What do you mean it’s Winter? Paddling beautiful Sydney Harbour
Sometimes it’s hard to believe it’s the middle of winter in Sydney. After paddling in cold, wet and windy conditions for the past few weeks (the things you do when…
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Balmoral Blast, or Egg and Bacon?
As I was gearing up for an early morning paddle on Sydney Harbour, a passing paddle-colleague stopped to say gday and let me know he was about to take part…
Solo Man – The Great Kayak Adventurer
A recent entry from @kiryn in my FatPaddler tshirt competition reminded me of the brilliant tv ads of the 80s for “Solo Man”, the tough adventurer with a huge thirst…
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…
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…
