New Member Information

Throughout the year we hold Come and Try Days for people interested in trying Outrigger Canoeing. We have just completed three of these days during the off season with the last being on the 15th of November 2008 for Brisbane City Council Real Adventure Women programme. We are about to enter into our racing season early in January and will set some more Come and Try Days for later in 2009. Stay tuned for those dates or email our us at @brisbaneoutrigger.com to enquire.

We have also just completed our 3 week Novice Program in October 2008. This program culminated in Byron Bay on the 8th of November with most of our new paddlers enjoying the open ocean and some particularly rough water for their final session. Almost all of those who took part in the Novice Program have now joined our club and are training hard for the coming race season. Congratulations to all our novice paddlers and a very big welcome to our club.

This is also a call out to anyone who has paddled in the past, drop us a line and we can get you back into training! We encourage anyone who has a little or a lot of paddling experience to come down to a session and see how much you miss getting on the water. If you are a social paddler or want to get back into competition, now is the time to slowly build that boat fitness back up. We offer three complimentary sessions to see if you want to get back into it. Again, email Karen on so we can advise you of off-season training sessions.

What to Bring

• Water bottle
• Comfortable sun safe clothing (T-shirt or rash/sun safe shirt)
• A hat is essential
• A pair of old sandshoes or thongs (they will get wet) to protect you feet on the boat ramp at low tide.
• A towel and change of clothes – showers are available in clubhouse
• A smile and be ready to have some fun!

How to Join

Click here to join (or rejoin) the Brisbane Outrigger Canoe Club (BOCC)