For those venturing by road to Barcaldine and Longreach, you are welcome to join the Outback Convoy taking the boats to the regatta from Sydney and enjoy some sights and rows along the way.
Wednesday
Early departure from Sydney to TBA
Thursday
Starting with a training paddle on the TBA River at TBA. Arrive at 9am to unload and join the boats. Crews will be mixed or actual race crews if you have the numbers. After the training paddle, we will split and reload the boats.
Lunch is at TBA and then the convoy will continue to St George.
The Southern convoy will join us at St George and travelers will need to book Thursday night in St George. A Convoy dinner is planned at a local pub.
Friday
The next morning the convoys will have a paddle on the Balonne River (ETA 8am). Boats will be joined to allow a mix of rowers to have a row before packing up (ETD 10 am). Lunch is in Mitchell.
The Convoy then departs for Barcaldine arriving late-afternoon.
Monday
The convoy will hit the road for Brisbane early Monday morning. It is around 12 hours to Toowoomba where we will have dinner at the Royal Hotel at 6.30pm.
If you are keen to tag along please email the Outback Rowing team.
