Matilda Bay Paddle – February 2023
The recent paddle to Matilda Bay had its challenges and rewards, as do most paddles where we rely on wind, tides and temperature.
After much deliberation and consultation regarding the forecast wind conditions, twelve club...
BROKE INLET January 2023
A lucky number of eight paddlers this year for our annual Australia Day sojourne down to the cooler climes of our south coast at Broke Inlet, within the D’ Entreasteau National Park west of...
BLACKWOOD RIVER PADDLE AND CAMPING TRIP November 2022
The Swan Canoe Club’s annual November camping and paddling trip, attracted ten paddlers this year, but what an enthusiastic group! In particular, the newer white-water paddlers, Kelly, Vicki, Trudy, and Margie were very enthusiastic,...
Paddling Walyunga White Water 2022
It looks like we’re seeing the last of the white water for a while, as the Walyunga gauge, wherever it’s gone to, would be showing about 0.5 metre today. Hopefully the disappearing wooden Walyunga...
Upper Murray Paddle with Geoff E
Last Sunday, eleven club paddlers set off from Yarragil on the Upper Murray River to paddle the ten kilometres downstream to the Baden-Powell picnic area. The river was flowing well at a level of...
Serpentine River – Mandurah Lakes Trip Report
With the heavy rain and the river rising from 0.45 metres to over 1.2 metres, this twenty-kilometre paddle down the Serpentine River was looking in doubt. Some paddlers were in doubt too, with colds...
Moore River Meander – July 2022
After a two-day postponement due to predicted miserable weather, the thirteen of us who presented for the Moore River Meander were rewarded with a magnificent sunny winter’s day with negligible wind and great company....
Penguin Island Trip – February 2022
A Windy Day in Shoalwater Bay
While you might think that work is the curse of the paddling class, for me it’s the wind. At this time of year, the weather gods take delight in...
Penguin Island Paddle – January 2022
SCC PENGUIN ISLAND TRIP 2/1/22:
It seemed a long time in the making, but seven of us finally made it to Penguin Island on Sunday the 2nd January 2022. The original plan was for fourteen,...
Serpentine River – Mandurah Lakes Paddle – October 2021
Last Sunday an intrepid crew of twenty Swan Canoe Club paddlers set off into the wild wetlands of the Serpentine River for a lazy twenty-kilometre paddle downstream.
Things didn’t start well for Tony when he...