Susie Palfreyman commenced her senior rowing with the University of Western Australia Boat Club.
[1] In 1976 and 1977 she coxed West Australian state women's fours contesting the ULVA Trophy at the Interstate Regatta.
[1] Palfreyman was in the stern of the 1979 Australian champion Victorian women's four selected to contest the 1979 World Rowing Championships in Bled.
Crewed by Sally Harding, Anne Chirnside, Pam Westendorf and Verna Westwood they again finished in fifth place.
[1] Susie was also founding President of the Head of the Schoolgirls, the largest single sex regatta in the southern hemisphere.