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…
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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…
Getting Kids Outdoors – Camping and Canoeing
My two daughters, aged 3 and 4, are already digital natives. They can use my iPhone with ease, program the cable TV and work the DVD player. I don’t even…
Canoe Paddling in Toronto with Badger Paddles
My alarm went at off 6am, rousing me from a brief but deep sleep. I was in a hotel room in Toronto Canada, it was around -10C outside and my…
Video Classics: Paddle to the Sea (Canada, 1966)
In this day of digital content where a days paddle can be online to share within hours or even minutes, it’s easy to forget that great paddling movies were made…
Canoeing the Upper Colo River in Flood
The week had been wet and the Upper Colo River to Sydney’s north west had gone from around a metre deep to over 10 metres deep in a matter of…
Colo River Flood and a Horse Rescue by Canoes
Adventure comes when you least expect it…. unless of course you go looking for it! Gelo and I had organised a canoe session with a couple of fellas experienced in…
Experimenting with Canoe Paddles and Sea Kayaks
Ever since the 6 weeks of training in the canoe for the Hawkesbury Canoe Classic I’ve been a little bit crazy about canoing. I’m not sure what it was exactly,…
Canoe Adventures that become Swimming Adventures
Paddle mate Grumm has had his outlaws visiting from the UK over the past few weeks, and we promised to take Keith, his 6’5″ ex-rugby player father in law, out…
Hawkesbury Canoe Classic 2010 – Part 3
(Continued from Part 2 – or start at Part 1) With bellies full of pancakes and bacon, Gelo and I felt ready to face the horrible weather and the last…
Hawkesbury Canoe Classic 2010 – Part 2
(Continued from Part 1) With bellies full of hot food, Gelo and I climbed back into the canoe and set off for Wisemans Ferry, some 33km down the river. Gelo,…
Hawkesbury Canoe Classic 2010 – Part 1
The team plan was for all to meet at my place at 8.30am for a 9am departure for Windsor. That was thrown into disarray when Sacha got lost and drove…
Team Fat Paddler: No Sleep Til Brooklyn
With the 111km Hawkesbury Canoe Classic now just two days away, we thought we should pick a team song for the event. Being that it runs overnight and ends in…
Canoe Paddling in Gale Force Winds
The weather forecast was pretty grim, with possible gale-force winds lashing Sydney’s waterways. But with one week to go before the Hawkesbury Classic, Gelo and I were determined to get…
