What are wheelchair friendly courses?
A number of courses have been designed for wheel chair access to provide orienteering fun & challenges. This is a new approach and we are still evolving ways to make these courses better & user friendly! Every effort has been made to ensure route choices are "wheel chair friendly -WF"; this has meant seeking reasonable gradients (flat to moderate). In some locations there may be some short steep sections and this has been flagged as part of the course descriptions.
How does it work?
- Select a permanent course from those available for different parklands
- You can download the orienteering map (from this website) with a pre marked course. On the back are all the instructions to get you started.
- You will navigate from the start to each successive control; Instead of "control flags" at key points along the course, there is a question to answer at each control (from a choice of three). The questions & options are on the back of your map.
- The navigation is easy - moderate standard and courses are about 2 km - 3 km long.
Where can I find a wheelchair friendly course?
Wheel Chair Friendly / Accessible courses primarily developed for wheel chair access are located:
- City Botanic Gardens
- South Bank Parklands
- Mt Coot-tha Botanic Gardens
- Roma St Parklands
Orienteering Queensland hope that wheel chair users enjoy the challenge and the opportunity to participate.
Our Thanks: Ugly Gully Orienteers would like to acknowledge the assistance of Disability Services Queensland and the South Bank Corporation in setting up this course.
Getting Started
- Select a venue
- Pick a suitable course from the table (this will allow you to download the map)
- Read & accept "Safety & Responsibility Information" to proceed
- Click on the map to download it map from the website; the file has the map on the front & "how to do it" instructions on the back (along with control descriptions & questions)
- Print out the map in colour (select double sided, so the instructions are printed on the back)
- Follow the orienteering instructions on the back
Safety & Responsibility
YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR YOUR OWN SAFETY:
- Children MUST be accompanied by an adult
- Roads: TAKE CARE crossing roads & do not walk or run on roads
- Water: On hot days it is advisable to drink fluids before, during and after the course; Water tap locations are shown on the maps (blue X)
RESPONSIBILITY:
It is a condition of providing these maps & courses that any participants undertaking the activity accept full responsibility.
No responsibility or liability is assumed by the contributors to this project.
(Orienteering Queensland, Brisbane City Council, Delfin Lendlease / Springfield Lakes, South Bank, Ugly Gully Orienteers or other Landholders)
Please look after the parks & bushland areas we use. Follow the rules and requirements of landholders. Please protect our parkland areas.
