This Saturday & Sunday

Sandy Beach

From 8.30am both days.

Chris Watson and I practising in a double for the first time.

Marathon Championships this weekend.

Photo Isabel Combe.
 

The portage is long. Will our legs take it?

We will be paddling 18.5kms and four portages in K1 on Saturday and if we are still walking we will do the same in the double on Sunday.

Photo Isabel Combe.

WA Para Team
 

They haven't been paddling long but they put up a great fight at their first Championship and their races were extremely close.

Well done guys.

AKC Progressive Racing Group
 

Steve, Kylie and Maureen giving it their best.
 

Our group has a goal -

to get fit, try hard, enjoy paddling, enjoy every bodies company, have fun and Encourage Others.
 

Party time after training on Tuesday.

Photo Nigel Emmett.
 

Looking in.

Josh Richards and I were coming back from Guildford Bridge on Sunday night and this power boat's motor stopped and they were trying to paddle to the boat ramp with their shoes.

Not to leave a stranded boat on the water I offered to give them a tow. As the skipper was fixing a rope around my waist Josh said, surely you are too old to tow the boat you might capsize, leave it to a younger paddler.

As he said that Josh capsized. I would have rescued him (photo with-held) but I was tied up pulling the boat to the boat ramp. With four people on board I inched it to the ramp. It was pretty hard work but good training for the weekend race.

Josh caught us up later.

Leaving the stranded boat at the ramp.

is back home again after paddling along the Mexican Coast and coming across some unique wildlife.

She is paddling around North America in Stages.

She has already paddled around South America and several other countries in the world.
 

I stopped this southern section a bit prematurely as my breathing system got sick after days in the city in air-conditioning and under ventilators and being wet all day in 30-degrees air and 28-degree water with continuous breezes on water and land.

Now that's big.
 

How amazing.
 

Dropping in.
 

Unbelievable.

Social Trip in Mandurah
 

Over 45 Canoe Club
 

The Over 55 Canoe Club has around 100 members and get 30 to 50 members to their social paddles on a Friday. So many they have to find places with big car parks.
 

It's good to see young people on the water.

 

Tuesdays is Mount Lawley SHS canoe training morning.

are being driven in this week.
 

The steel main poles being unloaded off the barge.
 

The first pole being driven in.
 

Four main Poles out of 22 have been driven in.
 

Pole five going in this morning.

An Egret at Bennett Brook

Bennett Brook is the life stream of Whiteman Park.

Originating as a superficial groundwater aquifer in the Park’s north-west, the Brook flows through Mussel Pool and runs south to join the Swan River at Bassendean at the corner opposite Fishmarket Reserve.

It is important habitat for many animals including three native fish species, the long-necked, or oblong tortoise (Chelodina oblonga), the native freshwater mussels (Westralunio carteri), small freshwater crustaceans and tiny macro-invertebrates. A population of quenda (southern brown bandicoots) reside on the Brook’s banks, relishing the density of the wetland vegetation, while the brush-tailed possum, or koomal (Trichosurus vulpecula), often nest in the surrounding paperbarks.

Bennett Brook typically flows from early August until early November, depending on seasonal conditions.
 

The egret stands on one leg and is happy to stand around.

Bennett Brook and the extensive wetland systems associated with it, is of high significance to the Aboriginal people. Noongar people would move along the reaches of Bennett Brook hunting and gathering food while moving from camps in the Guildford area to Lake Gnangara and beyond to the freshwater chain of wetlands that extend from Lake Goollelal to Yanchep.
 

It didn't care that I was close.

On the Swan Coastal Plain, most wetlands are of Aboriginal significance as they are a source of food and water, they were used as camping places and they have current heritage values; many Aboriginal elders consider wetlands to be spiritual repositories, particularly as they are breeding grounds for many living creatures. This connection with the land is still of vital importance to the local Noongar community, as well as to all people visiting the region.

Today, these wetlands are still just as important for the role they play in the broader ecosystem, as natural biofilters and essential habitat. Many of the wetlands associated with the Bennett Brook system are Conservation category wetlands, while Grogan’s Swamp (located in the central section of Bennett Brook) is a protected wetland under the Environmental Protection (Swan Coastal Plain Lakes) Policy 1992.
 

A Whistling Kite stalks some pigeons 300 metres downstream of Guildford Bridge.
 

We better get out of here!!

Hardly Used

The longest multisport kayak in the range. The Time Bandit is remarkable for its speed, turning ability and ease of handling. It is quite stable and suitable for intermediate paddlers and some novices.

 The Time Bandit has established it self as the the multisport kayak against which all others are judged.

Like the Gen 3 V10, the V9 has been optimized for downwind surfing, with increased rocker, and stability. Flatwater speed is a step up from the V8 Pro due to the slightly narrower beam. This is the boat many paddlers have been waiting their whole lives for – the one that launches you onto the swells, glides efficiently across the water, and keeps you in the “zone”.

Length: 5.79 m (19'0")
Width:  49 cm
Depth: 32 cm
Capacity: 120 kg
Ultra 12kgs
$4900.00

2021 Canning Classic
Paddle Race Sunday 18^th April

Registration     WebScorer

Race start       9.30am

Race Distance

Long course    12 km,

Short course     6 km

Guppy Course    3 km

Race & Times by class (sex, age, boat)

All prizes allocated by participation not result (i.e lucky draw)

Hamburger and drink included in registration fee
 

Entrance Fees

Adults CWA Member $25.00 Non Member $35

Juniors U14 $15.00 Non Member $25.00