The yarra valley was victorias first wine growing district with a history stretching back nearly 180 years. Book a weekend guided walking tour of the vines and winery, which includes the rare opportunity to sample wines direct from the barrel. This is a short film of the mubc male c coxed eight in the 2014 melbourne head of the yarra, highlighting the major points from the days race. Wine production by the wineries of the yarra valley came to a halt in the 1920s due to the economics of the day, changing tastes and the high price of wool. Nov 30, 2016 the race of 255 eights head of the yarra 30 november 2016.
Lutz lange, a member of the frankfurter rudergesellschaft germania, gives htbs this report from the 61st head of the yarra in sydney, australia. From the first vines planted over 180 years ago, to why wine production ceased in the 1920s and how it bounced back with the replanting of grapes in the 1960s. Why one should row stroke side on the head of the yarra. The race of 255 eights head of the yarra 30 november 2016. The date of the 2020 head of the yarra is confirmed by rowing victoria as saturday, 28th november 2020 subject to sanction by the chief health officer of victoria. Billy sanders from scots, who first rowed for the club at head of the yarra last year, had a.
Scattered around the yarra valley region, there are plenty of hotels to choose from. Buy a discounted paperback of yarra online from australias leading online bookstore. Nestled among 3 acres of lawn and gardens, yarra gables is just a 2minute drive from the heart of healesville. It would need a visionary to reestablish winemaking in the yarra valley and in 1969 one came along. Tasmanian veteran rowers off to head of the yarra the examiner. The yarra bend park marks one of the most important postcontact places in the melbourne metropolitan area, and is of great significance to victorian aboriginal.
Overview since late 1998 the yarra river business association has actively represented the interests of small to medium businesses located on and along the river. Chapter 19, the upper yarra district pages 402 415. The 1km handicap is multiplied by 8, which is the length of the head of the yarra course. Booktopia yarra, the history of melbournes murky river. Relax with a glass and a cheese basket at the cellar door or head into the garden for a game of bocce. The yarra river has one island called herring island which is situated approximately 3kms from the cbd in como and is only accessible by boat. Burchell, l 1991 recognising house styles 1880s 1990s, city of coburg, coburg. Entries close 20 october, 6 weeks prior race day, or earlier if the cap has been reached. I also oversee the operations of the secondary and primary school libraries, coordinate the purchase and processing of resources, and promote reading of all types to classes in years 79. Head of the yarra was held today, saturday november 30th on the river yarra with an armada of rowing eights who took to melbournes great river competing for.
History visit melbournes yarra valley official site. The upper reaches of the yarra valley remain very important for melbournes fresh water supply and feed close to 70% of all inflows. The head of the yarra multinational winning masters crew from st george rowing club. Nov 30, 20 head of the yarra was held today, saturday november 30th on the river yarra with an armada of rowing eights who took to melbournes great river competing for the fastest time and title of head.
The official page of the yarra junction football netball club, the home of the eagles. The yarra junction history book team is devastated by the sudden death of our friend, co researcher and president of the upper yarra museum tom omeara. Yarra valley wine history wine varietals on your tour in addition to tasting delicious awardwinning coolclimate wines, youll get to hear about the valleys wine history. Article writer lutz right in the middle, fifth from the left. Today, we remember a significant man in australias history books. The club fielded five eights with leah saunders and kendall brodie also representing in a composite boat in the womens open eight who placed 2nd behind melbourne university. The skywhale hot air balloon flying over yarra glen in yarra valley, australia, this month. The yarra valley is home to over 90 cellar doors plus many more vineyards, earning the region its reputation of one of the worlds great cool climate wine regions. Dec 01, 2014 this is a short film of the mubc male c coxed eight in the 2014 melbourne head of the yarra, highlighting the major points from the days race. The largest ever contingent of rowers in an australian rowing race nearly 2300 competitors in 255 eights took to melbournes yarra river for the 58 th edition of the head of the yarra. The yarra river or historically, the yarra yarra river, is a perennial river in eastcentral victoria, australia. Victoria is home to many indigenous nations who had inhabited the land for thousands of years prior to european discovery and settlement 1770. The yarra junction eagles, yarra junction, victoria. Foodies should be sure to book one of the tours that combines vineyard visits with gourmet food or a stop at a chocolaterie and creamery.
The continent of australia is first sighted by the crew on captain james cooks endeavour voyage at point hicks, located in the far east of victoria between bemm river and mallacoota 1798. Widening and dams, like the upper yarra reservoir have helped protect melbourne from major flooding. The following handicaps are based on the australian masters handicaps. May 18, 2011 abc24 contact sport 2010 head of the yarra by catherine ellis. Head office and distribution centre unit e1, 329 birnie avenue, lidcombe nsw 2141. Flavours of the yarra valley wine dinner oconnells. Right next door is awardwinning yarra yering, named best small cellar door by gourmet traveller wine, under the expert eye of 2017 halliday winemaker of the year sarah crowe. Src rowers and coaches headed enmasse to melbourne last weekend for the 58th head of the yarra regatta. On its journey through melbourne and to port phillip, it supplies 9 catchment dams and provides drinking water. With around 250 eights competing each year, the head of the yarra is the largest rowing event for eights in the southern hemisphere. About yarra yarra valley grammars inclusive, welcoming community is one our families genuinely love and a place where our students feel inspired to achieve their very best.
Masters crews are generally placed in the age category corresponding to the average age of the crew attained during the current year. Wine was grown in victorias yarra valley from the mid 1800s through to the 1920s and was a principal export of the new colony. As a result, the lower yarra business community has real input to the planning and operational decisions made for the area by the many and various organizations involved with river governance. This will be a day for the carrum rowing club history books. One of melbournes premier rowing regattas the head of the yarra is. The victorian head of the river regatta is contested between the eleven associated public schools of victoria aps the head of the river is the oldest continuous schoolboy rowing event in the world, dating back to 1868, and throughout its history has changed format on a number of occasions. Australia with a head like a turtle, a body like a giant cetacean and ten bulbous, hanging. Set in melbourne, seventeen year old leni and cris popescu are twins, children of former olympian rowers, and are in their final years of school at harley grammar. Its history is rich with famous wineries and breweries dating back to the 1800s. Sister ships were hma ships huon i, parramatta i, swan i, torrens i and warrego i she was commissioned as hms yarra at greenock on 10 september 1910 under the command of lieutenant tw. The skywhale returns to australias skies, and its creator. Booktopia has yarra, the history of melbournes murky river by otto kristin. When cap is reached we will accept entries onto a waiting list, but in the past, very few.
Dogfriendly wine tasting tours of yarra valley with. Tram stop 22 or the windmill garden is a small garden at the head of smith street. The chateau yering hotel is a gracious victorian mansion set on a 250acre estate offering sweeping views of the yarra valley. Includes descriptions of some townships and short biographies of local residents. Dec 31, 2019 the head of the yarra multinational winning masters crew from st george rowing club. The head of the yarra is a rowing regatta held on the yarra river in melbourne, australia. Victoria and its metropolis is a large two volume history of victoria, written in 1888 by alexander sutherland. Melbourne head of the yarra 2014 recording youtube.
The parish of tarrawarra lies to the east of yarra glen. Your ultimate guide to the yarra valley wine region. Sales of crown land in the parish occurred in 1856 and 1857 with many of the lots being purchased by george symons who took over the pastoral lease from william ryrie in 1850. Race rules head of the yarra the race will be governed by the current issue of the rowing victoria rule book. For those not rowing it is an amazing spectacle come down and cheer on the 3 richmond crews womens d, mens c and mixed masters ac. It covers an area which once comprised the pastoral lease of john thomson, known as view hill. Vines, m, outhred, g and leigh, j 1996 identification of housing styles and faults, rmit, melbourne. Set on a single 29hectare campus, the school offers a coeducational learning experience. It contains a huge amount of information on the people of the colony and its early history. Sixty years of the head of the yarra 776bc journal.
Head of the yarra news newspapers books scholar jstor november 2018 learn how and when to remove this template message. During world war i they formed the australian destroyer flotilla. The city of yarra is an inner metropolitan municipality which is home to a diverse community of approximately 100,000 people. Hmas yarra i was one of six river class torpedo boat destroyers built for the royal australian navy during the period 190916.
The shire encompassed the headwaters of the yarra river as far west as woori yallock, 50 km east of central melbourne. The event is australias largest headrace, with crews from all over australia and. We were one of the very first clubs to be affiliated with rowing victoria and this affiliation remains today. In line with tradition our club president bill olayos will lay a wreath at the. Timeline victorias early history, 18031851 research. Its one of the few head races you can also follow along the entire course on a pushbike. The head of the river is the oldest continuous schoolboy rowing event in the world, dating back to 1868, and throughout its history has changed format on a number of occasions. Stapleton, m and stapleton, i 1996 australian house styles, flannel flower press, yeronga. Nov 23, 2012 this saturday is the annual head of the yarra hoty regatta on the yarra.
While day tours from melbourne are a great way to get an overview of the region, visitors with more time on their hands should take advantage of packages which include an overnight stay at a yarra valley resortsome even have spas. Both were taught to row at a young age and are now in preparations for the head of the river, the most important race in the school year. The 2017 block 11 cabernet sauvignon, named best cabernet sauvignon at the 2018 yarra valley wine show. This video is a pictorial history of our competitive rowing in our first 75 years 18771952. For 242 kilometres the main water course and 24 tributaries drain an area of 4060 m2, about half the area of metropolitan melbourne. Club crews prevail and nsw makes history on day 7 sydney. Organized by hawthorn rowing club, it is the largest eightsonly rowing event in australia, and is listed as one of the three most notable head races along with the head of the river race and the head of the charles. Touring yarra valley wine region, food and wine, victoria. The garden was an ongoing source of dialogue, occasional retribution and negotiation with city of yarra. Oct 02, 2018 while day tours from melbourne are a great way to get an overview of the region, visitors with more time on their hands should take advantage of packages which include an overnight stay at a yarra valley resortsome even have spas.
Theres the awardwinning eleonores restaurant on site which even offers a traditional high tea. The yarra a natural historythe headwaters of the yarra river flow from the pristine flanks of mt baw baw in victorias west gippsland region. Here glenda and others cut a guerilla garden out of recently laid bitumen in 2007, to the surprise of the workers whod done the job. It is a head race, with each crew having a separate start time. From its source in the yarra ranges, it flows 242 kilometres west through the yarra valley which opens out into plains as it winds its way through greater melbourne before emptying into hobsons bay in norther. The city of yarra is an inner metropolitan municipality which is home to a diverse community of. Upper yarra shire 18881994, an area of 1740 sq km, was created in 1888, when the only settlement of note was warburton. This saturday is the annual head of the yarra hoty regatta on the yarra. Yarra gables is a 3minute drive from both beechworth bakery and healesville country club. Head of the yarra 2016 by coach carter sydney rowing club. Hosted by hawthorn rowing club, the event has a long history with this. Herring island was created from dredging spoil in the 1920s when a new river channel was cut at burnley to prevent flooding of the yarra river. The story behind one of yarra valleys top wineries. From the first vines planted over 180 years ago, to why wine production ceased in the 1920s and how it.
The lower stretches of the river are where the city of melbourne was established in 1835 and today greater melbourne dominates and influences the landscape of its lower reaches. I think its safe to say our book will most likely be dedicated to tom when it is complete. Hawthorn rowing club hosts the annual head of the yarra regatta an 8 km time trial event racing up the yarra river from the city to the hawthorn rowing club. Jan 01, 2014 head of the river is pip harrys second novel. Discover the history of the yarra river in melbourne, on a. Abc24 contact sport 2010 head of the yarra by catherine ellis.