Australia

Canberra was the second DAA team in Australia, commencing paddling
in 1999. We celebrated our 18th anniversary in 2017 with a members
breakfast. Our original team name was “Tickled Pink” but was changed to
“GoAnna” in 2014 in honour of our founder Anna Wellings-Booth. We have
competed in the International Breast Cancer Paddling Commission events
for breast cancer survivors in Australia, Canada and Florida.
But competition is not our only interest! We have a variety of social activities
and simply enjoy paddling on our beautiful Lake Burley Griffin. Our “GoAnna’s
Gathering” (gathering of members with dinner and short program of fun) is a
social highlight each year. The DA Canberra Annual Social and Corporate Regatta
continues to be a very successful community event raising awareness of breast
cancer in the Canberra region through the sport of dragon boat racing.
We have two boats – a 20 seater named GoAnna, and a baby 10 – seater
boat called Gecko. We paddle regularly three times a week throughout the
year, despite Canberra’s cold winters, and compete regularly in the local ACT
and NSW regattas, as well as overseas in Hong Kong