Dragon Boats - Falls Creek
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Come and Celebrate the Spirit of Dragon Boat Racing on the beautiful Rocky Valley Lake foreshore at Falls Creek. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 As the highest dragon boat event in Australia, approximately 1600m above sea level, the altitude will challenge your fitness, the locals will befriend you and whether you win, lose or spectate, you'll have a great weekend!Hundreds of paddlers and spectators alike converge on the Rocky Valley foreshore for the Mile High Dragon Boat Championships. It is a very social weekend with lots of friendly rivalry and some fierce competition as the teams battle it out dragon head to dragon head. On the foreshore food and drinks will be available. Saturday night the action continues with pre-race dinners and parties. Sunday is race day, and the titles up for grabs include the “Victorian Mile High Champions”, “Pink Ribbon Champions”, “Mountain Champions”, “Men's Champions”, "Women's Champions", "Sport Club Champions" and ”Corporate Champions”. The winning team in each category is awarded with gold medals, and second and third place receive silver and bronze medals. After the awards ceremony on the foreshore, it’s time to head back to the village for the official Dragon Boat After Party at The Man! Now in our 6th year running the Victorian Mile High Championship attracts teams from right across Victoria, Melbourne, interstate, and the surrounding regions. Haven’t paddled a dragon boat before? Don’t worry on Saturday we provide all the necessary safety and skills training. The Victorian Dragon Boat Association provide experienced helms and instructors, we have paddles, boats and buoyancy vests. All you need to do is get yourself a team together. A full boat will take 20 paddlers and one drummer, who will keep you all paddling in time. (BIG hint: Make sure you get all your team members weights so you can balance the boat). Dragon Boating originated in China over 2,500 years ago and is now one of the fastest growing team water sports. So get your social, sporting or work group together and join the high life in Falls Creek for a sun-drenched, fun filled long weekend of dragon boating, Australia Day celebrations and parties. Packages including 3 nights accommodation with continental breakfast from $195.00 per person twin share. Call 1800 2 FALLS and let our friendly reservation staff package you and your team a fantastic Falls Creek mile high long weekend. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Registrations are now open. Click here to register a team. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| If you don't have a team yet we will assist you in finding one to join that has vacancies and is willing to accept individuals. Click here to register as an individual. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Click here to download the release, waiver & conditions of entry which must be signed by all team members before entering the water. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Click here to download the 2010 event poster. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Click here to download the 2010 t-shirt design & sizes. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Check out the clip below to see all the action from 2009! | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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What a great day for everyone involved in the 2009 Victorian Mile High Dragon Boat Championships!! | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| January 25 2009 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2009 Victorian Mile High Dragon Boat Results | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 Today's dragon boat races, reputedly the highest in Australia, possibly the world, is an annual event at Victoria's largest alpine resort.Whilst Melbourne-based teams such as the Flames and the Chinese Youth Society of Melbourne team are the hardest to beat it is the friendly rivalry between the 'pink ladies' (Dragons Abreast teams) which is a crowd-pleaser. They all wear attractive uniforms proudly stating they are recovering from one of our most potent diseases. Deni Schimana the coordinator of the Geelong-based Dragons Abreast Geelong Juggernauts (who had an unplanned roll over in training) said: "The paddling motion the women carry out in a dragon boat has been found by Canadian Dr Don McKenzie to be very beneficial, particularly for the upper body. Schimina and her counterparts in the Geelong Juggernauts team also gained enormous spectator approval with their pre race warm up carried out to the appropriate Annie Lennox track “Sisters are doing it for themselves”. It was just one a number of activities they and their Dragons Abreast counterparts from Melbourne, regional Victoria and the NSW city of Albury, carried out whilst they were competing in this year’s Mile High Victorian Dragon Boat Championships held each Australia Day weekend at Falls Creek. The finale by all the 'pink ladies' on the 'beach' alongside Rocky Valley Lake, after the final of the Pink Ribbon Challenge, was a hit with every participant and the large spectator crowd. Every Dragons Abreast team member took part in a dance routine that was once again done to apt Annie Lennox track “Sisters are doing it for themselves”. Albury Ski Club Captain Gordon Douglas said, after his team had performed a copybook recovery from an unscheduled swim in Rocky Valley Lake, I'm very proud of my team - they are asked by the boat's sweep to number off which is standard procedure when a dragon boat rolls over. "We won the ski club challenge for a second year in a row and we'll be back next year to defend our title." The eagerly-awaited Mountain Challenge was a tight contest between five teams and the 'new paddlers' in this event from Mt Buller gave the Falls Creek-based team a stiff contest finishing in second place. The Jindabyne team was third. Albury Bravehearts Pink were once again narrowly beaten by the Geelong Juggernauts in the annual Pink Ribbon Challenge. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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