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Summer Beach Party with SHK

Sydney Harbour Kayaks are putting on their Summer Launch Party for paddling friends and family to bring in the sunny season on Saturday 31st October down at The Spit. They’ve…

Harbour Sighting – Ella’s Pink Lady

One of the reasons I love paddling Sydney Harbour so much is there is always something cool to see. On this particular paddle, it was the bright pink yacht “Ella’s…

Kayak Review: Epsilon P300

My good friends at Sydney Harbour Kayaks let me know that the latest container-load of kayaks had arrived from Boréal Design, and that I should try out the newly-designed Epsilon…

Great Kayak Adventurers – Freya Hoffmeister

There are too few people in the world whose actions are truly inspiring, and when I think about kayaking there is one name that instantly springs to mind – Freya…

Paddling the Wyong River at night

A bloke named Ned, another Hawkesbury Canoe Classic competitor, got in contact with me a little while back and we decided to meet up for a night-time paddle as part…

Hawkesbury River – A Tale of Two Currents

With my 111km paddle in the Hawkesbury Canoe Classic just weeks away, I thought I should get out and kayak up the Hawkesbury itself to get an idea of the…

Competition: Name Fat Paddler’s kayak

As the Hawkesbury Canoe Classic approaches, a small niggling problem has started to bug me.  That is the fact that my kayak doesn’t have a name. My other kayak, my…

Hide Tide Discovery: Scotts Creek

The fantastic thing about paddling in Sydney is that there are so many secrets to be found.  On my usual paddling spot (Middle Harbour) there are all types of areas…

Kayak Review: Shrike B450

My friends at Sydney Harbour Kayaks have introduced a new brand of kayaks, Shrike, to their already impressive quiver of paddle-craft. After being talked up as incredibly high-quality hand-made boats…

When sporting bets go wrong – #twitterbetloserfriday

Apart from kayaking, my other passion is rugby union, and in particular supporting my local team (Waratahs) and my national team, the Wallabies.  For our national side, our biggest rivalry…

Surf Paddlers with www.WozThatYou.com

Doug, A mate of mine on the northern beaches of Sydney, gets up before sunrise each morning and lugs his impressive camera gear down to whatever beach is working best….

Paddling with US writer JF Englert

I met Jonathan whilst out on a gentle paddle to Balmoral and we had since organised to catch up for a kayak on Middle Harbour.  Meeting at the very respectable…

Shannon from Sydney Harbour Kayaks

It was a crazy day to head out kayaking – 35 knot winds, gale-force gusts and white-capped breakers on Middle Harbour. But tucked in behind the Spit Bridge is my…

Four Paddlers of the Apocalypse

Sydney-siders awoke this morning to what appeared to be Armageddon.  The skies at 5.30am were fire-red and thick with dust, the early stages of what has turned into a full-blown…