Setting a World Record to Raise Safety Awareness
I had the pleasure of going to the Sydney Boat Show official breakfast this morning, to formally open up the show. This was a fun event with a gaggle of…
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Large and In Charge – Sydney Morning Herald
When I was asked to speak about kayaking at the Sydney International Boat Show, I wasn’t quite expecting the media attention that came with it. A conversation with a journalist…
Bugsy and Sunshine Paddle Sydney
Whenever one of my daughters has a birthday, my mum (aka Bugsy) who lives about 1500kms away on the great Murray River, comes to visit. When she last came in…
Calm Seas and Sydney’s Cliffs
All the weather and marine forecasts said the same thing – small waves and an even smaller ocean swell. Despite weeks of big seas and high winds, here was a…
Exploring Pittwater’s Western Shore
Cold, dark and quiet. This is how we found the put-in at the southern end of Pittwater this winter’s morning. Grumm, The Famous Tim Kennings and myself had met up…
Grumm and The Famous Tim Kennings Return for Coffee
This weekend’s paddle marked the welcome return of two misssing (feared lost) Team Fat Paddler characters. The inimitable Grumm (aka The Whinging Pom) and the Unknown Greenland Paddler, recently renamed…
On the Water with Orbitz and HotelClub
This week our business has been visited by senior execs from our parent company Orbitz, including our VP Global Media Kit Simon and CEO & President, Barney Harford. In an…
Dumb Paddlers without PFDs
Today after returning from a dawn paddle to the ocean-battered cliffs of North Head, I saw something that really annoyed me. Three kayakers had paddled around Grotto Point (see photo…
Team Fat Paddler: final K4K training run
The boys came together for one last paddle before the next weeks Kayak for Kids event. Meeting at 7am, we got to witness a stunning dawn over Middle Harbour before…
HotelClub Marketing Team Paddle Day
What do you do as a team builder for 30 marketing staff in a glorious city like Sydney? There’s a whole range of fun things to do, but this time…
Kayak Camping on Myall Lakes
I recently invited members of the Fat Paddler Facebook Page to upload photos of their favourite paddle spots. As you may know, I have recently had urges to get out…
Visiting Pommy Paddlers and Tsunami Warnings
I love the fact that as a paddler, all it takes to get a decent paddle in anywhere in the world is to simply jump online and ask someone. Which…
Video: Can’t get to the water for a paddle?
Big thanks to the Twitter paddling community (and @ncoutlander in particular) for bringing this cute little video to my attention! Now the million dollar question is… should the Fat Paddler…
Kayak Trailers Stolen from SHK
I can’t say I’ve ever met a paddler I didn’t like, it’s such a great community of people sharing a passion for the outdoors. So it is really saddening to…
