Australian Capital Territory
PO Box 7191 Yarralumla ACT 2600
tel: 1300 889 566
ACTregion@dragonsabreast.com.au (Regional Representative)
or canberra@dragonsabreast.com.au (ACT Coordinator)

Training times - Canberra

Where? Lake Burley Griffin, starting from the Southern Cross Yacht Club, Lotus Bay, Yarralumla

aerial view of Lotus Bay

Winter Training Times

Saturday 9.00 am - 10.45am (Lotus Bay)

Exercise class Thursday mornings 6.30am to 7.45am (YMCA Sailing Club, Yarralumla)

Spring Training Times

Wednesday 5.30 pm – 7.00 pm

Thursday 6.30 am – 7.45 am

Saturday 8.00 am - 9.45 am

Summer Training Times

(from Tuesday 30th October 2007) 

Wednesday 5.30 pm – 7.00 pm *

Thursday 6.30 am – 7.45 am

Saturday 8.00 am - 9.45 am

Sunday 8.00 am – 9.45 am (note: this has been temporarily suspended due to lack of numbers)

* New

Remember

• Sufficient water
• Hat
• Sunscreen
• Sunglasses

Coffee after training on Saturdays is at the Yarralumla shops or at the Southern Cross Yacht Club. After Sunday’s paddle we have coffee at the Southern Cross Yacht Club at Lotus Bay.

• Life jackets are mandatory from June till September, during winter when the Lake temperature falls.
• We welcome breast cancer survivors who would like to have a trial paddle with us.

SUMMER: during daylight saving time - beginning October to end March or until the weather gets colder.

• Tues mornings:  6.30am arrival at Lotus Bay for warm-up and helping to get the boat into the water, for a 6.45 am departure, returning at 7.45 am.
• Wednesday evenings: 5.30pm for 6.00pm departure
• Sat and Sun mornings:  8 am at Lotus Bay for warm-up and helping to get the boat into the water, for an 8.30 am departure, returning at 9.30 am. (paddling on Saturday is followed by coffee and Turkish pide at Yarralumla and on Sunday by coffee at the Southern Cross Club at Lotus Bay)
• Come & Try sessions. These sessions, for interested breast cancer survivors, are held on the first Saturday in the month, unless a regatta has been scheduled for that date. The sessions run from 9.45am to 10.45 am, and we have coffee afterwards. Forthcoming dates are: 9 February 2008, 1 March, 12 April, 3 May. Please advise the Coordinator, Judy Richmond (contact details ) if you would like to join one of these sessions.

Please note:

• For those who like a bit of extra training, some of us train with other CDBA teams (check with individual team for details).
• You need to arrive 30 minutes before the paddle start times to allow for warm-up and for helping to get the boat into the water. Sweeps have the authority to deny a place to latecomers and/or place them appropriately in the boat.

After dark directive - Canberra Dragon Boat Association (September 2006)

• If clubs are to venture on the water and stay after the publicised  sunrise and sunset times (published in the Canberra times everyday in the weather section), the following will apply;
• All boats used on water must have at least one operational visible white light on the boat, switched on for the duration of the water session. responsibility for batteries for the lights will be the clubs. Although the CDBA will provide batteries, it is the club responsibility to ensure that the lights are operational. Clubs are not to take boats on the lake without operational lights.
• All crew members are to wear PFDs (unless in a wetsuit) while on the water if paddling after the publicised sunset and/or before sunrise times.