Night Paddling with Phosphorescent Algae
With only two weeks to go until the 111km Hawkesbury Classic, Gelo and I decided we better do a decent distance and get some night paddling practice in. We decided…
Category Archives: Canoes
Canoe Training at Dawn on a Misty Middle Harbour
In an effort to step up our training for the 2010 Hawkesbury Canoe Classic, Gelo and I met at 6am for a dawn paddle up Middle Harbour. Having set up…
First Training for the Hawkesbury Canoe Classic 2010
With the team now finalised for this years Hawkesbury Canoe Classic, I thought it time to hang up the kayak for a month and start getting some kms in with…
Team Fat Paddler enter Hawkesbury Canoe Classic 2010
Despite promising I’d never attempt the Hawkesbury Classic again unless in a much faster craft, for some crazy reason I thought I’d try to put the fun back into the…
Daddy Daughter Canoe Paddling
My wife and eldest daughter Gracie flew up to Brisbane to see family, leaving me with my youngest princess, Ella. When I asked her what she wanted to do, she…
Happy Bday – Fat Paddler Turns One
This time a year ago the FatPaddler.com website was launched. It’s initial goal was to document my personal journey to the Hawkesbury Classic, but quickly became a much greater adventure…
Bird-Watching from my Mad River Canoe
Whilst out testing my new Mad River Explorer 14TT last weekend, I got to spend a fair bit of time relaxing on Lake Avoca on NSW’s Central Coast. One of…
Canoe Review: Mad River Explorer 14TT
To get my family into paddling I needed a boat that could safely hold my wife and my two toddlers. Thanks to the good folks at Blue Earth Paddle Sports…
Kids, Canoes and Safety
I have a beautiful wife and two gorgeous little girls, and the one problem with my passion for paddling is that I can’t squeeze them all into my sea kayak….
