Down Under Rally – New Caledonia
Business Contact Info
Address:
Christchurch
Canterbury
New Zealand
Contact Details:
Contact Person: Viki Moore
Phone: (+64) 21438977
Email: [email protected]
Website: http://www.downunderrally.com

The Down Under Rally runs a variety of rallies each year including:

  • Go East – Australia to New Caledonia, Vanuatu & Beyond
  • Pacific Rally – Australia to New Zealand, Tonga, Fiji, Vanuatu & New Caledonia
  • Go West – New Caledonia to Australia

The purpose of the various rallies offered by the Down Under Rally is to provide the owners and crew of cruising yachts that join the rallies with up to date and accurate information to assist them when visiting exploring the destination countries.

Rally Director Viki Moore is a qualified RYA Offshore Yachtmaster,  Regional Rear Commodore – South Pacific for the Ocean Cruising Club, a Seven Seas Cruising Association Cruising Station Host  and has a wealth of sailing experience under her belt.

Island Cruising & Down Under Rally provides resources for cruisers wanting to prepare for long coastal or offshore voyages. We also run yacht cruising rallies around Australia, New Zealand and the islands of the South Pacific; namely Tonga, Fiji, Vanuatu and New Caledonia, and further afield to French Polynesia, Cook Islands, Samoa & Niue.

Rallies are designed to allow sailors to cruise the islands aboard their own boats, or assist as crew on someone else’s boat. Although our rallies have typically attracted owners of sailing yachts, we welcome owners of offshore capable motor boats to join us too.

Noumea Rendezvous – Sailing to Australia info & voyage briefing New Caledonia

On arrival back in Noumea from Fiji the Down Under Rally hold the Noumea Rendezvous. The purpose of this event is to encourage those yachts that are considering their options for cyclone season to choose Australia as their destination. We show a presentation that provides information about Australia as a destination. With the presentation, voyage briefing and Q&A session completed all who attend enjoy complimentary canapés and sundowners made possible thanks to Scarborough Marina who sponsor this event.

About the Go West Rally, New Caledonia to Australia

The primary goal of the Down Under Rally “Go West Rally” is to promote Australia as a destination to the international cruising community and encourage vessels to choose Australia as their destination for the SW Pacific Cyclone season.

The Down Under “Go West” Rally does this by providing the owners and crews of international cruising yachts with a professional informative & up to date introduction to Australia.

The Go West rally participants spend the cyclone season exploring and cruising in Australia.

The rally provides participants with incentives and benefits and is a great way for visiting yachts to meet other cruising yachtsmen & women with whom they can share the experience and the journey.

Prior to participants arriving in Australia, the Down Under “Go West” Rally communicates regularly with all entrants, officers of the Australian Customs and Quarantine departments and The Port of Bundaberg to ensure the best possible outcome for all rally participants in regard to the clearance of their vessel & crew members into Australia.

Go West Rally Welcome Week

Rally participants are encouraged to arrive in the Port of Bundaberg QLD and to attend our Welcome Week, in Bundaberg which takes place annually in November.

Welcome Week is designed to introduce these visitors to Australia and ensure that they not only are made to feel welcome but to also provide them with valuable information about getting the most out of their time in Australia.

The following presentations are held over 4 days as part of the Welcome Week event calendar:

  • Down Under Orientation (Includes sessions on the dangers and delights of Australia)
  • East Coast Yacht Cruising (sessions on Queensland /New South Wales & Tasmania)
  • Land Cruising Down Under

As a result of the information shared during Welcome Week many have realized that to experience all that Australia has to offer they will need to spend a lot more time here and as such many will now call Australia home for up to three years.

In addition to the Welcome Week presentations participants also have the opportunity to join in several social events and take tours to attractions that are local to the rally entry port.

Typical “Go West Rally” participant itinerary:

For the majority cyclone season dictates that they will sail south from Bundaberg soon after the conclusion of Welcome Week.

The majority of participants choose to sail to Brisbane or the Gold Coast and call SE Queensland home for the next 5 months before heading north at the end of cyclone season with the intention of cruising the Great Barrier Reef and far north Queensland before departing Horn Island in the Torres Islands with the Go North Rally to Indonesia in July

Others venture further south to Sydney for New Years Eve on the harbour and then onto Tasmania before returning to Queensland and follow a similar plan to those who remained in Queensland.

 

 

 

 

 

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