Cockatoo Island orienteering

Cockatoo Island orienteering
Event Date: 2026-09-19
At:
Club: Big Foot
IMPORTANT INFORMATION FOR ALL COMPETITORS: Due to an industrial dispute there will be a general disruption to ferry services on Saturday 19th and Sunday 20th September. Our latest information (12:00pm Friday) is that the F3 service (Parramatta River) will not be running but the F8 service (Circular Quay-Balmain-Birchgrove-Greenwich-Woolwich-Cockatoo Island) will still be operating. The F8 service will therefore be busier than usual so please allow extra time for travel.

This short-form urban orienteering event is offered as part of a weekend of navigational sport being run with NSW rogaining.

Combine your orienteering event with the ‘ferrygaine’(https://nswrogaining.org/event/2026-socialgaine/) on Sunday 20th September. Camp overnight on the island (bookings: https://www.cockatooisland.gov.au/en/stay/) and enjoy dinner and breakfast, provided by North Sydney scouts, with fellow competitors. Food can be ordered when entering the rogaine.

Also on offer: a free navigation coaching session with experienced rogainers and orienteers from 12:30 to 13:30 on Saturday. No registration is required to attend this session, just turn up at the entrance to the Turbine Hall (located south of the Ferry wharf) at 12:30 pm.

Course details: Choose between a long course of approx. 4 km and a short course of approx. 2.5 km. Keen participants may run both courses for the cost of a single entry (dependent on map availability). After completing your first course, re-register with officials at the download station before collecting the second map

Entry and cost:
If you are not a member of an orienteering club and would like to enter this event you will need to create an Eventor user account and register as a casual participant. Select ‘create account’ at the top right of this screen and follow the prompts or for more detailed instructions access the accompanying document below. Sportident sticks will be available for borrowing on the day at no extra cost.

Senior male/female (21 yrs and older) $17 (members) and $21 (casuals)
Junior male/female (20 yrs and younger) $12 (members) and $16 (casuals)
Groups (scouts, guides, cadets, max. 4 people) $21 (includes 2 maps and an SI stick)

Enter on the day is available for all courses but may be limited by map numbers. No cash accepted; tap-and-go payments only.

Starts: 2.00pm - approx. 4.00pm; queuing starts. Courses close at 5.00 pm

Travel: You will have to catch a ferry to the island, so please consult the map and timetables at Transport NSW https://transportnsw.info/travel-info/ways-to-get-around/ferry