Editing Avon Descent (section)

{{Short description|White water event in Western Australia}}
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The '''Avon Descent''' is an annual, two-day, [[white water]] event along the [[Avon River (Western Australia)|Avon]] and [[Swan River (Western Australia)|Swan River]]s in [[Western Australia]]. It includes both paddle craft ([[kayak]]s, [[surf ski]]s) and small [[motor boats]], and runs from [[Northam, Western Australia|Northam]] to the [[Perth]] suburb of [[Bayswater, Western Australia|Bayswater]]. It is held in August of every year. The first Avon Descent was held in 1973.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article201782775 |title=AVON RIVER RAGE PROMISES TO BE A LEADING W.A. AQUATIC ATTRACTION |newspaper=[[The Beverley Times]] |volume=68 |issue=27 |location=Western Australia |date=2 August 1973 |accessdate=29 June 2017 |page=1 |via=National Library of Australia}} </ref><ref>https://www.avondescent.com.au/about/history/  Official website - with a very brief history of the original event </ref> The event was filmed by the second year.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article202741944 |title=Avon descent to be filmed |newspaper=[[The Beverley Times]] |volume=69 |issue=20 |location=Western Australia |date=6 June 1974 |accessdate=28 August 2021 |page=1 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref>  The descents are regularly photographed at each years event.<ref>{{Citation | author1=Tone'o | title=Avon Descent 2018 WA | publication-date=2018 | url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/238567465 | access-date=28 August 2021}}</ref> 

Sponsors and commercial support regularly changes, sometimes annually.{{cn|date=August 2017}} Past sponsors include Coates Hire and [[Multiplex (company)|Multiplex]].<ref>{{Citation | author1=Northam's Avon Descent Association | title=Northam's Avon Descent | date=1980 | publisher=Northam's Avon Descent Association | url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/18964921 | accessdate=29 June 2017 }}</ref>

While it was still operating on main line track, the [[Hotham Valley Railway]] had special trains on the Avon Valley part of the [[Eastern Railway (Western Australia)|Eastern railway]] to coincide with the race.<ref>[https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20110216170500/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/116022/20110217-0405/www.hothamvalleyrailway.com.au/avon_descent_2002.html ] {{cbignore|bot=medic}}2002 special </ref>