Peaceful Paddles – Berowra Waters
Hoping to capture another purple sunrise I got up at 5am and hit the water by 6am. The great thing about this time of the day is that there is…
Monthly Archives: May 2009
The first FatPaddler Tshirts – Coming Soon!
My new Fatpaddler tshirts arrived today from @CustomTees. Very happy with how they turned out, and am now in discussions on how to make them available for sale on this…
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…
How to post a kayak (hint: buy a LOT of bubble wrap)
To fund my next kayak purchase I went through the process of selling my SOT kayak on ebay. Naturally I insisted on “Pick Up Only”, and of course it sold…
Come up with the best Fat Paddler t-shirt slogan to win 1 of 3 FatPaddler.com car stickers
First things first. Yes, I rushed to put it on the car too fast and lost the inside of the O, so no need to point it out to me. …
Medic! Paddler down! Again!
You wouldn’t believe it. Burnsie, aka the Navy Cook, who you may have seen suffered a crippling flesh injury on a previous paddle, again today suffered another horrendous kayaking injury….
Paddle the Purple Sunrise, Berowra Waters
The plan was to kayak Lane Cove River early in the morning with a paddler mate. Except the night before he pulled out, claiming “it’s just too early”. Then to…
The Fat Paddler Logo is Born
A big thanks to @NoReinsGirl who took on my brief for a FatPaddler logo and breathed real life into it. And for putting up with my endless change requests. I…
A Fat Paddler must decide – Racing Ski vs Sea Kayak
So the time has come to get a bit more serious, sell off the plastic kayak and invest in the paddling craft that will carry the Fat Paddler through the…
Kayak Review – Boréal Design Nanook
After the difficulties faced using my current kayak with ocean swell conditions, with a need for a long-distance kayak for the Hawkesbury Classic in October, and after an insightful chat…
Best laid plans – Sunrise on the Pacific Ocean
It was a simple plan. Get up at 5am, head to the Spit, get the kayak out on the water whilst still dark, paddle to the Heads, and watch the…
