O-Week Campus Discovery Trail

The O-Week Campus Discovery Trail is an activity for new students commencing their first semester in-person at Australian National University (ANU) to navigate their own way around the ANU Acton campus.

It is an interactive adventure around campus leading you to some of support and services that are available to you. These are available to support your wellbeing, studies and beyond. 

Too much going on and not sure if you have the time? This activity is designed to fit easily into your O-Week schedule! You can start and pause as often as you like throughout the week, just make sure you submit all responses by the deadline. 

If you team up with friends, it might take as little as 30 minutes. Prefer to do it solo? You might spend around an hour discovering everything. Or you can decide to compete with your friends to see who completes the activity first! In any circumstance, it's flexible and won’t take up too much of your time—start whenever it suits you!

You could win one of ten prize packs! Each pack will have an ANU O-Week Hoodie, ANU Stationary Set, and an ANU Cap. 

To be eligible to go in the draw to win one of prize packs, you must meet all of the eligibility criteria below:

1. Be a new first-year student at the Australian National University commencing your in-person studies in Semester 1 2026.
2. Begin the O-Week Campus Discovery Trail between Friday 13 February 2026 and Friday 20 February 2026.
3. Responses to all hints need to be submitted by Friday 20 February 2026 11:59pm.
4. Follow all instructions given via email and complete the tasks associated including, but not limited to, physically attending the correct locations to which the hints guide participants, visiting the ANU websites, and uploading the correct answers and photos as required by the instructions provided in the O-Week Campus  Discovery Trail email and decided by ANU Student Life staff.
5. Your registration details must match your official university details.

How does it work?

1. You must register for the activity for the activity between Friday 13 February 2026 and Friday 20 February 2026.
2. Once you have registered wait for the email with the attached instructions.  
3. Follow the instructions to submit your responses.
4. Submissions without already registering for the activity will be considered non-complete.