Menu - click on day
Day 1 LAX to CALOUNDRA Day 5 Street Parade and Opening Ceremonies
Day 2 Caloundra and Environs Day 6 Race Day 1
Day 3 First Practice Day Day 7 Caloundra Diary 3 and Race Day 2,
including Sandy Smith Global Race
and Closing Ceremonies
Day 4 Caloundra Diaries 1 and 2
and Exploring Caloundra
 

Day 5

First Official Day

Street Parade - Bulcock Street, Downtown Caloundra
March through Caloundra from the Civic Center to King's Beach

 

 

King's Beach Pavillion - Caloundra

The Opening Ceremonies

 


Angela Ong (3rd row from front, left, waving) and "Paddlers in the Pink" from Singapore
Teams had time to have dinner and have a break before the ceremonies began.


The Naked what?? before the Opening Ceremonies

 

A dramatic and colourful introduction...

 


Don Aldous, the Mayor of Caloundra opens the evening's proceedings and speeches.

Mayor of Caloundra, Don Aldous was a super sport - donning a pink tu-tu !!

(L to R) Representative of the Premier of Queensland - Karen Struthers, our MC - Linda, and Michelle Hanton

Singer Vicki Cochran sang her beautiful song of hope – We are Proud.

(L to R) Michelle Hanton, Organising committee member Janelle Gamble

Dr. Don was the darling of the evening

To Next Day