Daily Archives: 24/05/2009

The FP view of the sunrise. Breath-takingly beautiful.

Paddling Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park (Sydney Australia)

Today I spent a magnificent 3.5hrs on the beautiful waters of the Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park. Other than bloody sea-planes this was an invigorating 24km trek through pristine Australian bushland,…

Kayak Enemy #247: Landing Seaplanes

So there I am paddling through the beautiful Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park in Sydney’s north, enjoying the stunning Aussie bushland and the distant sound of running waterfalls. Looking up I…

Kayak rebrand – from ex-rental to Fat Paddler

Upon receipt of my new kayak (actually a second hand ex-rental from Sydney Harbour Kayaks), one thing became clear. I needed to clean it up and make it NOT look…

New Kayak! And gale-force winds, dammit!

The day finally arrived for me to pick-up my new kayak. It also came with pouring rain and horrendous winds chopping Sydney’s waters to bits. Still, that made having a…