Daily Archives: 28/06/2009

Rare Animal Sightings on the Lane Cove River

It was an absolutely stunning winter’s day in Sydney. Warm, sunny, no wind. Perfect paddling weather. So I decided to revisit the Lane Cove River off Sydney Harbour. Now, I’m…

One great reason why kayaking is better than swimming

Sometimes it’s only whilst sitting in a boat that you realise what else is inhabiting the water. Whilst on a great paddle from The Spit to Roseville, it became very…

Kayak Enemy #23: Semi-submerged logs

Paddling in pre-dawn darkness, the last thing you want to come across at full speed is a submerged log.  For a motorboat, such a thing can be catastrophic. So when…