d some urban areas and including a lot of the walking trails along the coas t. Great views from headlands and along the beaches.
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Hash House was at Durras Oval - i t didn't rain too much so we parked on the oval.
Thank you for entering the Paddy Pallin Back to the Bay 6 hour ro gaine. Team leaders, make sure that everyone on your team reads this whole document carefully. (PDF link)
We thank Paddy Pallin for sponsoring this e vent. Paddy Pallin have provided us with some spot prizes. We will randomly draw spot prizes while you are out on the course and let you know at the f inish for you to collect a prize.
Annual General Meeting
The Annual General Meeting of the ACT Rogaining Association will take place at approximately 4:40 pm at South Durras Oval (Hash House). Ple ase stay around for this short (typically 10 minutes) meeting and find out who will be bringing rogaining to you in 2021. Nominations for positions on the committee are of course welcome. Papers for the meeting are on the website.
If you have recently returned fro m overseas, or if you have travelled from a known COVID-19 ‘hotspot’ withou t a designated period of quarantine/isolation; or if you are awaiting the r esult of a COVID-19 test; or if you are feeling unwell, or have flu-like sy mptoms, please stay home.
We have tried to make this event as contact -free as possible. The obvious signs are no prize ceremony, but organisers will also be handing out/collecting maps and tags with as few touches as po ssible. Please drop your team-numbered flight plan directly into the box pr ovided. Touch points at the toilets will be cleaned regularly. Water drops will have hand sanitiser available - please use when you arrive and before you leave.
Please maintain a safe 1.5m distance from other teams at a ll times - including while doing your route planning, at the briefings, at the start and finish, and when approaching controls.
We have made the navlight punches hands-free by strapping them to the same feature as the c ontrol flag, mounted perpendicular to the feature and ready to use without needing to touch it with your hands - just present your navlight wrist tag to the reader so the navlight flashes in the usual way.
Indem nity form
https://act.rogaine.asn.au/images/ACTRA_INDEMNITY_AND_RELEASE_standard.p df
Please bring to the event a printed and completed ind emnity form located here. Check the team list for the event to ensure that all details for your team including category are correct. If incorrect, p lease contact the Event Contact prior to the event.
Ensure that all t eam members sign a separate indemnity form. Parents or guardians must sign for people under 18. Also provide registration number(s) of your car(s) at the Hash House.
Present your completed indemnity form at the registra tion desk.
Medical advice: All competitors should co nsider advising their partner of any pre-existing medical conditions (such as diabetes, asthma, epilepsy, susceptibility to anaphylaxis) that may requ ire first-aid action on course. This should include a description of the sy mptoms, the required first-aid action, and the location in their bag of any medication (such as sugar, ventolin, epi-pen, anti-histamines).
The Hash House is located at the South Durras Oval, So uth Durras.
From Canberra, take the Kings Highway towards Batemans Ba y. At the roundabout at the end of the highway turn left onto the Princes H ighway away from Batemans Bay. 8 km north, turn right into Durras Drive, si gnposted to South Durras. At the 60 km/hr sign on the edge of South Durras, opposite Durras Lake Road, turn right into South Durras Oval. There is amp le parking on the grass of the oval. No significant rain is forecast before the event, but if that changes we may need to park on nearby roads if the oval is too wet.
From Sydney, take the Princes Highway south. Approxi mately 43 km south of Ulladulla turn left into Durras Drive, signposted to South Durras then follow directions as above.
Direction signs will be put out on Sunday morning.
Registration, Map Availability, Start Times< /strong>
Registration will open for 9:30 am starters at 7:30 am, and for 10:30 am starters at 8:30 am. Please contact event admin if you want to change starts before the event.
The Paddy Pallin Back to the Ba y 6 hour rogaine event will have two starts at 9:30 am and 10:30 am as you nominated when you entered. There will be a final briefing ten minutes prio r to each start at 9:20 am and 10:20 am.
To register, one person only per team to register and collect maps please. That person will need to bri ng:
Electronic scoring:&n bsp;As this event is using the Navlight system of scoring, two tags per tea m will be issued with a wristband and tag upon registration.
You will also be given pre-marked maps, with control descriptions and course setter 's notes on the reverse side and an A4 copy of the map to be used as a flig ht plan. We recommend that you arrive at least an hour prior to the start o f the event to allow enough time for final preparations and route planning. Each team must mark their intended route on the flight plan and hand it in before starting.
Map and Course Details
There is one A3 sized map at 1:25,000 with 10 m contour interval. Magnetic north lines are marked on the map. Out of bounds areas are marked in pink shading. It contains mainly native bush with the townships of Durras Lake a nd South Durras and the coastline. The course setters notes and control des criptions have been printed on the back. The altitude ranges from sea level to 133 m.
Water
Please bring enough water for Hash House use and for at least 3 hours on course. There are 2 w ater drops on course. At each water drop there is a pump that screws into t he top of the water container to use. We do not recommend drinking any wate r found on course without sterilisation, and very few creeks have any water anyway. Please remember to sanitise your hands before and after using the water drop.
Post-event Catering
Hartley Lifeca re will provide a sausage sizzle, veggie patties, toasties, fruit and cake from approximately 3 pm. Please bring your own plate, bowl, cup and cutlery .
Ticks
It is tick season at the coast so brin g insect repellent and tweezers. A product called Tick Tox which kills tick s effectively if you are bitten will be available for sale for $10 (cash on ly please) at the event. There are also leeches in damp areas.
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Carry on Course
Mandatory Equipment
Other items we recommend that you carry
Mobile Phone Coverage
Mobile phone coverage is good across most of the course, with t he exception of down in some of the water courses. The Hash House number wi ll be 0457 364 319.
Restrictions
No pets; no a lcohol; no firearms: no fires.
No altimeters, pedometers or GPS-capab le devices such as watches and smartphones. Smartphones may be carried for emergency use only - they cannot be used for time-keeping or photography.&n bsp;
Summary of Event Rules and Scoring
The on ly navigational aids permitted are the maps we provide together with your c ompasses.
All team members must remain within earshot of each other a t all times. All members must simultaneously get to within 5m of each contr ol point. All team members must punch their Navlight tags at each control t o score points. If a Navlight punch has failed, record the three letter cod e visible inside the end of the punch.
Competitors must not enter out -of-bounds areas. There will be some specific instructions about where you may cross or use Durras Drive. Please read the course setters notes. & nbsp; &nbs p; & nbsp; &nbs p;
The organisers may disqualify a team if it acts against these rules or agai nst the spirit of the event.
A team can retire a member at the hash h ouse. This will finish that team's event. A new team can form but it must s tart with zero score.
Late Penalty: 10 points per minute (or part) la te. Disqualification if more than 30 minutes late.
If teams score equ al points then the first team home will have a higher rank.
P resentation and Awards
Due to COVID-19 restrictions, no prin ted results or prize presentations will be available on the day. We will pu t up the results on the website ASAP.
For prize winners certificate a nd winners mugs can be collected from South Durras Oval between 8:30 and 9: 00am on Monday 8 March, otherwise collection can be arranged in Canberra.
Food and drinks will be available from approximately 3 pm. Please brin g your own plate and utensils.
Event volunteers
< p>If you have queries contact the Event Contact listed below. Thank you to our volunteers.Catherine is looking for a lift back to Canberra afte r the event. If you can help, please drop Julie a message. Thank you.
Event Contact and Coordinator: Julie Quinn, 0421 021 693
This event was import ed from: https://direct.act.rogaine.asn.au/event-details/eventdetail/80/-/p addy-pallin-back-to-the-bay-6-hour.html?tmpl=component X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:A long weekend at the coast with a rogaine thrown in!
The cours e was set around South Durras near Batemans Bay for a 6 hour event with a m ix of Murramarang National Park and some urban areas and including a lot of the walking trails along the coast. Great views from headlands and along t he beaches.
There were two staggered starts over the weekend with a 9:30 am and 10:30 am start.
Hash Ho use was at Durras Oval - it didn't rain too much so we parked on th e oval.
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Thank you for entering the Paddy Pallin Back to the Bay 6 hour rogaine. Team leaders, make sure that everyone on y our team reads this whole document carefully. (PDF link)
We thank Paddy Pallin for sponsoring this event. Paddy Pall in have provided us with some spot prizes. We will randomly draw spot prize s while you are out on the course and let you know at the finish for you to collect a prize.
Annual General Meeting
The A nnual General Meeting of the ACT Rogaining Association will take place at a pproximately 4:40 pm at South Durras Oval (Hash House). Please stay around for this short (typically 10 minutes) meeting and find out who will be brin ging rogaining to you in 2021. Nominations for positions on the committee a re of course welcome. Papers for the meeting are on the webs ite.
If you have rece ntly returned from overseas, or if you have travelled from a known COVID-19 ‘hotspot’ without a designated period of quarantine/isolation; or if you a re awaiting the result of a COVID-19 test; or if you are feeling unwell, or have flu-like symptoms, please stay home.
We have tried to make this event as contact-free as possible. The obvious signs are no prize ceremony , but organisers will also be handing out/collecting maps and tags with as few touches as possible. Please drop your team-numbered flight plan directl y into the box provided. Touch points at the toilets will be cleaned regula rly. Water drops will have hand sanitiser available - please use when you a rrive and before you leave.
Please maintain a safe 1.5m distance from other teams at all times - including while doing your route planning, at t he briefings, at the start and finish, and when approaching controls.
We have made the navlight punches hands-free by strapping them to the same feature as the control flag, mounted perpendicular to the feature and read y to use without needing to touch it with your hands - just present your na vlight wrist tag to the reader so the navlight flashes in the usual way.
Indemnity form
https://act.rogaine.asn.au/images/ACTRA_INDEMNITY_AND_RELEASE_ standard.pdf
Please bring to the event a printed and com pleted indemnity form located here. Check the tea m list for the event to ensure that all details for your team includin g category are correct. If incorrect, please contact the Event Contact prior to the event.
Ensure that all team members sign a separate ind emnity form. Parents or guardians must sign for people under 18. Also provi de registration number(s) of your car(s) at the Hash House.
Present y our completed indemnity form at the registration desk.
Medica l advice: All competitors should consider advising their partner o f any pre-existing medical conditions (such as diabetes, asthma, epilepsy, susceptibility to anaphylaxis) that may require first-aid action on course. This should include a description of the symptoms, the required first-aid action, and the location in their bag of any medication (such as sugar, ven tolin, epi-pen, anti-histamines).
The Hash H ouse is located at the South Durras Oval, South Durras.
From Canberra , take the Kings Highway towards Batemans Bay. At the roundabout at the end of the highway turn left onto the Princes Highway away from Batemans Bay. 8 km north, turn right into Durras Drive, signposted to South Durras. At th e 60 km/hr sign on the edge of South Durras, opposite Durras Lake Road, tur n right into South Durras Oval. There is ample parking on the grass of the oval. No significant rain is forecast before the event, but if that changes we may need to park on nearby roads if the oval is too wet.
From Syd ney, take the Princes Highway south. Approximately 43 km south of Ulladulla turn left into Durras Drive, signposted to South Durras then follow direct ions as above.