The inaugural Burley Griffin Gift will see crews from across New South Wales and Victoria battle it out in a test of endurance on Lake Burley Griffin on Saturday 1 October.
Historic boats and faithful reconstructions – century-old hire-boats, 1930s speedboats, sailboats, and Thames pleasure boats – will take to the waters of Lake Burley Griffin next weekend, in the biennial Canberra Classic Boatfest, held for the first time since 2018.
NSW Police have urged whale watchers and skippers to be aware of their surroundings during this season’s whale migration, after an incident on Sunday saw a breaching whale land on top of a boat off the coast of Narooma.
