Competitor Briefing notes in the document attached below the maps...

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Plese note: Forced stoppages at the CityCat terminal due to commercial craft in the exclusion zone will obviously impact overall time. To ensure you are not disadvantaged we have a timekeeper statoned in this location to record the time you have been delayed. This time will be removed from your overall time. Please listen out for instruction from the marshals.

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The Convict Chase entries are now open on Rowing Manager @rowingqueensland for all eights ( School, Masters and Open) wanting to race’n’chase down the mighty Brisbane River on November 28th. 

All competitors will be sentenced to 7.4km of hard labour, starting near the Stockwell’s house on Wanganui Reach and finishing at Rowing Queensland HQ on Milton Reach. Cracking the whip from 7am. 

The Convict Chase is a cheeky nod to the 3 lost convicts who were the first Europeans to discover the Brisbane river in 1823. 
The 3 men originally set sail from Sydney on a timber-gathering expedition to Illawarra when a wild storm rolled in and blew them well off course. They were cast adrift for 25 days and eventually landed in Moreton Bay. 
Once back on land the three castaways were determined to walk back to Sydney but hopelessly headed in the wrong direction. They walked naked, shoeless and tired along the Coast until they sighted the mouth of a river where they trekked upstream until they were able to cross over at Oxley Creek in a stolen canoe. Fortunately they were taken in by the local Turrbal people and provided with food, water, shelter and directions until heading back to the coast. 
Here they met Lieutenant John Oxley and reluctantly helped to guide him back to the river in search of an ideal location for settlement. Oxley then named the river after the Governor of New South Wales, Sir Thomas Brisbane. 

197 years later and there are plans for more blood, sweat and tears on our mighty Brisbane River. 
Who will get punished, and who will do the punishing??
Just don’t break the rules...

Get 7 of your mates together (plus one slightly smaller one) and transport yourself to Rowing Manager and get your entry in!!

Race the Convict Chase 2020.

A contribution will be made to the State Team kitty.

Maps of the course below

Course Overview

Start Line - Stockwell Pontoon (19 Ormadale Road, Yeronga)

Corso

Uni

West End ferry

Finish line - in line with Victoria Street West End

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2020 CC Flyer Convict Chase Competitor Briefing