eNewsletter 222 - Friday 5th June, 2026G'day fellow rogainers,
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6-hr Paddy Pallin, Glenbrook, Sunday 14th
For your calendar: add the event date & add entries closing reminder Entries close Monday and the event is filling fast Stop press: The entry cap for this event is 550. Already 446 rogainers have entered, making this potentially one of the biggest Paddy Pallin events in recent years. Last year this event sold out so don't assume you can enter at the last minute! We’re going back to Glenbrook for the first time since 2013 (which was also a Paddy Pallin event). The “Gateway to the Mountains” is also a great intro to the sport, as well as a welcome challenge for veterans. The off-track will be a mix of gentle open forest, rock platforms, and bouldery creeks – but also some bushfire regrowth that will fight back against the unwary. The trails themselves will also not disappoint, with some of the most iconic walking trails and lookouts approximately one hour from Sydney. Highlights include: lookouts over the Nepean river, Emu Plains, & Mt. Portal; Euroka creek & Glenbrook Causeway; and Red hands cave & stone tool grinding grooves.
Key info at a glance: Location: The rogaine will commence at the Euroka campground, Glenbrook area in the Blue Mountains National Park, approximately one hour from Sydney. PLEASE NOTE: The National Park entry will be closed from 6:00pm on Saturday night and will not reopen until 06:45am Sunday morning, so there will be no vehicle access for late arrivals. Also, please ensure your whole team travels together in one car because there is very limited car parking at Euroka campground.
Course times: Sunday 14th June 2026
Timings of map availability, novice briefing, final briefing and prize givings will be confirmed closer to the event date. Final Instructions will be available on the website from Monday 8th June. Please ensure you read the Final Instructions as they contain additional information about our use of the National Park and details of how to win a "lucky door prize".
Team finder service If you are looking for a team to join, or would like to start a new team for this event, go to our new Team Finder page. Info for novices with advice on what gear to bring for a bush event and other information can be found on the website. Many thanks to Paddy Pallin for sponsoring this rogaine, our most popular event in the NSWRA calendar. Event related queries can be directed to: admin@nswrogaining.org |
Calling out for more Paddy Pallin volunteers
The annual Paddy Pallin rogaine is our most popular event of the year and we could always do with a few extra helpers. At this stage we still need a couple more flag hangers beforehand plus a few more general helpers on the day, and more flag collectors afterwards. Note that flag collectors can still participate in the event. For more details drop an email to Robin, our Volunteer Coordinator - volunteer@nswrogaining.org, or register online. (Anyone who volunteers at a NSW rogaine earns reward points towards a future free entry. Earn 100 points and receive a free entry voucher. For more info see the volunteer page on the website.) and THANKS! |
6/15-in-24/24-hr NSW Champs & Lake Mac
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For your calendar: add the event date & add entries closing reminder
Entries will open soon
Come and join us for a major milestone in NSW rogaining!
This year's NSW Champs will be our 250th official rogaine in NSW. The event also incorporates the 33rd Lake Macquarie rogaine. Fittingly, this rogaine will feature a traditional 24-hour bush course, but it will also be supplemented by our ever-popular 6-hour and 15-in-24-hour options. Most of the map will incorporate the Olney and Watagan State Forests, only a 1hr 45min drive up the freeway from Sydney.
The course will feature a relatively level family friendly section that will dance through mature pines with an understory of wildflowers. There'll be multitudes of tracks around the start location. You will see wallabies, wombats, bandicoots, and especially goannas everywhere. The longer event options will incorporate several awesome plummeting waterfalls, water junctions, gullies of towering blue gums and eucalypt forest, and deeply seated pockets of untouched remnant rainforest.
You'll be zigzaging areas of the Great North Walk.
There will be plenty of camping nearby on the Friday and Saturday nights (camping fees included in entry), and the easily accessible Hash House will have toilets and drinking water.
Bring the family and make a weekend of the adventure, particularly those who enjoy our traditional Watagans/Lake Macquarie rogaines.
The entry fee covers dinner Saturday, breakfast and lunch on Sunday and, of course, the iconic all-night Lake Mac "Tea and Damper"!
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Key info at a glance:
Entries close: |
Midnight Monday 20th July |
Full entry: |
$120 |
Concession: |
$80, & child under 14 free |
Duration: |
24 hours with 6-hour & 15-in-24-hour options |
Teams: |
2 to 5, no solo entries |
Catering: |
Saturday: afternoon tea & then dinner, over the 24hr: "tea & damper", Sunday: brekky & brunch |
Course times:
Saturday 25th
10:00am |
Mass start |
4:00pm |
The 6 hour event finishes |
Sunday 26th
10:00am |
The 24 & 15-in-24 hour events finish |
NOTE: If in the 15-in-24hr, track your time. If returning for food or sleep be sure to pause your watch at the Hash House Admin and restart before going back out.
Timings of map availability, novice briefing, final briefing and prize givings will be confirmed closer to the event date. Final Instructions will be available on the website from Monday 20th July.
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Team finder service
If you are looking for a team to join, or would like to start a new team for this event, go to our new Team Finder page.
Key info for novices
Info for novices with advice on what gear to bring for a bush event and other information can be found on the website.
Event related queries can be directed to: admin@nswrogaining.org
Rogaining workshop success
Contributed by Julian Ledger The indefatigable Ted Woodley organised a rogaining workshop for members of the Bush Club and the National Parks Association. This comprised required pre reading by participants, two hours of theory (in a Lane Cove National Park picnic shelter) lead by Ted, Robin Cameron and Chris Stevenson, followed by a two-hour minigaine using MapRun. There were 17 participants who divided into four teams with a trainer supporting each. Julian Ledger joined for this part. Despite damp conditions there was a heap of enthusiasm, spirits were high and compass bearings and pace counting was practiced along the way. The winning team showing off their prize mugs were Annie Measday, Nikki Baker and Sonia Webster (shadowed by Chris Stevenson). They scored a creditable 440 points covering about 6 km. Look out for them at an upcoming rogaine. |
NSW & ACT 2026 Rogaining CalendarsBelow is the current state of play for events on the NSW and ACT calendars. The dates for two more very important interstate rogaines coming up in 2026 have also been set and the 2026 NSW ‘fridge-friendly’ printable calendar (pdf) is ready to download. For the very latest always visit the calendar page on the website.
In all cases, remember to check the respective websites should there be any changes since some of the events are many months away.
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