Bush orienteering is generally held in Autumn through to Spring. OV Calendar 2023 v8 2 February 2023 Weekend events are held throughout Victoria, with the main events being: MelBushO – an introductory series of events close to Melbourne. Bendigo regional series – an accessible series catering for both new and experienced participants. Autumn and Spring series – these events, at locations across the state, have courses for all. Experience the excitement of navigating some of Victoria’s best forests. Two Victorian Championship events are held each year. These are open to all, providing the opportunity to test yourself against your peers or to simply provide another excuse to get out into the bush. The Victorian Relays are a chance for club based teams to compete head to head in an exciting annual contest Standalone events, each with a unique format, eg Maxi 3 Hour, Bendigo ToDay Want to know more: check out New to Bush Orienteering , and the series that interests you Oceania Long and Middle Distance Championship Highlights Videos With the help of the Victorian Government highlights videos have been created of the Oceania Long Distance and Middle Distance championships held in October 2019. Orienteering Victoria trusts this gives you a flavour of the major bush events we run. Scroll down to view upcoming events. Latest Bush Orienteering Events Upcoming Events Past Events Refresh Day Date Event Organiser Activity Saturday 25-Mar-23 Course Setting Workshop Orienteering Victoria Foot orienteering Saturday 25-Mar-23 Come and Try It: 2 Ironstone Hill Bendigo Orienteers Foot orienteering Sunday 26-Mar-23 MFR Training Day - Chewton Diggings Melbourne Forest Racers Foot orienteering Saturday 01-Apr-23 Bendigo Bush 1 - Stumpy Gully Bendigo Orienteers Foot orienteering Sunday 02-Apr-23 Victorian Club Relays - Team Entries - Woowookarung, Ballarat Eureka Orienteers Foot orienteering Sunday 02-Apr-23 Victorian Club Relays - Individual Entries - Woowookarung, Ballarat Eureka Orienteers Foot orienteering Saturday 15-Apr-23 Bendigo Bush 2 - Royal George Bendigo Orienteers Foot orienteering Saturday 29-Apr-23 Bendigo Bush 3 - Wildflower Drive Bendigo Orienteers Foot orienteering Sunday 30-Apr-23 MelBushO 2 - Brimbank Park, Keilor Nillumbik Emus Orienteering Club Foot orienteering Saturday 06-May-23 NOL & Vic Series (Bush) 1 - Wattle Gully Bendigo Orienteers Foot orienteering Sunday 07-May-23 NOL & Vic Series (Bush) 2 - Wattle Gully Yarra Valley Orienteering Club Foot orienteering Saturday 13-May-23 Bendigo Bush 4 - Sedgwick South Bendigo Orienteers Foot orienteering Sunday 14-May-23 MelBushO 3 - Banksia Park, Bulleen Melbourne Forest Racers Foot orienteering Friday 19-May-23 Victorian Secondary School Event Orienteering Victoria Foot orienteering Saturday 20-May-23 Bendigo Bush 5 - Psalm Singing Gully - Inglewood Bendigo Orienteers Foot orienteering Saturday 27-May-23 Bendigo Training - Score event - Crusoe Bendigo Orienteers Foot orienteering Sunday 28-May-23 Vic Series (Bush) 3 - Kookaburra Rises, Glenluce Central Highlands Orienteering Club Foot orienteering Saturday 03-Jun-23 Bendigo Bush 6 - Mount Tarrengower Bendigo Orienteers Foot orienteering Sunday 04-Jun-23 MelBushO 4 - Eaglemont Flats, Ivanhoe Melbourne Forest Racers Foot orienteering Saturday 10-Jun-23 Vic Series (Bush) 4 - Granite Hills, South Morang Melbourne Forest Racers Foot orienteering Sunday 11-Jun-23 Vic Series (Bush) 5 - Gellibrand Hill, Greenvale Dandenong Ranges Orienteering Club Foot orienteering Saturday 17-Jun-23 Bendigo Bush 7 - Kangaroo Gully Bendigo Orienteers Foot orienteering Sunday 18-Jun-23 MelBushO 5 - Yellow Gum Park, Yan Yean Nillumbik Emus Orienteering Club Foot orienteering Saturday 24-Jun-23 Bendigo Bush 8 - One Tree Hill Bendigo Orienteers Foot orienteering Sunday 25-Jun-23 Ballart Winter Series #1 Nerrina Eureka Orienteers Mountain bike orienteering,Foot orienteering Saturday 01-Jul-23 Bendigo Bush 9 - Virginia Hill Bendigo Orienteers Foot orienteering Sunday 02-Jul-23 MelBushO 6 - Westerfolds Park, Templestowe Yarra Valley Orienteering Club Foot orienteering Sunday 02-Jul-23 Ballarat Winter Series #2 Yuille Wetlands Eureka Orienteers Foot orienteering Saturday 08-Jul-23 Bendigo Training - Score Event - New St Mungo Bendigo Orienteers Foot orienteering Sunday 09-Jul-23 Ballarat Winter Series #3 Federation Uni Eureka Orienteers Foot orienteering Saturday 15-Jul-23 Bendigo Bush 10 - Fiddlers Green Bendigo Orienteers Foot orienteering Sunday 16-Jul-23 MelBushO 7 - Candlebark Park (from Westerfolds), Templestowe Nillumbik Emus Orienteering Club Foot orienteering Saturday 22-Jul-23 Bendigo Bush 11 - Smiths Reef Bendigo Orienteers Foot orienteering Sunday 23-Jul-23 Ballarat Winter Series #4 Lake Daylesford Eureka Orienteers Foot orienteering,Park and street orienteering Saturday 29-Jul-23 Bendigo Bush 12 - Lyell Forrest Bendigo Orienteers Foot orienteering Sunday 30-Jul-23 MelBushO 8 - Plenty Gorge, South Morang Yarra Valley Orienteering Club Foot orienteering Saturday 05-Aug-23 Bendigo Training - Score Event - Diamond Hill South Bendigo Orienteers Foot orienteering Sunday 06-Aug-23 Vic Series (Bush) 6 - Musk Vale, Daylesford Bayside Kangaroos Orienteers Foot orienteering Saturday 12-Aug-23 Bendigo Bush 13 - Diamond Hill North Bendigo Orienteers Foot orienteering Sunday 13-Aug-23 MelBushO 9 - Cardinia Reservoir Park Bayside Kangaroos Orienteers Foot orienteering Saturday 19-Aug-23 Bendigo Training - Score Event - Norfolk Hero Bendigo Orienteers Foot orienteering Sunday 20-Aug-23 Vic Series (Bush) 7 - Boundary Creek, Malmsbury Yarra Valley Orienteering Club Foot orienteering Saturday 26-Aug-23 Bendigo Bush 14 - Lockwood Range Bendigo Orienteers Foot orienteering Saturday 02-Sep-23 Victorian Middle Distance Championships - Mt Alexander, Harcourt Nillumbik Emus Orienteering Club Foot orienteering Sunday 03-Sep-23 Victorian Long Distance Championships - Mt Alexander, Harcourt Melbourne Forest Racers Foot orienteering Saturday 09-Sep-23 Bendigo Training - Score Event - Mandurang Coolibah Bendigo Orienteers Foot orienteering Sunday 10-Sep-23 Vic Series (Bush) 8 - Mt Lofty, Redesdale Nillumbik Emus Orienteering Club Foot orienteering Saturday 16-Sep-23 Bendigo Bush 15 - Mount Kooyoora Bendigo Orienteers Foot orienteering Day Date Event Organiser Activity Saturday 25-Mar-23 Course Setting Workshop Orienteering Victoria Foot orienteering Saturday 25-Mar-23 Come and Try It: 2 Ironstone Hill Bendigo Orienteers Foot orienteering Sunday 26-Mar-23 MFR Training Day - Chewton Diggings Melbourne Forest Racers Foot orienteering Saturday 01-Apr-23 Bendigo Bush 1 - Stumpy Gully Bendigo Orienteers Foot orienteering Sunday 02-Apr-23 Victorian Club Relays - Team Entries - Woowookarung, Ballarat Eureka Orienteers Foot orienteering Sunday 02-Apr-23 Victorian Club Relays - Individual Entries - Woowookarung, Ballarat Eureka Orienteers Foot orienteering Saturday 15-Apr-23 Bendigo Bush 2 - Royal George Bendigo Orienteers Foot orienteering Saturday 29-Apr-23 Bendigo Bush 3 - Wildflower Drive Bendigo Orienteers Foot orienteering Sunday 30-Apr-23 MelBushO 2 - Brimbank Park, Keilor Nillumbik Emus Orienteering Club Foot orienteering Saturday 06-May-23 NOL & Vic Series (Bush) 1 - Wattle Gully Bendigo Orienteers Foot orienteering Sunday 07-May-23 NOL & Vic Series (Bush) 2 - Wattle Gully Yarra Valley Orienteering Club Foot orienteering Saturday 13-May-23 Bendigo Bush 4 - Sedgwick South Bendigo Orienteers Foot orienteering Sunday 14-May-23 MelBushO 3 - Banksia Park, Bulleen Melbourne Forest Racers Foot orienteering Friday 19-May-23 Victorian Secondary School Event Orienteering Victoria Foot orienteering Saturday 20-May-23 Bendigo Bush 5 - Psalm Singing Gully - Inglewood Bendigo Orienteers Foot orienteering Saturday 27-May-23 Bendigo Training - Score event - Crusoe Bendigo Orienteers Foot orienteering Sunday 28-May-23 Vic Series (Bush) 3 - Kookaburra Rises, Glenluce Central Highlands Orienteering Club Foot orienteering Saturday 03-Jun-23 Bendigo Bush 6 - Mount Tarrengower Bendigo Orienteers Foot orienteering Sunday 04-Jun-23 MelBushO 4 - Eaglemont Flats, Ivanhoe Melbourne Forest Racers Foot orienteering Saturday 10-Jun-23 Vic Series (Bush) 4 - Granite Hills, South Morang Melbourne Forest Racers Foot orienteering Sunday 11-Jun-23 Vic Series (Bush) 5 - Gellibrand Hill, Greenvale Dandenong Ranges Orienteering Club Foot orienteering Saturday 17-Jun-23 Bendigo Bush 7 - Kangaroo Gully Bendigo Orienteers Foot orienteering Sunday 18-Jun-23 MelBushO 5 - Yellow Gum Park, Yan Yean Nillumbik Emus Orienteering Club Foot orienteering Saturday 24-Jun-23 Bendigo Bush 8 - One Tree Hill Bendigo Orienteers Foot orienteering Sunday 25-Jun-23 Ballart Winter Series #1 Nerrina Eureka Orienteers Mountain bike orienteering,Foot orienteering Saturday 01-Jul-23 Bendigo Bush 9 - Virginia Hill Bendigo Orienteers Foot orienteering Sunday 02-Jul-23 MelBushO 6 - Westerfolds Park, Templestowe Yarra Valley Orienteering Club Foot orienteering Sunday 02-Jul-23 Ballarat Winter Series #2 Yuille Wetlands Eureka Orienteers Foot orienteering Saturday 08-Jul-23 Bendigo Training - Score Event - New St Mungo Bendigo Orienteers Foot orienteering Sunday 09-Jul-23 Ballarat Winter Series #3 Federation Uni Eureka Orienteers Foot orienteering Saturday 15-Jul-23 Bendigo Bush 10 - Fiddlers Green Bendigo Orienteers Foot orienteering Sunday 16-Jul-23 MelBushO 7 - Candlebark Park (from Westerfolds), Templestowe Nillumbik Emus Orienteering Club Foot orienteering Saturday 22-Jul-23 Bendigo Bush 11 - Smiths Reef Bendigo Orienteers Foot orienteering Sunday 23-Jul-23 Ballarat Winter Series #4 Lake Daylesford Eureka Orienteers Foot orienteering,Park and street orienteering Saturday 29-Jul-23 Bendigo Bush 12 - Lyell Forrest Bendigo Orienteers Foot orienteering Sunday 30-Jul-23 MelBushO 8 - Plenty Gorge, South Morang Yarra Valley Orienteering Club Foot orienteering Saturday 05-Aug-23 Bendigo Training - Score Event - Diamond Hill South Bendigo Orienteers Foot orienteering Sunday 06-Aug-23 Vic Series (Bush) 6 - Musk Vale, Daylesford Bayside Kangaroos Orienteers Foot orienteering Saturday 12-Aug-23 Bendigo Bush 13 - Diamond Hill North Bendigo Orienteers Foot orienteering Sunday 13-Aug-23 MelBushO 9 - Cardinia Reservoir Park Bayside Kangaroos Orienteers Foot orienteering Saturday 19-Aug-23 Bendigo Training - Score Event - Norfolk Hero Bendigo Orienteers Foot orienteering Sunday 20-Aug-23 Vic Series (Bush) 7 - Boundary Creek, Malmsbury Yarra Valley Orienteering Club Foot orienteering Saturday 26-Aug-23 Bendigo Bush 14 - Lockwood Range Bendigo Orienteers Foot orienteering Saturday 02-Sep-23 Victorian Middle Distance Championships - Mt Alexander, Harcourt Nillumbik Emus Orienteering Club Foot orienteering Sunday 03-Sep-23 Victorian Long Distance Championships - Mt Alexander, Harcourt Melbourne Forest Racers Foot orienteering Saturday 09-Sep-23 Bendigo Training - Score Event - Mandurang Coolibah Bendigo Orienteers Foot orienteering Sunday 10-Sep-23 Vic Series (Bush) 8 - Mt Lofty, Redesdale Nillumbik Emus Orienteering Club Foot orienteering Saturday 16-Sep-23 Bendigo Bush 15 - Mount Kooyoora Bendigo Orienteers Foot orienteering Go Orienteering Forest Bush orienteering More than just a trail run, experience the excitement of navigating at speed through the forest Bench Park street orienteering Simple, easy and accessible: walk or run your local streets and parks with a map House Sprint orienteering Short fast-paced events in complex urban environments, it's about rapid decision making Bike Mountain bike orienteering Combine the fun and excitement of a ride with map reading, route choice and the buzz of the competition