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Australian Association for Bush Adventure Therapy – National Forum – Mylor, South Australia 2021
2021-10-15 - 2021-10-17 | Mylor Adventure Camp
Australian Association for Bush Adventure Therapy – National Forum – Mylor, South Australia 2021
This year’s theme for the Australian Association of Bush Adventure Therapy (AABAT) National Forum 2021 is ‘Venturing Out, Journeying Within’, a theme which challenges us to practice what we preach about the practical application of outdoor, nature-based experiences for the purpose of healing and enhancing our health and well-being.
This year’s Forum will focus on sharing the myriad of therapeutic experiences that can be delivered through outdoor experiential journeys and nature-based health practices. Many of these approaches and improving wellbeing are being practiced in combination with mainstream approaches to health care, as well as complimentary and allied health and indigenous on-country approaches. These kinds of practices are being used across the life course, from early childhood resilience-building, youth at risk interventions, post-traumatic growth, disability life enhancement, family therapy, suicide prevention, recovery from domestic violence, workplace wellness, team and leadership development, to aging well, and more.

Event Date: 15-10-2021 – 17-10-2021
Event Location: Mylor Adventure Camp
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OUTDOOR HEALTH NATIONAL SYMPOSIUM in SA
2021-10-13 - 2021-10-14 | Adelaide’s University and Innovation Precinct, Adelaide, South Australia – and Online
Outdoor Health – A Natural Necessity
Save the Dates: Wednesday 13 – and Thursday 14 October 2021. Save Friday 15 October to join in the work of an Outdoor Health Working Group.
Location: The Symposium will be held in Adelaide’s University and Innovation Precinct located on the banks of the Torrens River, known as Karrawirra Pari (Red Gum River) on Kaurna Country.
Theme: Around the world, humans are either responding to threats posed by covid-19, or beginning to establish a new ‘post-covid normal’. Meanwhile, rates of species extinction are reaching alarming levels, and the effects of climate change are being experienced first-hand by many. Just like sea levels, rates of human physical, mental, and social ill health continue to rise. This culmination of human-nature and planetary change calls for a new normal, or perhaps a remembering of old ways, and makes approaches like Outdoor Health a natural necessity.
Information will be on the Outdoor Healthcare Website soon, visit: outdoorhealthcare.org.au

Hosted and sponsored by the Australian Association for Bush Adventure Therapy Inc.
https://aabat.org.au

National Outdoor Education Conference PRECURSOR (Online)
2021-09-29 10:30 - 16:00 (Australia/Adelaide)
Get a taste for the big event (NOEC 2022) and also be more informed about the year ahead with this online event specifically for the Outdoor education sector.

An event not to be missed for Outdoor Educators, Parents, Teachers, Therapists and Community Leaders:

Welcome to Country by Yvonne Weldon and presenters Commissioner Shane Fitzsimmons, Professor Sharon Goldfeld, Professor Pasi Sahlberg, Janice Atkin ACARA CEO David de Carvalho, Mark Collard Amanda Greggory Lloyd and many others. The star-studded line up of world-experts will help us navigate the path forward and offer some insights which have been gleaned from their recent encounters.

The Outdoor Council of Australia will be providing an update on the National Outdoors Summit and the key topics being investigated by the various working groups.
We encourage all members of the outdoors sector in South Australia to sign up and join in.

Time & Location
29 Sep, 10:30 am – 4:00 pm AEST
ZOOM WEBINAR
Book online here
About the Event
As recently advised, the current COVID-19 situation has forced the postponement of the main event until September 2022, but we are delighted to bring all our industry and participants to the NOEC “Precursor” event via an online experience.
This event will run from 10:30am am to 4:00 pm (AEST) on 29th September 2021, with breaks following each session so there is time for delegates to fit a little work in between or times to grab a cuppa.
Topics will include an expert panel on the learnings navigating fires and COVID-19 including Shane Fitzsimmons AFSM, ACARA Curriculum Review with CEO David de Carvalho, updates from the OCA Summit, and Working Groups, Nature Play Innovations with Pasi Sahlberg, and the Outdoor Education Awards.
All registrations that have booked and paid for NOEC 2022 prior to the 25th of July will receive the link to join this session.
If you haven’t booked your NOEC 2022 tickets as yet, you can still be part of this special event for $30 per person including all fees.
Book online here.

Lessons Learnt During Hard Times:

Leadership is straightforward when things are going well, but true leaders emerge when the going gets tough. Whilst 2020-2021 was pretty much a disaster for outdoor educators, it was also especially hard for students from low SES or marginalised communities. COVID-19 and the Black Summer Bushfires gave time to push the reset button and reflect on what matters most. It became abundantly clear that recent disasters not only break us, it revealed that wider systemic factors were already broken.

Shane Fitzsimmons is now the Head of Resilience NSW and previously the Commissioner of the New South Wales Rural Fire Service between September 2007 and April 2020 (during the Black Summer Fires). As an acclaimed leader, will share his wisdom and offer concrete ideas to navigate our way forward as a resilient community.
Professor Sharon Goldfeld is a paediatrician, public health physician, and Co-Group Leader of Policy and Equity at the Murdoch Children’s Research Institute and Director of the Centre for Community Child Health at The Royal Children’s Hospital Melbourne. Her research program focuses on investigating, testing and translating sustainable policy relevant solutions that eliminate inequities for Australia’s children. One positive aspect to emerge for Prof Sharon Goldfeld was ‘COVID taught us we can do slow system change, fast’. She will speak about what needs to happen in 2021 and beyond in terms of child wellbeing and equity.
Professor Pasi Sahlberg, now lives with his family in Australia and is at the Gonski Institute UNSW. As a schoolteacher, teacher-educator, researcher, and policy advisor in Finland, Pasi will talk about Growing Up Digital and the impact on Australia’s school children. His career includes senior education specialist at the Finland’s National Board of Education, World Bank in Washington, DC, lead education specialist at the European Training Foundation in Torino (Italy), director general of the Ministry of Education and Culture (CIMO) in Finland, and a visiting professor at Harvard University. Pasi has served as a commissioner in the Swedish School Commission, advisor to the Minister of Education in Malta, and Minister of Education in Finland.

O'Halloran Hill - Glenthorne Park - Orienteering SA
2021-09-19 10:00 - 11:30
Sunday 19th Sep – O’Halloran Hill part of Glenthorne NP
Start Times – 10 AM to 11:30 AM
Pre-entry is required by Wednesday evening 15th Sep. Open to the general public, with a range of courses suitable for those with orienteering experience and newcomers
https://eventor.orienteering.asn.au/Events/Show/16112

Narrinyeri Hills (Kinchina Conservation Park) - Orienteering SA
2021-09-12 10:00 - 12:00 | Rocky Gully, South Australia 5254, Rocky Gully, Murray Bridge, SA, 5254, Australia
Sunday Sep 12th – Narrinyeri Hills (Kinchina CP), west of Murray Bridge
Start Times – 10 AM to 12 noon
Pre-entry is required by Wednesday evening 8th Sep. Open to the general public, with a range of courses suitable for those with orienteering experience and newcomers
Event link – https://eventor.orienteering.asn.au/Events/Show/11052

Mid Week Training Mack Creek - Orienteering SA
2021-09-08 10:30 - 11:30 | Mack Creek, near Para Wirra National Park, Frank Barker Road, Humbug Scrub, SA, 5114, Australia
Wed Sep 8th – Mack Creek, near Para Wirra NP
Start Times – 10:30 AM to 11:30 AM
Pre-entry is required by Monday 6th Sep at 1 PM
Open to the general public, some orienteering experience is required.
Event Link https://eventor.orienteering.asn.au/Events/Show/15289

Get Into Paddling
2019-10-19 09:00 - 12:00 | West Lakes, Aquatic Reserve, Bower Road, West Lakes, South Australia, 5021, Australia

PAQS Basic Skills Certificate
2019-10-19 08:45 - 16:00 | West Lakes, Aquatic Reserve, Bower Road, West Lakes, South Australia, 5021, Australia

OEASA Riverland PD Program
2019-09-30 - 2019-10-01 | Morgan, Scott's Creek Campsite, Morgan, SA, Australia

International Camp Directors Course
2019-09-29 - 2019-10-02

Advanced Bushwalking Leadership Course
2019-09-27 - 2019-10-03 | Mt Abrupt, SA, Australia

Day Walk Leadership Program Workshop 3
2019-09-21 - 2019-09-22 | Kuitpo

Day Walk Leadership Program Workshop 2
2019-09-14 | Scout Outdoor Centre, 192 Rundle street, Adelaide, SA, 5000, Australia

Day Walk Leadership Program Workshop
2019-09-10

Onkaparinga River Race
2019-08-25 08:00 - 16:00 | Port Noarlunga Beach, Port Noarlunga Beach, Port Noarlunga, South Australia, 5167, Australia

BLSA Technical Skills Assessment Weekend
2019-08-24 - 2019-08-25 | North of Burra, SA, Australia

Trevor Gallard Memorial Race
2019-08-11 08:00 - 16:00

Gumeracha Goldfields Orienteer of The Year
2019-08-04

Bushwalking Leadership Assistant Course Workshop 2
2019-07-27 - 2019-07-28 | Mount Crawford Forest, Warren Rd, Mount Crawford, SA, 5351, Australia

Brother Howard Memorial Race
2019-07-21 08:00 - 16:00 | West Lakes, Aquatic Reserve, Bower Road, West Lakes, South Australia, 5021, Australia

Rock Oyster Orienteering Event
2019-07-13 - 2019-07-14

Bushwalking Leadership Assistant Course 3 Day Walk
2019-07-12 - 2019-07-14 | Deep Creek Conservation Park

SA Junior Arrows Orienteering Camp
2019-07-09 - 2019-07-12 | Kuitpo

Great Aussie Campout
2017-10-07 - 2017-10-08

Avalanche AST1 & CRS Course - Survive First Aid
2017-08-22 08:00 - 2017-08-27 17:00 | Mt Hotham
Survive First Aid is really pleased to partner up with Dave Enright from Evergreen Outdoor Centre Hakuba to provide Avalanche AST1 & CRS Courses at Mt Hotham this winter.
The 3 day course will combine the Companion Rescue Skills (CRS) course and the Avalanche Skills Training 1 (AST 1) courses together, with 1 full day of classroom time and 2 days in the field. This is the perfect introductory course for those recreation adventurers that want to head backcountry within Australia or overseas and also for APSI instructors looking to acquire their ISIA stamp, increasing employment opportunity internationally.
Course Costs: $650 (Includes rental of Shovel, Probe and Beacon)
Course Dates:
August 22-24th
August 25th-27th
Course Location: Day 1 (Classroom based) will be spent at Mt Hotham Alpine Resort, exact location will be confirmed closer to the time. Days 2 and 3 will be spent in the field (Backcountry – NO overnight component) Again exact location to be confirmed closer to the time
For more information visit the website.

Rock Oyster OY #8
2017-08-20 10:00 - 12:00
This map was made by Adrian Uppill in 2010 for the Australian Relay Championships and contains beautiful, fast running, spur gully, mallee terrain with wombats and fossilised oysters in many areas. It is a truly delightful area for orienteering.
Organiser: Julia Lloyd
Course Planner: Phil Hazell
Asst Course Planner: Rob Kriesl

Signs to the event will be from the corner of the Angas Valley Road (the Mt Pleasant to Walker Flat Road) and the Murraylands Road, 41km east of Mt Pleasant. Travel time from the Adelaide GPO is 90 minutes via Mt Pleasant.
Parking is just off the Murraylands Road and there is a 400m walk to the start.
COURSE INFORMATION

Course
Distance Km
Climb m
Navigation Difficulty
OY Class

1
11.1
585
Hard
M21A, M35A

2
7.9
365
Hard
M20A M45A W21A

3
5.9
300
Hard
M16A, M21AS, W35A

4
4.9
230
Hard
M45AS, M55A, M65A W20A W21AS, W45A

5
3.4
110
Hard
M55AS, M75A, M85A W16A, W45AS, W55A, W55AS, W65A, W75A, W85A

6
4.2
170
Moderate
MOB

7
3.2
150
Moderate
WOB

Non OY COURSES – indicative classes only

6
4.2
170
Moderate
M14A, MJuniorB

7
3.2
150
Moderate
W14A, WJuniorB

8
2.4
70
Easy
M12A, W12A

9
2.0
65
Very Easy
M10, W10

For OY points to apply you must enter by class. If you do not wish to be competitive you can enter by course.

Entries close at midnight Wednesday 16 Aug 2017, ENTER ON EVENTOR NOW! (Pay on the day)

Fees:

Sub Juniors (≤14)

Junior
(15-20)

Senior
(≥ 21)

Group

Family
Max

Members

Free

$5

$15

$20

$30

Non -Members

$15

$15

$25

$40

$50

There will be enter on the day courses available, but pre-entries are encouraged as they help organisers estimate numbers and cut down map wastage.

The Accidental Salesperson
2017-08-10 09:00 - 16:00 | Mantra Bell City, 215 Bell St, Preston, Vic, 3072, Australia
SELLING WITHOUT ‘SELLING’
The prospect of ‘selling’ themselves is an unfamiliar area which many practitioners can perceive as daunting. It doesn’t need to be. DST people will help you:

Develop skills around having ‘beneficial conversations’.
Communicate benefits to clients without ‘selling’, in a natural and humanistic manner.
Understand what needs to be presented to clients for a successful outcome.
Present with credibility.

YOUR TRAINING OPPORTUNITY
Australian Camps Association along with DST people are offering a once off opportunity to build your skills as an accidental salesperson.
DST people’s sales specialist Gordon Smith regularly finds himself working with ‘Accidental Sales People’ who have ended up selling more by default than by choice.
In this full day session, you will be provided with the practical skills, procedures and confidence required for consistent sales success. You will examine ways to maximise your chances of securing an increased share of your clients’ ‘discretionary spend’.
WHAT WE’LL EXPLORE…

How to be really smart with your sales activities
How to start and control sales conversations
The key points for strong relationships
How to help people identify real needs (rather than just what they ‘want’)
How to ask really good questions and listen effectively to the responses
How to explain how you stand out from the pack
A simple process to follow for consistent sales success

All of which you can do… without looking like you are selling!
YOU WILL GREATLY INCREASE YOUR SALES SUCCESS BY LEARNING & APPLYING:

The 7 simple steps to ‘beneficial’ conversations
The ‘6 magic words’ to ensure you are always talking the client’s language
5 effective ways to approach a prospect when they say “No!” to you
The 4 ways you can differentiate yourself from the pack
The 3 key factors in any ‘value statement’
The 2 components you must manage for a good business relationship
The 1 key question to always ask when someone says, “you’re too expensive”

DST people’s “Accidental Salesperson” course is a practical and interactive workshop which develops skills around the fundamentals of having beneficial conversations with clients. You will walk away with methods, tools, techniques and confidence that you will be able to apply immediately.
To Book – complete the booking form and return to the ACA Office via email.
Further Information – go to the website.

Wirra Wirra - Long OY #7
2017-08-06 10:00 - 12:00
Wirra Wirra Peaks, Mt Crawford Forest, located north of the road from Williamstown to Springton, at the junction with the road from Mt Crawford. Signs will be posted from the intersection of Warren Rd and Cricks Mill Road for those coming from the south.
Full range of courses for all Orienteer Of The Year age classes; pre-entry by Wed August 2nd https://eventor.orienteering.asn.au/Events/Show/5350 is recommended to guarantee yourself a map. It is possible to pre-enter a course rather than an age class; however, note that enter-on-the-day courses may be limited.
Course lengths to be finalised; the following age classes are offered:

COURSE

DISTANCE APPROX. (likely in the middle of this range) KM

CLIMB (to be added)

NAVIGATIONAL DIFFICULTY

OY AGE CLASSES

ANTICIPATED WINNING TIME

1

9.4-14.7

Hard

M21A

75

2

7.7-12.8

Hard

M20A M35A W21A

70

3

5.7-8.2

Hard

M45A W35A

55-60

4

4.2-7.6

Hard

M16A M55A W20A

50-60

5

3.7-6.1

Hard

M21AS W45A M65A

45-55

6

3.2-5.4

Hard

W55A W21AS

40-50

7

2.6-4.6

Hard

M75A W16A W65A
M45AS

40-50

8

1.9-3.9

Hard

M55+AS W55+AS W75A
W45AS M85A W85A

40-50

9

4.2-4.8

Moderate

M14A MOpenB

40

10

2.4-3.0

Moderate

W14A WOpenB W45B M45B

30

11

2.0-3.0

Easy

W12A W14B M12A M14B

25

12

1.5-2.0

Very easy

W10 W12B M10 M12B

20

Payment to be made on the day:

Sub Juniors (≤14)
Junior
(15-20)
Senior
(≥ 21)
Group
Family Max

Members
Free
$5
$15
$20
$30

Non -Members
$15
$15
$25
$40
$50

North Adelaide Orienteering
2017-07-30 10:00 - 12:00
Course

Distance
km
Navigation Difficulty
Classes
Expected winning time

1 Long

6.0-7.0
Moderate
Knowledge of map reading skills required. Suitable for joggers, walkers & runners
40 – 80

2 Medium

4.0-5.0
Moderate
Knowledge of map reading skills required. Suitable for joggers, walkers & runners.

30 – 60

3 Short

2.0-3.0
Easy
Family groups, walkers, new orienteers

20 – 40

Organiser: Fi Pahor
Course Planner: Heather Smith
Controller: John Lyon
Full electronic timing
If entering as a group please enter each person with the same SI stick number. If you don’t have one they will be available free of charge at the event.
Fees:

Sub Juniors (≤14)

Junior
(15-20)

Senior
(≥ 21)

Group

Family
Max

Members

Free

$5

$10

$15

$20

Non -Members

$10

$10

$20

$30

$40

Worlds End 2 Day Weekend Event
2017-07-22 08:00 - 2017-07-23 17:00 | Worlds End, Burra, SA, 5381, Australia
Two days of orienteering are available at World End in July. Sat afternoon at Worlds End North (4 courses available), Sunday morning Long OY event (11 courses and all age classes) at Worlds End South.
Event details are here:
Saturday 22 – http://sa.orienteering.asn.au/events/?EventID=4104
Sunday 23 – http://sa.orienteering.asn.au/events/?EventID=4105
Camping available on the Saturday night
Pre-entry links to Eventor in the event details
