Penrith Whitewater Phone (02) 4730 4333 www.penrithwhitewater.com.au
- Built for the 2000 Sydney Olympics
- 320 metres long
- Overall drop is 5.5 metres
- Grade 3 difficulty
Equipment hire and instruction
are available as well as rafting.
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Start pool and tower - class of juniors listen to instructor
Right: looking down the course
"First Drop"
"Sweet Lips"
Entering "Main Wave"
"Main Wave", above and right
Looking up the course towards the start from "Main Wave"
"Number
Two", with large, friendly eddy, about half way down the
course. There's an instructor there with throw rope. 
Looking down the second half of the course
"Last Drop" and looking upstream from bottom of course
Plastic bollards which control the shape of the course: they're moved from time to time.
Finish
pool, with take-out, Terrace Cafe and change rooms behind. Conveyor
on left. 
Conveyor
takes paddlers and craft back up to the start pool 
Conveyor
belt leading up to the start pool - just float off.