2011
Our Swiss counterparts have been let off the hook again this year with over 400 young people from around Australia having a crack at the World record.A big thanks to the team at Golden Grove High School who managed to get the most people involved from the one centre or school with 40 participants at the one venue. We continue to build momentum and will look to reach those magnificent Swiss heights in the years to come. A couple of images from outdoor education week this year.

2010

The big day has come and gone and the reports have been streaming in of people all over Australia getting stuck into some serious orienteering today. Congratulations to all the participants. We need to wait for the registration forms to come online to get a final count of our numbers. Here is a little video of some students from Scott's College, Glengarry enjoying their world record attempt.


Thanks to Ian Boyle for his video contribution.

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Participants from 2010 Outdoor Education Week



In 2010 Outdoor education Week attempted a new Guiness Book of Records attempt. A summary of that attempt is recorded below.

The Record Attempt
We put in a good effort for a small group of committed Outdoor educators. We managed to get 448 participants on one day around Australia attempting to beat the intimidating Swiss record. This was from a small pool of only 11 participating organisations. Thanks to everyone who took part. Perhaps next year we'll get a lot closer. Please send any feedback or comments through to events@outdooreducationaustralia.org.au

The Goal

Always wanted to be in the Guinness Book of World Records?
Now is your chance!

The orienteering world record we are attempting to break was set on 23 May 2003 when a total of 207,979 pupils from 1,381 schools across Switzerland took part in a multi-venue orienteering event organised by the Swiss Orienteering Association.

Can Australia beat that? We think so!
The Australian record attempt will happen on Thursday 2nd September, 2010 as part of Outdoor Education Week.
  
How Will They Do It ?
At each participating school/outdoor education centre or organisation around the country a ten marker orienteering course/event will be set up and students will navigate their way around this competition course.
 
How Is It Measured? What Is The Record Based On?
Each student will complete a formal registration form. These will be collected and collated by the head teacher/instructor at the school or centre. They will then tally their results which will be entered onto Outdoor Education Week website.
 
The paper-based Orienteering check sheet will be sent to your State Outdoor Education Association representative who will corroborate the numbers entered online.

What do we need to know?
The Guinness World Records people have sent us through the details of what is required to make a world record attempt. These details and the paperwork required to make the record a reality are included at the bottom of the resources page as an attachment.

Please make sure you register for your world record attempt within the postcard registration page. Reminder emails will be sent to you in the fortnight leading up to September 2nd. A package of information including a sample orienteering punch (answer) card, world record attempt guidelines and an official check list will be delivered via email. This package is also available from the resources page on this website.

Registrations Have Now Closed!!!