Kayak Enemy #23: Semi-submerged logs
Paddling in pre-dawn darkness, the last thing you want to come across at full speed is a submerged log. For a motorboat, such a thing can be catastrophic. So when…
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The Coffee Boat gets better – now with muffins!
Who’d have thought the famous coffee boat could get better?? Well, after chasing him for about 2km today and having worked up an appetite to go with my coffee cravings,…
Kayak Enemy #74: Stealthy Coxless Quad Sculls
Ordinarily I wouldn’t class another paddler in the enemy category, however an incident this morning changed all that. You see, I’d put the kayak in the water at about 6am…
Paddling Hungover – Sydney Harbour
What a night. Three big international rugby games (France vs New Zealand, Wallabies v Italy, Lions v Sth Africa), a lamb roast, an old friend and several hundred rums. After…
Berowra Creek – Beauty and the Beasts
I’ve had the flu over the last week so had to keep the paddling to an easy cruise. After seeking suggestions, @NoReinsGirl suggested a leisurely cruise on Berowra Waters. Now…
Amber Sunrise over the Sydney Skyline
I put the question out to Twitter on where to paddle and got the answer “Lavender Bay” from @andrawatkins. This had great appeal, since the bay overlooks the Sydney Harbour…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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. …
