Tag:Navigation
NAVIGATION COURSE ASSESSMENT 22 July 2023 Saturday was assessment day! The teams headed to Bullaburra for a few hours of bush navigation. I tagged along with a few groups but had to head back to the top to deal with the never-ending paperwork!
NAVSHIELD – DAY 03 16 July 2023 After a good night sleep, it was time to go. I caught up with the Hills RAFT team which was doing the two-day event: they wisely spent the night at camp! We were soon on the road via Mudgee for a change of scenery!
NAVSHIELD – DAY 02 15 July 2023 I was up early and went in search of coffee and food – readily available at the Salvos catering area! Kevin did not emerge for another hour… We were soon attending the opening ceremony and the briefing! Excitement was in the air! Finally 09:00 arrived and we set out on our journey of hill climbing and descents! We found the first two controls easily although the second one required some climbing! Then we […]
NAVSHIELD – DAY 01 14 July 2023 It was with trepidation that Team Blueys set out to Goulburn River National Park for the 2023 Navshield. After three hours on the road we arrived at the specified grid reference and set up tents, table, chairs and fire pit. The list of control points was available at 18:00. We plotted the points and after some discussion decided upon a route. Dinner and bed followed! Last year I was so cold that I […]
NAVIGATION INSTRUCTORS WORKSHOP – DAY 02 20 May 2023 The day promised to be cold and it did deliver. We continued on with the classroom material and plotted our points for the navigation exercise. We left for Sunny Corner State Forest and soon enough we were at the “obstacle” which proved too much for some of the PCs. Only two RFS vehicles and a 4WD made it to the top: with no diff lock and city tyres, it was not […]
NAVIGATION INSTRUCTORS WORKSHOP – DAY 01 20 May 2023 Operational Field Support had organised a workshop for the Operate in Remote Environments (ORE) course instructors. ORE is a qualification required for all remote area firefighters.The workshop was delivered by Way-Finder. Most of the day was spent in the classroom. We discussed group dynamics and better ways of presenting map reading and navigation topics. Our instructors introduced some basic navigation exercises and soon enough we hoped in our PCs and were […]
