Map of the Course
- Start – Airbus Group Warehouse, MacArthur Avenue Central, Pinkenba
- 1-mile mark (1.61km) – Gateway Bridge
- 2-mile mark (3.22km) – Northshore Hamilton Ferry Terminal
- Finish (3-miles = 4.828km) – Northbank green pilon 60m downstream of Brett’s Wharf Ferry Terminal
Race Time & Spectating
Brisbane River, MacArthur Avenue Central, Pinkenba to Brett’s Wharf, Hamilton. 10am Sunday 8th September .
Best views of the race are on-water via speedboat.
Supporters are invited to spectate at any stage of the morning’s activities. Crews will boat from St Margaret’s boatshed at 9am. The race will start one mile downstream from the Gateway Bridge at Airbus Group Warehouse, MacArthur Avenue Central, Pinkenba at 10am.
Crews will pass the 2 mile mark at approximately 10:10am situated on the Southern Bank at Colmslie Recreation Reserve and the Northern Bank, where the vantage points are excellent at Northshore Riverside Park and the Northshore Hamilton CityCat Terminal.
The finish line is 60m Downstream of the Brett’s Wharf CityCat terminal. Crews will finish at approximately 10:15am. A public walkway is situated on the Northern Bank at this location for a direct line of sight at the finish line.
Spectators are invited to follow the race in a speedboat, and if doing so they are asked to be at the start line no later than 9:50am so as not to wash off the crews during their final warm-up preparations. Speedboats that are not in position at the start prior to this time are asked to wait until the race has passed before joining the following flotilla.
Those following the race must not be ahead of the boat race officials following in official catamarans and must not give wash to any racing crew regardless of margins eventuating during the race.
If you wish to follow the race via speedboat, please organize yourselves early and register your intention to do so, including the persons in the craft by emailing: