Augusta Community Rowing in Augusta, Western Australia | Community organisation

Augusta Community Rowing

Locality: Augusta, Western Australia

Address: PO Box 69, Karridale 6288 Augusta, WA, Australia

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24.01.2022 Fridays early morning crew enjoy a windy row.

24.01.2022 This mornings 6 am row ,down the river to the river mouth, then back up through the sticks towards Molloy Island .

23.01.2022 A few more photos have come in of our fantastic launch weekend.

22.01.2022 Had a great day meeting people at Augusta IGA. Thank you to the Lions for the donation of the trailer of wood. It will be well used in our fire pit

22.01.2022 Spot the logo!!

21.01.2022 Come and join us for the wonderful community launch of our two St Ayles Skiffs.

20.01.2022 Our first 6am rowing before work team. We loved Sarah’s three stages. Row hard.. Swim... Then straight into her work uniform.... We considered dropping Pam off at one of her Augusta House Boats with cleaning gear in tow!! Our team came in , then two more teams went out rowing at 8.30. ‘Come and have a go at rowing ‘ dates will be organised at our committee meeting on Tuesday. These will take place within the next couple of weeks so come and join in the fun. See more

20.01.2022 What an achievement. Today we sea trialled our two beautiful hand built St Ayles Skiffs , Zoom and The Colour Patch. They rowed like a dream. A few more sea trials to go before we have our official launch celebration on Sunday 27 th September in front of The Colour Patch in Augusta.

19.01.2022 Today’s early morning fitness crew and our dolphin team challengers.

19.01.2022 One more for the Ocean

18.01.2022 It’s always good to look at videos of rowing to watch length of stroke, depth of oars and timing. A great way to improve technique for all rowers.

18.01.2022 The amazing Deb Spoons Perry warming up for the parade.

16.01.2022 The fabulous RFBYC choir warming up their vocal chords in readiness to join in the celebrations.

16.01.2022 Living the dream. It’s not where you travel it’s who you travel with

16.01.2022 The Colour Patch is launched.

14.01.2022 The boom box accompanied our rowers this morning. Thank you Julie for the Christmas Carol fun. The drummer boy was a big hit!!

14.01.2022 The awesome parade through Augusta.

14.01.2022 We had a few more sea trials for the skiffs this morning. A beautiful still day and perfect for sorting out minor adjustments that need to be made on the oar sleeves and collars. This is exactly why we are trialling the boats before our official launch, parade and celebration on the 27 th September.

13.01.2022 More dolphin races 3 2 1....and pushing through the legs,up through the core ... did we win... not sure however this was an awesome row

13.01.2022 We are on a fundraising roll. Join us today for our Fashion Frenzy clothes swap at the Augusta Hotel.

12.01.2022 We had some keen early morning rowers on Christmas Day. Great fun to dress up and then to have Courtney and Donna supply us with wonderful coffee when we landed at Ellis Street Jetty.

11.01.2022 Last Friday’s early morning row.

11.01.2022 Zoom is launched

11.01.2022 Today’s 6 am rowing team rowed upriver to Molloy Island Ferry and back. Just under 14 km. Outward row was against the current and the wind which took 1hr 5 mins then the return row in 40 mins with the wind and current behind us. A fantastic effort crew, newly named as the Turbo Team

09.01.2022 This mornings dolphin Big Twenty challenge. The race was on and I’m not sure who had the most fun.. our crew or the dolphins.

09.01.2022 Dolphin serenadefor Sarah’s birthday.

09.01.2022 What an awesome row. An hour and 45 minutes out on the water as the sun rose and the dolphins played with us. Pure joy

08.01.2022 The 6am Augusta rowers and 8.30 am rowers enjoyed time on the water today.

07.01.2022 Our two beautiful boats have now been launched. What a fabulous weekend . Thank you to all those who have supported this community project from the beginning. Come and join the Augusta Rowers. We are now on the water.

07.01.2022 Another fun night to put in your diary. There are limited places so let me know if you will be attending please.

06.01.2022 Our fashion swap fundraising event at the Augusta Hotel on Sunday was a huge success. Thank you to all who attended and contributed to the fun. We are aiming to keep fundraising to be able to purchase the correct oars for our skiffs and this event really helped towards that goal.

05.01.2022 Shane and Jane from Franklin paid us a visit on New Year’s Day and enjoyed rather a challenging very windy row with us. It was great to meet them both and talk about skiffs, oars and everything rowing.

05.01.2022 Well the baling bucket works thank you Linda Kent. We worked our early birds ladies team hard today, a fabulous strong row with lots of fun too. The rush at the end to all change into more suitable attire for work is always amusing!

04.01.2022 One week to go for our parade, picnic and official launch day of our two beautiful St Ayles Skiffs. Come and join us and celebrate. This is a fantastic community project. Community builds boats and boats build communities.

03.01.2022 Jess and Pat, our two winners of Mondays rowing extravaganza raffle.

03.01.2022 What an amazing row this morning up river through the sticks with dolphins playing around us. So many wonderful videos it’s difficult to choose one. A great row, a great crew.

02.01.2022 Welcome to Fin who got our crew feathering on Wednesday and Friday in the rather windy conditions.

02.01.2022 Two fun weekends of fundraising events. Come and join us. A warm welcome to all.