May
10
2020
2020 Winter Series Tay Creggan Not Fake News
2020 Winter Series – Results
Round 1 – Sunday May 2nd “Tay Creggan”, Hawthorn
Member stories
Apr
10
2020
Joe Blake and Mick
On Friday 20 March 2020, FCC members Tony, Robin and Mick were paddling near Bellbird and they were lucky enough to meet one of the Yarra's slipperier bank dwellers. Various versions of the story have been presented - wondering which, if any, is closest to the truth?
Samuel's version
This article appeared in this week’s journal of ‘Snake Tails’, a local rag for the Snake and Eel community of the Yarra River down from Dight’s Falls and beyond.
Apr
07
2020
April 7th – What good fortune we turned 100 this time last year!
The FCC History Group had our first ZOOM meeting this week and counted our blessings that our grand year of celebrations was enjoyed before the Covid-19 pandemic took hold.
Mar
03
2020
Platypus News
I am pleased to attach the current edition of Platypus News & Views (no. 79, February 2020).
Nov
17
2019
Bob Bateson time trial
Last Sunday's club time trials were held in memory of Bob Bateson. Bob was the official club time keeper for our occasional time trials for many years. After the 5 and 10km time trials, club members shared a few of their memories about Bobs time at the club, over morning tea (thanks to Elena, Rachel and Rowan for supplying the cakes).
See results at the bottom of this page.
Nov
06
2019
Snakes, Horses, Sheep and Ducks – wild life of the Yarra. Update. Snippet 36
photo: Museum Victoria website
One of the great attractions of paddling at Fairfield is the seemingly endless opportunities to spot wildlife in and around the river. There are a multitude of birds and at different times of the year you are likely to spot turtles, water rats and water dragons and perhaps an elusive platypus.
Nov
01
2019
Echuca Mini - Musings of a First Time Competitor
What a lovely way to end a week of work; getting out of the city on Friday afternoon and heading up to Echuca to camp on the banks of the Murray.
Oct
23
2019
Yarra river 1 - Canoe 2
As part of the club history project Tony Payne has uploaded over 40 newsletters onto the website Do you have any old newsletters that are not in our collection? Please let us know. See what club members were doing in 2002.