Gathering of the City: Geelong Connected Communities welcomes Canoe and the walkers to city centre as a highlight of Geelong After Dark. The ceremony begins at 8.10pm, Friday 6 May, at Steampacket Gardens.

Distance: 6.7km
Times: 6:55pm - 8:20pm (1hr 25min)

This path is mostly flat, however there are some steep climbs and descents. This path also changes between gravel, sealed, roadsides and grassed nature strips.

Artist: Merinda Kelly

Station Open: 5:30pm - 8:00pm
Address: Corner The Esplanade and Seabeach Parade, North Shore 3214

Canoe Arrives: 6:40pm
Canoe Departs: 6:55pm

Distance: 4.8Km
Times: 5:40pm - 6:40pm (1hr)

This path is mostly flat and changes from gravel paths, sealed footpaths, roadsides and grassed nature strips.

Artist Simon Macaulay

Station Open: 4:30pm - 6:45pm
Address: End of Foreshore Road, Corio 3214

Canoe Arrives: 5:25pm
Canoe Leaves: 5:40pm

Distance: 6.3Km
Times: 4:05pm - 5:25pm (1hr 15min)

This path is sealed and mostly flat with some moderate inclines and declines.

Artists: David Dellafiora & Teresa Lawrence

Station Open: 3:00pm - 5:00pm
Address: 2 Rennie St, Lara

Canoe Arrives: 3:50pm
Canoe Leaves: 4:05pm

Distance: 11.52Km
Times: 1:30pm - 3:50pm (2hr 20min)

The paths and the terrain vary significantly along the first stage.

A Ceremony of Welcome

12:30pm-1:30pm

Gathering of the Elders at You Yangs Big Rock begins Mountain to Mouth 2016 with a ceremony acknowledging the land and the ancestors in whose footsteps we walk.

Artists: Kerrie Black and Esther Konings-Oakes

Station Open: 12pm - 2:30pm
Address: 5 Branch Rd, Little River, VIC, 3211, Australia

Canoe Leaves: 1:30pm