Hi paddlers,

I want to share some exciting news. Terri has been asked to be a panelist on the popular SBS television program Insight. This particular episode will be looking at Longevity – and I think we would all agree Terri  is a worthy expert on that subject.

SBS is sending a television crew to the Sunshine Coast on May 24 to film Terri paddling with her club mates at Crummunda Park and we are hoping that as many of you as possible will attend.

To achieve this, we will be moving the scheduled paddle at Ewan Maddock Dam to Crummunda and this event will start at 10am rather than the usual time of 8am. It’ll also be a bit different because we won’t head off on our usual route, instead we will be paddling where the film crew wants us to paddle. In other words, we are just like the extras in a mini film.

We will still go ahead with our plans for the Cancer Council Biggest Morning Tea and the Committee meeting. So after the crew has finished filming on water activities, we will have morning tea and the crew will film Terri mingling with the rest of us. So remember to bring along your $5 donation for the Cancer Council and food to share for morning tea.

You are also invited to the Committee meeting that day. We are having an open forum to kick off the meeting, so bring along your ideas and suggestions for the committee. You are welcome to stay for as long as you like .

So to recap:

 – the Wednesday May 24 paddle at Ewan Maddock Dam will be moved to Lake Crummunda and will start at 10am, not 8am and it’ll be filmed by SBS

– the Cancer Council Biggest Morning Tea  will be held after the paddle and:

– you are invited to the Committee meeting after the Morning Tea.

If you have any questions, please send me an email.

Kind regards

Ken

Hi

A message from Ken & Paul

Paddlers,

The centrepiece of our 30th Anniversary celebrations will be a four day YakFest starting on Wednesday October 18th at Caloundra.

The Yakfest will include a mock mass rescue of kayaks by the Coast Guard using their three rescue vessels, a marine radio training course, a Come Try Day where potential members can try out a kayak and learn more about our club, (and it will include the opportunity for club members to try each others boats), and of course social paddles which may include an offshore route for the adventurous.

The collaboration with the Coast Guard should be a lot of fun and a real spectacle – a great awareness exercise in the lead up to Come Try Day.

Camping will also be available at the Big Four Caravan Park – right next door to the Coast Guard on the Caloundra waterfront. So in essence, members will have the choice of camping for the three nights, or to come from home each day.  

So please folks, put this one in your diary and let’s make it an event to remember.

There will be more detail as Paul Watt and I work through the planning in consultation with the committee. If you have any questions, don’t hesitate to ask. 

Kind regards

Ken and Paul

SKILLS DEVELOPMENT CLASSES 2023

** IMPORTANT NOTICE **

Updated: 19/5/23

Rob and Dean are back from the Tathra Camp and the Skills Development program is restarting on May 23rd at Cotton Tree, Maroochydore.

23rd May will be Surf Play at Cotton Tree on a rising tide.

30th May (May is a 5-Friday month) will be Skills Development at Cotton Tree

6th June – Skills will be replaced by Pimp Your Kayak Day at Parkyn Parade, Mooloolaba (see separate notice)

From 13th June until the water gets too cold – we will follow the published Skills program, unless otherwise advised.

Please contact Rob Plenderleith if there any questions.

Tuesday paddles – skills, surf, and ocean paddles

The Tuesday skills programme, unless otherwise advised, is: 

First and Third Tue – skills development at Cotton Tree (flat water, bumpy water, and surf options)

Second Tue – “ocean paddle” (could be offshore, or high wind sailing, or playing in swell, etc)

Fourth Tue – surf play at Cotton Tree, Mooloolaba, etc, depending on conditions.

Fifth Tue (if there is one) – either surf play or an ocean paddle.

It is time to place orders for our Club Shirts !

We need an order of 20 or more to keep them at the previous price of $60.00.

Less than 20 shirts will cost $65.00 each.

So all orders will be much appreciated !

Orders need to be placed and paid for by 1st May, 2023.

Deposit payment online into : 

SSRKC

BSB : 484799

Acc. : 033787320

PLEASE REMEMBER TO : Add your name to the deposit, and for Club Shirt 2023

If we do not receive 20 orders, we may extend the order deadline.

Please note : This will be your only opportunity this year to place an order !

We also have the opportunity this time when ordering to have the sleeve length extended 4 cm on men’s shirts. Please let me know when ordering if you want this. If any women would like extra sleeve length, please let me know.

You can place orders with me in person or by phone or text on 0422493093.

But don’t forget, I can not submit the order without payment made first.

Attached is a size chart, PLEASE measure yourself twice 😀 and follow the size chart. 

Cheers Heather 

 

 

 

Tighten your Tentrope

(Camps Update April ‘23)

This is the second Camps update and as you are all aware we are in for a huge camping year. Ken mentioned in his email update this week that I am looking for some help! There are a couple of proposed camps that I don’t have a Camp leader for, so if your interested drop me an email at david@jenavid.com.au and we can discuss what is involved. The July K’Gari camp the November Camp both need a camp leader. 

Our next camp is Tathra and Bruce is leading us south to Tathra (27 April – 13 May) the stops and paddles include Shoalhaven Heads, Jervis Bay, Tuross Lake, Batemans Bay, Twofold Bay and Bega River. Heaps of new paddles on the way down and back, a great NSW south coast road trip If you haven’t booked this yet you should do yourself a favour and get onto it.

Winter in the Whitsundays is going to be a cracker Dave Pass and Chris Roberts have arranged some fantastic weather to go with the many paddles, Dean is working up a Kayak Camping itinerary but be warned the sea state can get a little hairy around the outer islands, some bumpy water paddling on a Tuesday with Rob and Dean prior to the trip is well advised if you are planning on the seven night Outer Island Camping option. 

If you are planning on going to the Whitsundays let Umi know via email and she will get all the updates to you (uni.mckenzie@yahoo.com.au)

Tathra

27 April to 13 May

Camp Leader; Bruce Nicholson

Bruce has developed a pearler of an itinerary for the trip south covering Shoalhaven Heads to Bega

River with many many paddles in between.

The following is the current itinerary:

Thursday 27 April

Check-in at the Holiday Haven Caravan Park, 49 McIntosh St Shoalhaven Heads (02 4429 5409)

Friday 28 April – Sunday 30 April

Paddle Shoalhaven Gorge and Tallowa Dam, Honeymoon Bay, Jervis Bay, Wharf Road to Caravan

Park, Shoalhaven River

Monday 1 May

Check-in at Nelligen Big 4 Holiday Park Nelligen 970 Kings Hwy (1 300 784 446)

Tuesday 2 May – Thursday 4 May

Paddle Clyde River Upstream, Tuross Lake, Batemans Bay

Friday 5 May

Check-in at Tathra Beach Eco Village, 5 Andy Poole Dr, Tathra (02 6494 4773)

Saturday 6 May – Friday 12 May

Paddle Bermagui River, Bithry Inlet, Wapengo Lake, Twofold Bay, Towamba River, Ocean Paddle,

Bega River, Wallaga Lake, Dignams Creek

Saturday 13 May

Check-out and head home or somewhere else!

K’Gari (Fraser Island)

17-21 July

Camp Leader: (Volunteer Required)

K’Gari is always a favourite and the many camping sites up the west coast north from Moon Point offer something for everyone. An option could be to drive into Woralie Creek Camping Area and do day paddles from a fixed location, this will require high clearance 4WD and you need to bring everything. A luxury option would be 4 nights at Kingfisher Bay resort. My favourite option would be to paddle from Urangan to Awinya and camp out of the Kayak. There could be an option that involves multiple formats or even other locations. If someone is interested in planning this camp let me know via email and we can get started, otherwise it will be over to me and this will likely be a camping out of your Kayak camp. 

Whitsundays & Airlie Beach

14-28 August

Camp Leaders; Dave Pass and Chris Roberts

Where: Tasman Holiday Park, Cnr Jubilee Pocket Road and Shute Harbour Rds.

The van park selected is in a central location , friendly staff, pet friendly and an ideal booking and cancellation policy .There will be day paddles arranged based on the weather, and there are many many options available.

Dean will lead a small group on a kayak camping trip to the outer Islands . This will be a 7 day trip with no supply opportunity on the way .

For those who are not so adventurous, but want something more than the day paddles might offer or who have done it all before , there will be a 3 or 4 night camp at ” Paddle Bay ” on the north end of South Molle Island .This great camp gives the opportunity for many paddles ( Day Dream , North Molle , circumnavigate South Molle etc ) and access to the many walking tracks and to the now defunct South Molle resort.

The easiest option will be the day paddles that will be planned for most days, weather permitting, where you will return to your accommodation each afternoon. 

Tannum Sands? (or 3 Dams)

13-17 November

Camp Leader: Volunteer Required

We discussed the location of this camp at the recent Committee Meeting and I reported there was little interest from the paddlers that I have spoken to for the Tannum Sands venue. One option could be a repeat of the 3 Dams camp that was run a few years ago (before my time). The dams are located west of the Gold Coast and I think included Lakes Moogerah, Maroon, and Wyaralong and maybe we could include Hinze Dam. If you are interested in leading this camp let me know and we can get started on the planning. 

Tasmania 

5-26 February 2024 

Camp Leaders: David Hill & Paul Watt

So the following is a snap shot of the current planned itinerary, with phone numbers, websites and other good contact stuff, the planned paddles will be weather dependant and Paul and I will be working up the options over the next couple of months, if you have some favourites let us know and we will try to work them into the plan. Currently there are 22 paddlers confirmed for this trip and it’s shaping up to be an absolute ripper.  

Spirit of Tasmania: www.spiritoftasmania.com.au

Southport Hotel and Caravan Park (03 6298 3144)

In 5 Feb out 9 Feb  

Bruny Island, Captain Cook Holiday Park, Adventure Bay (03 6293 1128)

in 9 Feb out 13 Feb

White Beach Tourist Park, White Beach (03 6250 2142)

in 13 Feb out 17Feb

Coles Bay, Iiuka Big4 Holiday Park Freycinet  (03 6257 0115)

in 17Feb out 21Feb

Bay of Fires  (www.parks.tas.gov.au)

in 21 Feb out 26 Feb

stay at Binalong Bay (cabin options) or Cosy Corner (non-powered camping on the beach) 

Happy Camping..!

David Hill, Camp Coordinator

 

WHERE: Dunethin Rocks Scout Camp

  WHEN: Wednesday April 5th 2023

Full Details Click here

Seven club members paddled Lucinda to Mission Beach over 11 days in August 2022, thought it warrants a view on the website.

Video Creator: Dean Haspell, Camp Co-ordinator: David Hill

Participants: David Hill, Dean Haspell, Rob Plenderleith, Jim Clancy, Des Voight, Brian Batch, Linsay Gadsby

PS: Videos uploaded at the Sole discretion of the Webmaster.

ENJOY !

From Ken

Hi members

The Management Committee has called a Special General Meeting to enable the club to change the signatories to its bank accounts.

I want to explain why this is necessary.

Normally, the signatories to our two bank accounts – the Operating Account and the Term Deposit Account change to reflect the make up of the Executive. Suncorp however has advised that it cannot change the signatories unless there’s evidence the members of the club agree to the change. The evidence needed is a motion and a vote put to a General Meeting to which all members are invited to attend or cast a proxy vote. 

The Management Committee thought the easiest way to achieve this administrative outcome would be to hold a general meeting at the conclusion of one of our popular Monday paddles. The Ewan Maddock paddle was the best window. Otherwise, the meeting would be further delayed by the Bribie Island camp.

What effect will the proposed motion have? Not much, it simply reflects the make up of the new executive elected at the AGM.

If you can’t come, please feel free to fill in a proxy vote and email it back to Margaret.. We need a quorum of 19 – which I think will be easy to achieve given that it will be at a fabulous paddle spot and the meeting shouldn’t take more than 10 minutes.

If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to give me a call.

Click here for AGENDA SPECIAL MEETING 13th February 2023

Tighten your Tentrope

 (Camps Update Issue 1) Amended 25/2/23

Tighten your Tentrope is the first of my Camps updates for my role as Camp Coordinator, I’ll go with this title until someone can come up with something better, like “get your fly up” or “this is not my tent”.  There has been some idle chatter around a Boreen Point mini camp (15-18 Mar) and this is outlined over the page. Bruce then leads us south to Tathra (27 April – 13 May) which includes Shoalhaven Heads, Jervis Bay, Tuross Lake, Batemans Bay, Twofold Bay and Bega River. Heaps of new paddles on the way down and back, a great NSW south coast road trip If you haven’t booked this yet you should do yourself a favour and get onto it. . Winter in the Whitsundays is always a winner and Dave Pass and Chris Roberts are leading this camp which will based in Airlie Beach (14-28 August), there will also be some kayak camping options with-in this camp and I cant wait…!

 

 Boreen Point – Mini Camp Wednesday 15 March to Saturday 18 March?

Where: Boreen Point Campground and Caravan Park, 1 Esplanade Boreen Point

 Camp Leader: TBA

There are two options for this camp, the first is to paddle up Noosa River from Tewantin Boat Ramp after the Club Paddle on Wednesday, the tides will be in our favour for a 1pm departure and the distance is 17km. The second option is to drive to Boreen Point and check-in in the afternoon. The paddlers from Tewantin should arrive around 4pm.

The Camp ground has a web based booking system which is good as it is often difficult to get these guys on the phone. The Thursday Club paddle is planned for Boreen Point and the campers will join this and return to Boreen Point for the usual lunch with the Thursday paddlers.

A camp dinner is proposed at the Apollonian for Thursday night, following drinks at the bar 5pm.

Friday’s paddle will be either Harry’s Hut or Kin Kin Creek, whatever wasn’t covered on Thursday night. The other option for Friday will be continue to Camp 3 and have 2 nights there returning Sunday to Boreen Point, but I’ll see how much interest there is for this before committing.

 

Tathra Camp

27 April to 13 May

Camp Leader; Bruce Nicholson

Bruce has developed a cracker of an itinerary for the trip south covering Shoalhaven Heads to Bega River with many many paddles in between. The following is the itinerary:

Thursday 27 April Check-in at the Holiday Haven Caravan Park, 49 McIntosh St Shoalhaven Heads (02 4429 5409)

 Friday 28 April – Sunday 30 April Paddle Shoalhaven Gorge and Tallowa Dam, Honeymoon Bay, Jervis Bay, Wharf Road to Caravan Park, Shoalhaven River

 Monday 1 May Check-in at Nelligen Big 4 Holiday Park Nelligen 970 Kings Hwy (1 300 784 446) Tuesday 2 May –

 Thursday 4 May Paddle Clyde River Upstream, Tuross Lake, Batemans Bay

 Friday 5 May Check-in at Tathra Beach Eco Village, 5 Andy Poole Dr, Tathra (02 6494 4773)

 Saturday 6 May – Friday 12 May Paddle Bermagui River, Bithry Inlet, Wapengo Lake, Twofold Bay, Towamba River, Ocean Paddle, Bega River, Wallaga Lake, Dignams Creek

Saturday 13 May Check-out and head home or somewhere else!

 

Whitsunday Camp Monday 14 August to Monday 28 August Camp Leaders; Dave Pass and Chris Roberts Where: Tasman Holiday Park, Cnr Jubilee Pocket Road and Shute Harbour Rds. Dave and Chris are working with the van park currently on some good rates so just hold off booking until all that detail has been confirmed. The South East trade winds can blow strong for a few days at any time, accordingly a 14 day camp is planned in the hope of having at least 9-10 days of perfect paddling weather . The van park selected is in a central location , friendly staff, pet friendly and an ideal booking and cancellation policy . There will be day paddles arranged based on the weather, and there are many many options available. Airlie beach itself is a good day paddle along the coast , in and out of marinas , and a good beach for the coffee stop . Shute Hbr offers easy paddles to South Molle Island , North Molle Island , Daydream Island ( coffee and cake ) Long Island and the coast line north of Shute Hbr. As an option for the Kayak Campers Dean has offered to lead a group on a kayak camping trip to the outer Islands . This will be a 7 or more day trip with no supply opportunity on the way . It will be open only to members who have a demonstrated ability to cope with some heavy weather and who are not precious about returning with an extra scratch or two from rocks and coral . So , to impress Dean and Robb , you had best join them at skills days on the Maroochy bar !! For those who are not so adventurous, but want something more than the day paddles might offer or who have done it all before , there will be a 3 or 4 night camp at ” Paddle Bay ” on the north end of South Molle Island .This great camp gives the opportunity for many paddles ( Day Dream , North Molle , circumnavigate South Molle etc ) and access to the many walking tracks and to the now defunct South Molle resort

Very shortly, Marion Head will be circulating a questionnaire to all members. We are hoping to do this on a regular basis so that we keep across what members are expecting from the club. In the first questionnaire, Marion will be asking where you paddle and on what days so that we can allocate more effectively coordinators to each of the scheduled paddles. While we would prefer everyone to take a turn coordinating a paddle, there will be an opt out option. As requested by the General Meeting, we will also be asking whether the start times in winter should remain as they are (8.30am) or for it to be brought into line with summer start times.

The General Meeting also requested we develop guidelines around the new Associate membership that will be implemented as soon as it is incorporated into our constitution. We will be doing that over the coming months, but the committee agreed the criteria for associate membership will be tight – with associate members granted access to club emails, thew Facebook page, retaining advertising rights on the website and being able to participate in social events. Voting rights though will be restricted to life members and those paying full subscription.

In conclusion, I hope you have found the information useful and helpful in planning your year ahead.

Kind regards

Ken