In Sydney, we are blessed with some wonderful waterways including the harbour at Port Jackson, the Parramatta River and the Hawkesbury River, all easily accessible and usually with adequate launching facilities.

The club just sort of grew from the acquisition of a boat, to the replacement of the outboard, to extending an invitation to some old mates to go fishing. We avoid the ramp rage that has sadly become characteristic of weekends on the boat ramps and set off almost exclusively on weekdays. This means of course that we are all retired and can spend our days in relative peace. Our wives believe that we are performing some sort of Secret Mens' Business and they're right; there is no place for women all day on a boat without toilets. Bladder control is practised with Zen-like calmness and anyway, there are always the buckets.