Apr
07
2021
History Snippet – “Easter Camp at Warrandyte”
What did you all get up to this Easter break? Ninety-five years ago our club members joined the inaugural VACA Easter Camp held at Warrandyte.
History snippets
Mar
22
2021
History Snippet: “Are you flying the flag?”
The club recently received a number of well-aged pennants from the estate of Arthur Howard, just like that sported by our club boat in the 1920’s & 30’s above. Check out the sporty club cap too!
Mar
10
2021
History snippet: “Tethered cars to FCC’s rescue?”
A recent conversation with a former club member turned-up an interesting piece of information…..the old Clubhouse was the setting for “Tethered-car racing”! What on earth is this about and can it be true?
Dec
16
2020
Fairfield Canoe Club Summer Holiday Camping – Lake Fyans
Christmas will behind us all too soon……what then? No longer do we have the Murray Marathon to occupy our members in the Christmas –New Year week.
Nov
24
2020
History Snippet – “Christmas Past”
Saturday December 5th is our Annual Christmas Event, although a little smaller than we'd like due to Covid restrictions.
Nov
11
2020
“The Fairfield Fishing & Canoeing Club” (FFCC) - a tall-tale but true?
Q. How many of you go fishing the Yarra reaches near our clubhouse, let alone camp overnight on one of the nearby (now non-existent) beaches?
Oct
28
2020
History Snippet - Chairman of the Board declares: ”River is high, FAST, & furious”
On October 23,2020, the Chairman of the FCC Board declared: ”River is high, FAST, furious and swirly. After tonight's rain it will rise again. If you are not confident in these waters ... wait until the flow and level go down”.
Oct
20
2020
History Snippet – “Do you remember this Club boating holiday?”
If you do remember this event, your memory is clearly failing you! This photo is of the Chipperfield’s Floating Kiosk on the River Yarra upstream of the Chandler Highway Bridge at the confluence of the Yarra & Connor’s Creek.