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’.
In 1970, young Joe Alia was working at Ericssons when he and some workmates learned of some Scouts rafting down the Murray.
History Snippet - Zoli’s Straight
Zoli’s Straight ‘appeared’ in 1977 as a direct result of the construction of the Eastern Freeway.
History
A recent interview with FCC Legend, Geoff Allen, revealed that a number of alternative ‘sporting’ endeavours were ‘regulars’ on the Club programme, especially throughout the winter months when not engaged in repairs to boats and clubhouse.
Tom Ohman our 1956 Olympic canoeist was no doubt bemused by this beast! What on earth has he discovered? ……………….read on to find out.
Answer: The Ballarat Council’s ‘Wendouree Submarine’ used to remove weed from Lake Wendouree.
History, we are told, has the great capacity to repeat itself. Here are two FCC tales to prove this very point!
Rummaging through Arthur Howard’s old scrapbook of newspaper cuttings relating to canoeing, we came across this “classic” from the POST that verifies our earlier snippet on this willow-covered enterprise.
As reported by Yvonne Wilson April 30, 1953.
