They have a special interest in the performances of the New Zealand rowing team at the Olympics.
Bond's older brother, Hamish, is the hot favourite to win a gold medal in the men's pair with Eric Murray tomorrow.
Strack's partner, Jade Uru, is in the men's four that has a chance of making the final.
"I will be watching every resting moment I have," Strack told the Otago Daily Times.
"I'm looking forward to being in a good time zone so that I can maximise viewing time. I"ll be yelling at the TV as hard as I can."
Alistair Bond (22) lives with Hamish in Cambridge but does not offer any advice to his brother.
"I try not to say too much to Hamish. I just let him focus on what he is doing."
But he has learned a lot from his brother.
"Hamish gives me general advice on how to row fast and how to look after myself while I'm training so I can perform at my best every day at training," Bond said.
At the world championships, Bond is teamed with Armin Svoboda (Canterbury) in the lightweight men's pair.
"Our target is to get on the podium," Bond said. "We will just take one step at a time and focus on each race as it comes along."
Bond, who gained a surveying degree at the University of Otago, has competed for New Zealand university crews in Australia and Otago University in Russia and China.
Strack (22) missed Olympic Games selection because of back problems that kept her out of the boat for two months during the summer.
"I'm not having any back issues at all now. The time out of the boat has healed my injury. It was just unfortunate timing,"she said.
Strack teamed with Julia Edward in the New Zealand lightweight double sculls for the world championships in 2010 and with Louise Ayling last year.
"It [the injury] was devastating for me," Strack said. "It has been a dream of mine for many years to compete at the Olympic Games."
Strack now takes extra care to prevent injuries. It is giving her the incentive to reach the podium in the lightweight single sculls in Plovdiv.
"I want to prove myself in the single and get some reward after a difficult year. I want to be a world champion." The experience has not diminished her Olympic dream. The next chance is in Rio de Janeiro in 2016.
The New Zealand team will spend nearly three weeks training in Bulgaria before the world junior and senior lightweight championships from August 14-18.
