2022 AUS CARNIVAL
Planning your week at the Australian Orienteering Carnival 2022 WARWICK WILLIAMS (Carnival Director) and DAVID JAFFE (Carnival Communications)
Introduction
The 2022 Australian Orienteering Carnival is based in the Central Highlands area of Victoria and will bring competitors in range of a series of historic towns. This article will help you work out where you might want to stay, what to visit and what to steer clear of, to make this a great holiday as well as a great Orienteering experience. Day 1 - Daylesford: Victorian Middle Distance and Australian Grand Prix
is a good place for that “special dinner” sometime during the week.
The events: The morning event is on the Jubilee Lake map with its intricate Gold mining. This map will offer a great test combining intricate gold mining with some lower visibility just to up the ante.
Day 2 - Blackwood: Australian Middle Distance
For the first time, the Carnival offers a second event in the afternoon; the Australian Grand Prix which will bring Orienteering and racing to the centre of Daylesford. We want to showcase Orienteering to the town and public and it will be head-to-head racing with all the excitement that offers. Don’t miss it. The town: The twin spa towns of Daylesford and Hepburn Springs are a tourist mecca for Melbourne day trippers, tree changers and those wanting a weekend away. Packed with coffee shops, bakeries, delis, good pubs and restaurants, the town has something for everyone. The botanic gardens offer spectacular views of the area and a great café and the “scenic” lake will feature in the Grand Prix. The local antiques market is the biggest in Victoria and the weekly Sunday market at the old station features bric-a-brac and local produce. The “environs” have become a foodie hub with smokehouses, trout farms, wineries, breweries and cideries all nearby. Consider Daylesford/Hepburn as a base for the week as the other events are a comfortable drive away. This
The event: A brand new gold mining map just out from the picture postcard tiny township. The map has some fascinating diggings and will provide some great racing mixing intricate gold mining and fast open forest. This area has never been mapped and will test us all! The town: A pub and general store will welcome our business as will the caravan park but that’s about it for shops. The main draw card of the town is the Garden of St Erth, one of Victoria’s most interesting gardens and part of the Diggers club network of historic gardens. The adjoining café uses produce grown in the garden. Trentham, just up the road, has a bigger choice of shops, bakeries, cafes and pubs. The Cosmopolitan at Trentham and Radio Spring Hotel at Lyonville will feed you well and have great beer gardens.
Day 3 - Kyneton: Australian Schools Sprint & Goldfields Day 1 The event: A complex school map combined with Kyneton’s stunning botanic gardens. The town: Kyneton’s Victorian strip, Piper Street, draws many day trippers to its range of delightful galleries, boutiques,
Blackwood - mining terrain. Blackwood terrain
Cascades and guest pianist.
Cascades.
Wattle Gully Snip.
Hanging Rock.
Maldon rock.
16 THE AUSTRALIAN ORIENTEER JUNE 2022
