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Happenings
SEE A NEW SIDE OF AUSTIN AT OUR UPCOMING EVENTS
From weekly deals for pet owners and students to local tours and sightseeing full of fun facts, there’s always something amazing happening at Rowing Dock!
Saturday, Nov 6th
It's My Park Day Volunteer Lake Clean Up
Join your fellow Austinites and park lovers and help us clean up our lake! Volunteers will have the opportunity to select from cleaning up the park space around Rowing Dock on-land or getting into a kayak and cleaning up trash along Lady Bird Lake. Each shift will last two hours, and volunteers will receive a complimentary trash bag, gloves, and grabbers. As a thank you for your contribution, we’ll give you an additional free one-hour rental pass for each full bag of trash you bring to use on any future occasion.
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Every Saturday Morning
The Kayak Clean Up Crew
Help us clean up our lake! Every Saturday, volunteers will get a free two-hour boat rental, a trash bag, gloves, and grabbers (you must sign up via our meet-up group to attend as each meet up group does have limited capacity). Upon your return, a Rowing Dock team member will weigh your trash bag, snap a pic and add it to our roster. As a thank you for your contribution, we’ll give you an additional free one-hour rental pass for each full bag of trash you bring to use on any future occasion.
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Remainder of series cancelled
Summer Wellness on the Water Series
A series of weekly sunset cooldown, meditative and fitness experiences on the water, brought to you by a local Austin business.
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Low Season: By Reservation Only
Sunset bat paddle
On this incredibly popular tour, you’ll take a 2-mile paddle to the famous Congress Avenue Bridge where you’ll watch and listen to over 1.5 million bats flying overhead en route to their nightly feeding. The 4-mile round-trip is accompanied by one of our excellent guides who will also teach you about prominent architecture across the skyline, the Austin power plant, Auditorium Shores, and much more. The tour is approximately two hours but please allow three hours, as the bats dictate our timing.
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OCT FULL MOON CANCELLED
full moon paddle
Come see Lady Bird Lake in a whole new light! Moon gaze under the stars as you head upstream towards Red Bud Isle or point your boat east towards downtown and see the Austin skyline all lit up. Please note that our Full Moon Paddles are ticketed, reservation-only events.
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Every Tuesday
Yappy Hour
We always welcome your fur babies! But Tuesday is truly a day for the dogs. We’ll give you a FREE hour rental after the purchase of one hour with a barker on board.Please note, given the history of poisonous toxins found in the blue-green algae in Lady Bird Lake, if you decide to bring your pet, you are doing so at your own risk.To learn more about the history of toxic algae in Lady Bird Lake, please visit: austintexas.gov/algae
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Teacher Tuesdays
To celebrate our teachers who work tirelessly to support and educate their students, we are kicking off Teacher Tuesdays, beginning on Teacher Appreciation Day!! All teachers who bring their school identification will receive 50% off their rental every Tuesday!
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College Day
The eyes of Texas are upon college students on Wednesdays! Come on down to the Dock with a valid student ID and you’ll get 50% OFF any rental! This deal is good all day for regular rentals, but we do limit one vessel per college ID.
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Happenings FAQs
What is Yappy Hour and College Day?
Do you offer lake clean up days?
Are your events ticketed or first come, first serve?
Can I bring a pet that is not a dog and receive the yappy hour discount?
Can I bring my cooler to ticketed events?
Do I need to wear my life jacket during events?
LOVE PADDLING AS MUCH AS WE DO?
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LOVE PADDLING AS MUCH AS WE DO?
Our newsletter is the best way to get discounts, early access to events, and a whole lot more (none of which is spam)!