An issue I care strongly about is that of garbage in the oceans, and plastic in particular. You only need to read up on the 5 Gyres to see what…

Having done a fair bit of solo paddling over the past few weeks, I thought it might be time to organise an open social paddle. I put the word out…

During a recent group social paddle up Middle Harbour, we were joined by ocean paddling personality Dez Blanchfield from Blast Paddlers. He thankfully kept the brakes on long enough to…

It was one of those days where the weather reports totally confused me as to the likely conditions.  As I monitored the various forecast websites, I received a mix of…

Any time now, internet paddling mate Joe O’Blenis will be pushing off into Canadian waters to attempt the sea kayak speed record for paddling around Vancouver Island. Joe previously set…

As Sydney-siders flocked to the eastern suburbs for the annual City to Surf running event, I decided to slip down to the water for a quiet solo paddle to Manly….

Towards the end of the family holiday I’d taken off from Avoca looking for a decent paddle. Driving around the Brisbane Water looking for somewhere interesting to paddle, I somehow…

My wife Bec used to paddle in Sydney quite often until a paddling friend told her that Middle Harbour, her usual paddle spot, is a Bull Shark breeding ground. Since…

Over the past week I’ve had the good fortune to grab a much-needed holiday in the sleepy town of Avoca Beach with my family. On this particular morning I awoke…

A few months back I had the pleasure of meeting the Yukon Buddies on Middle Harbour. These amazing women are survivors of breast cancer and were inspired by a team…

This week Team Fat Paddler was graced with Grumm’s sister Andie, up on a holiday from Radelaide.  As we had promised some months earlier, we loaded her into the car…