Sun
21
Oct
2012

MTBNav-Metro 3 & 6 Hour Rogaine

vp2@rt.asn.au
Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
http://www.rt.asn.au

With the choice of a three or six hour event, on bike or on foot, this is the MTBNav that started it all in 2009 and is the fourth to be held. It is a Team Rogaine for two to five people where participants devise their own route to visit as many controls on the map and thus collect as many points as possible in the time available. Of all the MTBNavs, this one is the most suitable for youngsters riding with their parents, and for less experienced riders, as much of the riding is on hard surfaces on paths and roads. Being a suburban area, there are many opportunities to visit a café along the way. If a Team finds the riding or walking too tiring it is just a matter of staying in the flatter areas, or returning to the assembly area at any time.

Course area is huge being the eastern shore of Hobart from Government Hills at Geilston Bay in the north to the tip of Tranmere in the south. Bounded by the River Derwent to the west, the course to the east includes Pilchers Hill, Stringy Bark Gully, the Meehan Range near Mornington, and Knopwood Hill behind Howrah. One of the aims of the event is to have participants visit as many tracks in the bush reserves on the eastern shore as is feasible. Riders may only ride on formed roads, tracks and paths, whilst walkers can go wherever access is legitimate.