The Bombora Outriggers combine community and fitness with their exciting fleet of six boats plying the Passage on most evenings and weekends.

Roz Fritz started this Bribie club on 7th February 2017. She had moved down from Gladstone where she had enjoyed outrigging since 2003.

Bombora Outriggers has six boats, including two six-person, one treble, one double, and a quadruple outrigger twin. The main photos are enjoyment on the water. The land photo happily shows all six, while awaiting permission to build a shed.

After three years as a President and a Secretary creating the club, Roz has asked Jim Fogarty to take over, with him being elected President by the 48 members for 2021.

The photo of the six was taken by Jenny Easey. The photo of BOMBORA was taken by Marianne Neale, who is also a member of the Dragon Abreast Club, which also helps breast cancer survivors. The “land’ photo was taken by Nevenka Clarke from our own Pocket Books office.

As well as The Bombora Outriggers and Dragon Abreast, there is the Mahalo Outriggers on Bribie Island. As Roz has said “My heart swells each time I see outriggers on the water. I wanted more people to know the joy of paddling.

Roz’s love of the sea could well have come from her father, Ron Harris, who, at 98 years young is one of only five surviving world war two veterans in Queensland, having being a captain of Sunderland flying boats in England. Ron Harris has been also privileged with a friendship with the Queensland Governor H.E. Paul de Jersey AC and Mrs Kaye de Jersey.

Join the fun, contact Jim Fogarty on 0424 252 814. Jim is a retired engineer. His email: jim.1021@hotmail.com The boats are usually at the edge of the park in Welsby Pde, near the propeller (Air Force monument), off Creel Bend, where this canal meets the Pumicestone Passage on map 432 G1.