Feb
25
2020
History Snippet – “Vale to Richard Tracey AM RFD QC - a Special Friend of Fairfield Canoe Club”
Richard Tracey, the then Commissioner of the Royal Commission into Aged Care, died 11thOctober, 2019.
History snippets
Dec
29
2019
History Snippet – Outrage on the Chandler!
There was great excitement for cyclists recently as the upgrade of the old Chandler Highway bridge was completed and the opening of the new multi-lane bridge brought a smile to the faces of many motorists.
Nov
22
2019
Alfred Otto Lucke – a champion of our club. Snippet 39
Recently hung in the clubhouse is this iconic photograph of the foundling Fairfield Canoe Club gathered at their “home” at Willow Dell (Fairfield Boathouse).
Nov
12
2019
“Yachting on the Yarra” – with special thanks to Bob Bateson. Snippet 37
Riffling through our collected photos we uncovered some extraordinary shots of sailing dinghies on the Yarra, one even taken at the Pipe Bridge. Evidently, according to Bob, in earlier times this was a
Nov
06
2019
Sep
19
2019
History snippet 35 – ‘The Skeleton in the Closet ‘ is explained
It transpires that this ‘skeleton’ is the ‘mould’ for a new canoe.
Jul
26
2019
“NORTHERN DISTRICTS ROWING CLUB” - AN ADDENDUM TO HISTORY SNIPPET 13
Recently I was proudly sharing our “FCC Centenary in Photographs “ with some friends when one, upon espying the NDRC rowing pair, announced “I think my father-in-law rowed for Heidelberg”.
Jul
12
2019
“FCC clubhouse ‘floored’ by cardboard boat race'. Snippet 34
During a recent interview with FCC Board Member, Foster Rossetto, a poorly recognised and, seemingly, unrecorded funding source for our club was’ brought to the surface’.