Night photography with Solent Sea Kayaking
With the Hawkesbury Canoe Classic just days away, I’ve been thinking alot about paddling at night. I personally love to glide through inky darkness with the stars overhead and the…
Preparing for the Hawkesbury Canoe Classic
With only 4 sleeps to go, a certain heavyish kayaker is getting somewhat nervous. Have I trained enough? Is everything organised? Will I be able to paddle all that way?…
Paddling to the Dark Side – Watsons Bay
When you paddle Middle Harbour as often as I do, there is a section of Sydney Habour that seems to rarely ever get visited, and that is the southern part…
Paddle Review: Aussie-made Elver Greenland Paddle
This will be short and sweet, as I don’t intend doing a full review of Greenland paddling itself. But I did receive my new Elver Greenland Paddle yesterday (having recently…
Summer Beach Party with SHK
Sydney Harbour Kayaks are putting on their Summer Launch Party for paddling friends and family to bring in the sunny season on Saturday 31st October down at The Spit. They’ve…
Harbour Sighting – Ella’s Pink Lady
One of the reasons I love paddling Sydney Harbour so much is there is always something cool to see. On this particular paddle, it was the bright pink yacht “Ella’s…
Kayak Review: Epsilon P300
My good friends at Sydney Harbour Kayaks let me know that the latest container-load of kayaks had arrived from Boréal Design, and that I should try out the newly-designed Epsilon…
Great Kayak Adventurers – Freya Hoffmeister
There are too few people in the world whose actions are truly inspiring, and when I think about kayaking there is one name that instantly springs to mind – Freya…
Paddling the Wyong River at night
A bloke named Ned, another Hawkesbury Canoe Classic competitor, got in contact with me a little while back and we decided to meet up for a night-time paddle as part…
Hawkesbury River – A Tale of Two Currents
With my 111km paddle in the Hawkesbury Canoe Classic just weeks away, I thought I should get out and kayak up the Hawkesbury itself to get an idea of the…
Competition: Name Fat Paddler’s kayak
As the Hawkesbury Canoe Classic approaches, a small niggling problem has started to bug me. That is the fact that my kayak doesn’t have a name. My other kayak, my…
Hide Tide Discovery: Scotts Creek
The fantastic thing about paddling in Sydney is that there are so many secrets to be found. On my usual paddling spot (Middle Harbour) there are all types of areas…
Kayak Review: Shrike B450
My friends at Sydney Harbour Kayaks have introduced a new brand of kayaks, Shrike, to their already impressive quiver of paddle-craft. After being talked up as incredibly high-quality hand-made boats…
When sporting bets go wrong – #twitterbetloserfriday
Apart from kayaking, my other passion is rugby union, and in particular supporting my local team (Waratahs) and my national team, the Wallabies. For our national side, our biggest rivalry…
