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| Easter 3 Day Orienteering Carnival |
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When:
Held annually in January.
Where: Castlemaine, Australia
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The carnival of Great Orienteering in the famous Golden Triangle Region. A wonderful mix of intricate spur gully and old goldmining terrain for intricate navigation with plenty of fast open forest for the runners. The 2006 Australian Easter Carnival is centred on the Central Victorian town of Castlemaine situated in Victoria's Golden Triangle, so called because of the once extensive gold mining in this region of the State. This is an area that is renowned for the extent and complexity of the old mining areas that provide some of the most challenging orienteering in Australia. The Castlemaine area has much to offer in addition to great orienteering. Fine wines, outstanding food, great coffee, art galleries, antique shops and a host of historical attractions. Castlemaine is only 115 km from Melbourne, 85 km from Ballarat, 40 km from Bendigo and 37 km from Daylesford and Kyneton. All these major regional towns are of historical significance and offer a wide range of accommodation. See accommodation contacts listed.
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IMPORTANT:
Please note that the details of the event are subject to change.
We strongly recommended that you check with the organizers
before making any travel arrangements.
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Event related information:
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background and overview:
Aboriginal settlers arrived on the continent from Southeast Asia about 40,000 years before the first Europeans began exploration in the 17th century. No formal territorial claims were made until 1770, when Capt.
James COOK took possession in the name of Great Britain. Six colonies were created in the late 18th and 19th centuries; they federated and became the Commonwealth of Australia in 1901. The new country took advantage of its natural resources to rapidly develop agricultural and manufacturing industries and to make a major contribution to the British effort in World Wars I and II. In recent decades, Australia has transformed itself into an internationally competitive, advanced market economy.
It boasted one of the OECD's fastest growing economies during the 1990s, a performance due in large part to economic reforms adopted in the 1980s. Long-term concerns include pollution, particularly depletion of the ozone layer, and management and conservation of coastal areas, especially the Great Barrier Reef.
[Courtesy of The World Factbook]
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 Location: Oceania, continent between the Indian Ocean and the South Pacific Ocean. |
Languages:
English |
Climate:
Generally arid to semiarid; temperate in south and east; tropical in north. |
Capital:
Canberra |
Time Zone:
UTC+8–+10
Summer (DST) UTC+8–+11 |
Currency (code):
Australian dollar (AUD) |
Call Code:
+61 |
Electric Power:
230V 50 Hz |
Tourist office:
Tourism Australia Contact Details - Sydney Office: Darling Park, Tower 2, Level 18 201 Sussex Street Sydney NSW 2000 Post: GPO Box 2721, Sydney NSW 1006 Tel: +61 2 9360 1111 Fax: +61 2 9331 6469 |
Tourist website:
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