Fairfield Canoe Club
2019 Centenary Year
Menu
Close
June 21, 2018
A different river experience: Mushing on the Yukon
admin@fairfieldcanoeclub.org.au
No Comments
  While we were in the Yukon to see the northern lights we took the opportunity to check out the great paddling rivers the Yukon and Tahkini, but in March there was no chance of paddling! With average night time temperatures below -25C and daytime temperatures (in direct sun) only touching -5C ...
Read More
June 21, 2018
Tom Ohman celebration. Update - photos from the day
admin@fairfieldcanoeclub.org.au
No Comments
Tom, one of two life members at Fairfield, is moving interstate. Over his decades with Fairfield he has helped put our Canoe Club in the forefront of the canoeing community. To celebrate Tom the Canoeist, for his contribution and the history he has helped create we had a few drin...
Read More
June 21, 2018
The Goulburn challenge
admin@fairfieldcanoeclub.org.au
No Comments
Fully charged after a successful Winter Series dominating touring canoe racing and with the medal tally to prove it, the intrepid canoeists plus a few friends decided on a trip on the Goulburn River. On Friday night whilst most of the population of Victoria was considering if Meatloaf would or would...
Read More
June 21, 2018
Canoe catching and the finer art of survival
admin@fairfieldcanoeclub.org.au
No Comments
There are few things in normal life that can create apprehension: your daughter learning to drive in your car, in traffic, the arrival of a letter from the ATO in the middle of the year, and  an email from the Head of Middle School asking to see you about an "issue" These events create mild [&h...
Read More
June 21, 2018
“A Cautionary Tale” or “What Jon Mayne didn’t tell you!”
admin@fairfieldcanoeclub.org.au
No Comments
History snippet 11 Seeing the Merri Creek in flood this week was an opportunity to visit the archives and learn from history. Most of you will know that our latest Life Member John Mayne has many a story to tell of the early days of canoeing at the club. But one story that he hasn’t […]...
Read More
June 20, 2018
FCC Carnival Plans in 1921
admin@fairfieldcanoeclub.org.au
No Comments
History Snippet 7 The FCC Minutes Book for 1921 details the many motions, both won and lost, taken to organise their carnival. It was no small event and one that required much aforethought. Planning appears to start Feb 22 when it was determined “to make a request to Heidelberg Council for permiss...
Read More
February 21, 2018
History - Film Nights at FCC - A Cautionary Tale - History Snippet 4
admin@fairfieldcanoeclub.org.au
No Comments
March 16, 2018, sees the return of picture nights to 9, The Esplanade. History tells us to be aware and be on our best behaviour! In the heady pre-TV days of the 1940’s and 1950’s, the Club played a much broader role than simply canoeing on the Yarra, rather it was a social club of […]...
Read More
February 16, 2018
Answers to last newsletter questions - History Snippet 3
admin@fairfieldcanoeclub.org.au
No Comments
Answers to last newsletter questions 1. Wikipedia states - Table Talk was a weekly magazine published from 26 June 1885[1] until 1939 in Melbourne, Australia.[2] It was established in 1885 by Maurice Brodzky (1847–1919), who obtained financial assistance[3] to st...
Read More
February 8, 2018
FCC Table Talk - May 20, 1920 - History Snippet 2
admin@fairfieldcanoeclub.org.au
No Comments
“The Fairfield Canoe Club closed their active outdoor season recently with their first Annual Club Championship Race. Mr.L.Cohen (Fairfield) kindly donated the trophy for the event. The race was run off in three heats, and the final resulted in a win for A.Lucke, by a length and a half from J.Reev...
Read More
January 30, 2018
Alphington and Fairfield Swimming Pools - History Snippet 1
admin@fairfieldcanoeclub.org.au
No Comments
You will all be well familiar with the remains of this Swimming Basin as you cruise upstream to Zoli’s Straight, but do you realise its importance to the community in years after the Great War? I attach some information taken from the Darebin Library Collection and also a photo collage of a fundra...
Read More
1 … 14 15 16 17

Follow us on social media

Fairfield Canoe Club owns its own clubhouse on private land. With boat storage at the club, fully equipped change rooms, a huge meeting area and direct access to the Yarra River, all your paddling needs are taken care of at the Fairfield Canoe Club.

Read more »

About this website, copyright and privacy »

Subscribe to our email alerts

All adult classes are advertised through our class mailing list », which you can subscribe to here.

We have a separate mailing list for our weekly club juniors program » (age 10 – 16) which you can subscribe to here

We also have a separate weekly club newsletter mailing list ». If you are interested in what’s happening around the club, you can subscribe to eNews here.  

Site by

Alchemic Design
crossmenu