Published 7th August 2020

Needless to say, the boatshed remains closed and no rowing is allowed.

The following message comes from Rowing Victoria quoting Parks Victoria.

From 6pm on the 2nd August all boat ramps and jetties across Metropolitan Melbourne are closed to all forms of recreational boating and fishing (ref). As such all ramps and landings on the Yarra and Maribyrnong rivers including the VRA landing are closed, as is the National Water Sports Centre.

 Recreational and exercise restrictions are, as per the current guidelines and advice from the Water Police, apply to human powered craft, in that

Location of exercise must be within 5k of a person’s primary place of residence
Duration of time away from a person’s primary place of residence must not exceed 1 hour
The use of a vehicle to transport human powered craft to and/or from a person’s primary place of residence is not permitted (‘use of a vehicle to facilitate exercise’)
 Authorities will be on patrol to ensure compliance with the restrictions. While there will be those that feel they can meet the guidelines for their use of the river for rowing, it is asked that they respect the intent of the restrictions in limiting all activities and travel beyond the essential services and emergency services. I would refer any questions on the guidance for restrictions under stage 4 to the DHHS website.

Rowing Victoria understands that these new State Government restrictions drastically limit the potential to row for Melbourne rowers for the next 6 weeks. Rowing Victoria will continue to explore every potential avenue to get the rowing community back on the water as soon as possible and will continue to plan and prepare for the future of Victorian rowing.

One day, we will get back to normal.