Discussion: QB3 - Routegadget & koala

Routegadget available - see where you went (georeferenced so you can't fudge your GPS track too much)

Day 1 Sprint - Chevalier College

Day 2 Long - Tree Cave Track

Day 3 Middle - Rockleigh

Day 3 koala pictures to come, soon

Done, thanks Russell - great results service from all organisers. It was good being able to see the live results on the Day I couldn't attend (Sunday).

Day3 carpark - the native was not impressed

From Bits&Pieces

From Bits&Pieces

honouring the supreme koala

From Bits&Pieces

interesting comments on Maptalk NZ about newest SI sticks (SI11) - the new sticks have a flashing LED to show that a punch has been recorded, but it is while flashing another punch cannot be recorded. The default time is 5 seconds, which would really screw up a micro finish chute like Day 1 sprint where many runners took less than this ( & some-one managed a 1 second leg!)

something to keep in mind when the new sticks start appearing around the traps

The one second leg probably means the further away finish block wasn't synchronised with the other - probably reading 4 to 5 seconds quicker.

I have a SI11
I punched the midde finish control which flashed but there was no beep, so I had to repunch.
I assumed it was the finish control that was the problem, the same thing had happened at one other event. but it perhaps could have been the 5 seconds?

my old SI6 is still faster than the speed I carry it around a course ;-p

It is a bit sad really that the decline of the koala population (added to the fact they don't advertise their presence) is now so widespread that even we orienteers who are in the bush so often rarely get to see them and thus get so excited, as was evident on the day, when we do.