2022 AUS CARNIVAL
Granite, Gold and Gourmet – Something for everyone at AOC 2022 To explain what is new and different for the 2022 Australian Carnival, the Australian Orienteer’s roving correspondent Jess Doverthere spoke to Carnival technical director and new JWOC team coach Warren Key:
will enjoy that showcase the best of gold mining, granite and campus-based Sprints. Adding to that we cherry picked and extended some of our best existing maps into new sections for the other events. From a leisure perspective the food, wine, beer and coffee in this part of Victoria are now renowned! So, there is something for everyone and all within an hour of the airport and a short drive from Kyneton and Daylesford to any event.
JD: Warren, it has been a while since we have been to Victoria for a big carnival like AOC2022, What’s the big draw card for the Central Highlands of Victoria?
JD: How on earth did you find new forest maps of championship quality so close to Melbourne and is there a new gold mining area or did you just dig it over yourself?
WK: As you know I am an orienteering nutter, but I can swear on my Victoria chest tattoo that this carnival has some of the finest orienteering terrain in Australia and three of the maps are new. Plus, it doesn’t hurt that the atmosphere and attractions of this region are just so fantastic, it is really a beautiful part of the world.
WK: A mix of luck and skill. Former coach in residence Fredo and his hosts were out training and had agreed to meet at Blackwood for a picnic and literally stumbled into this gold mining area. They were all so excited they spent the next half an hour exploring it and realised that it was potentially map quality and big enough for a Middle Distance. That’s for the Australian Middle Distance and it will really be something unique, crazy interesting goldmining on a new level and the arena is just picture perfect.
We set out to have a brand-new area and map for each of the Australian Championships (Middle/Sprint and Long Distance) and we’ve found three amazing areas that I know everyone
Blackwood - erosion gullies. Blackwood - mining terrain.
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Blackwood - open forest.
