Rowers from St Peter’s School in Cambridge spent a week in Australia last week and are now hosting their Australian compatriots in readiness for a Lake Karāpiro regatta this weekend.
The 28 senior rowers stayed at Shore School in Sydney, trained on the Paramatta River and competed in the Rowing New South Wales Reindeer Regatta and NSW Sprints at the Sydney International Regatta Centre.
The Regatta Centre was the home of the 2000 Sydney Olympic rowing events.
The visit is the first since Covid restricted travel.
Two parents and four staff escorted the group who had the opportunity to have surf lessons in Manly, visited the Sydney Aquarium, Madame Tussauds wax museum, and explored the Blue Mountains.
St Peter’s and Shore School in Sydney have a reciprocal relationship where accommodation and boats are offered to the visiting school.
Shore rowers are staying at St Peter’s preparing for the Christmas Regatta.
