Wednesday, May 2, 2012
PEEL REGION CANOE CLUBS & LINKS
● Mandurah
Over 55s Canoe Club Inc: The Club
paddles three times a week, mainly on the estuary and rivers. Email: greydolphin@gmail.com
● Mandurah
Murray Vietnam Veterans’ Group: Paddles on a Thursday morning at various
locations in the Peel region. All Veterans and ex service people are welcome.
website: www.mmvvg.asn.au
● Mandurah
Ocean Canoe Club Inc: Competitive & recreational
paddling for teams &individuals.
Contact Colin, m: 0428 468 884 or website: www.mandurahoceanclub.com.au
●
Mandurah Paddling Club Inc:
Membership: Competitive,
recreational, social and junior recreational.
Inquiries Paul, m: 0400 842 445, or website: www.mandurahpaddlingclub.org.au
Local Canoeing/Kayaking
Training
● Fairbridge Western Australia Inc: Contact: Team Leader of Outdoor Recreation/Trainer Email: outdoor.rec@fairbridge.asn.au
● Kayaks-4-U Contact: Paul on Mobile. 0419 885 710
● Keep
up to date with: Canoeing in
Western Australia go to Robyn K’s site: www.iinet.net.au/~rokhor/canoe
● Peel Trails Group Website:
Interested
in what the go is with all sorts of trails around the Peel, then visit: www.peeltrails.com.au
PEEL REGION CANOE MAPS & GUIDES
Available free of charge at local
visitor centres are the Canoe Trail
Friends of Mandurah and Pinjarra Inc’s series of seven canoe guides and
three companions encompassing the waterways of the Peel Regional Park
Complementing these guides are two land based Peel Inlet and Harvey
Estuary guides, Dolphin Trails and Tales and Birdwatching Trail Guide for Water and
Shorebirds
For free waterproof copies of the canoe guides and
companions send a self addressed DL size
envelope, with stamps to the value of $1.80 (one dollar eighty) to PO Box 3188, Mandurah East, WA
6210
All maps and guides are available online
DEC Canoe guides/ maps: Murray River:
Pinjarra to Peel Inlet, the guide also includes Serpentine River from Riverside
Gardens downstream. Available local DEC office cost $11.00. Enquiries: DEC’s,
Recreation and Trails Unit on 9334 0265
About The Friends
Environmental and community projects currently being undertaken by the
Canoe Trail Friends of Mandurah and Pinjarra Inc, a ‘paddlers alliance’
include:
● establishment
of protected locations for both
migratory and residential water and shore birds in the Peel Inlet and Harvey
Estuary
●
incorporation of canoe trails in the proposed Peel Regional Park, (see PEEL REGION CANOE MAPS & GUIDES)
●. development
of canoe launch points to provide better access to our rivers and waterways,
●. preparation
of submissions to local and state governments raising concerns about the
environmental impact on our waterways, and
● event
coordinators of the annual Peel Paddling Carnival
The
Friends are members of: Peel
Boating Community Group and Peel Trails Group
Membership:
The Friends would appreciate your
support by you becoming a member of the
Canoe Trail Friends of Mandurah and Pinjarra Inc.
Membership is open to any person over
the age of 18years The annual membership fee is $5(five dollars) Please Note:
We are not a paddling club
Enquiries: email beejays@tadaust.org.au
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