Monthly Archives: April 2011

Two beautiful Wenonah canoes cruising NSW water

Paddle and Portage Canoes introduces We-no-nah to Australian Shores

Last year I decided to take on the 111km Hawkesbury Canoe Classic ultra-marathon in a fourteen foot canoe, a slow wide boat perfect for family day trips, but not really…

FP in the shiny new Wenonah Encounter at Berowra Waters

Video: First Paddle in the Wenonah Encounter

I took delivery of the first We-no-nah Encounter to ever land on Australia’s shores last weekend, care of new Aussie canoe business Paddle & Portage Canoes. I’ll write up the…

Two thirds of Team Fat Paddler at the end. Three of us had stayed dry - haha!

Race Report: Bridge to Beach 2011

Team Fat Paddler started gathering at Blues Point a little after 5.30am. After the wettest April day in about 20 years the day before, the skies looked remarkably clear and…

Gelo - young, paddling, and showing off his new cliff-rash

Sea Kayaking – Where Are All the Young People?

There’s something about paddling that’s been bothering me for a while – I couldn’t quite put my finger on it but I just sensed there was something missing. Recently, whilst…

Captain Kuk leads the way for some serious fun in Sydney Australia

Video: Team Fat Paddler does a Rock Garden Class with Tsunami Rangers Captain Jim Kakuk

Team Fat Paddler are all about fun and the lads were ecstatic about locking in a session with Tsunami Rangers Captain Jim Kakuk before he returned to his home in…

Grumm take things very easy on a lazy Sunday morning

Remember, Paddling Is All About Having Fun

The Team Fat Paddler boys had a go at me recently. You see, I’ve taken a liking to paddling out through the Heads to explore Sydney’s cliff-line, or donning the…

QajaqJPN Samurai Stickers - raising money for victims of the earthquakes and tsunamis

Support Japanese Tsunami Victims with QajaqJPN

Now that the press has died down somewhat after the catastrophic earthquakes and tsunamis that recently devastated Japan, it is time to think about the hundreds of thousands of victims…