Avon Descent

The Avon Descent is an annual, two-day, white water event along the Avon and Swan Rivers in Western Australia. It includes both paddle craft (kayaks, surf skis) and small motor boats, and runs from Northam to the Perth suburb of Bayswater. It is held in August of every year. The first Avon Descent was held in 1973.[1][2] The event was filmed by the second year.[3] The descents are regularly photographed at each years event.[4]

Sponsors and commercial support regularly changes, sometimes annually.[citation needed] Past sponsors include Coates Hire and Multiplex.[5]

While it was still operating on main line track, the Hotham Valley Railway had special trains on the Avon Valley part of the Eastern railway to coincide with the race.[6]

  1. ^ "AVON RIVER RAGE PROMISES TO BE A LEADING W.A. AQUATIC ATTRACTION". The Beverley Times. Vol. 68, no. 27. Western Australia. 2 August 1973. p. 1. Retrieved 29 June 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
  2. ^ https://www.avondescent.com.au/about/history/ Official website - with a very brief history of the original event
  3. ^ "Avon descent to be filmed". The Beverley Times. Vol. 69, no. 20. Western Australia. 6 June 1974. p. 1. Retrieved 28 August 2021 – via National Library of Australia.
  4. ^ Tone'o (2018), Avon Descent 2018 WA, retrieved 28 August 2021
  5. ^ Northam's Avon Descent Association (1980), Northam's Avon Descent, Northam's Avon Descent Association, retrieved 29 June 2017
  6. ^ [1] 2002 special