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Day 3, Tuesday 20.01.2009

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My first univited deck visitor – this tiny fish suddenly appeared on my mapcase! Cute… Crossing over to Cape Liptrap that day, 50 km – not much to tell, light winds first, then strongest headwinds again…still spending way too much time on the water! 13,5 hrs that day for such a small distance…going around the […]

27Jan

Day 2, Monday, 19.01.2009

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It was supposed to be *Cassie* Wright at Cape Patterson- sorry Cassie I missed you! Thanks for offering me your help anyway. It turned out to be *Karl* Wright who me me at the beach in Hermes Heaven – by incident! Not related to Cassie – but he was watching me going through the reef […]

27Jan

Day 1, Sunday 18.01.2009

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Les Bognar is loading my boat on his car Saturday early morning – a big thanks to Les and Anne helping me to get going and hosting me in Melbourne! Paul Caffyn’s memory plaque – it was a pleasure to chat to you on the phone, Paul, sitting on that historical site! See […]

27Jan

German NDR-INFO Interview

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For German speaking blog readers: http://www.ndrinfo.de/media/kajak116.html …kind of scary and horrible to hear my voice! But thanks to Ilka Steinhausen/ NDR Info who did a graet job to do the best out of my stumbling answers! I put up a Media Feedback site where I try collecting all those links…help with links always welcome!

17Jan

Victorian Sea Kayak Club – Thanks!

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A cheers from Peter Costello, current VSKC president, to my trip start on Sunday! Thanks for all your help! Compass on the front deck sponsored by VSKC membership officer Andrew Campbell. Thanks! Peter Treby, my Melbourne “logistic manager” for the next year, and Les Bognar, former VSKC club president and my Melbourne host […]

17Jan

RAA Trip Start Tomorrow!

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Hoodie by Epic Kayaks Australia shades by Native Eyewear, picture by Les Bognar Race around Australia trip start tomorrow around 9am, Queenscliff/ Melbourne, Caffyn’s Cove. Weather and tide are looking good. How do I feel ? Excited? No, just worn out and overtired from chasing down last minute stuff not arriving or not working yet. Sometimes it’s […]

16Jan

VSKC Party

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A lot of members of the Victorian Sea Kayaking Club are are supporting me and my trip! Thanks! That day went quick – quite some work to make the “pristine black and white beauty” look a bit colorful – you can like it or not – it’s BIG! 🙂 – I love her! Food shopping […]

16Jan

Work on a Floating Billboard

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It took quite a bit of decision which sticker to put where! The choice… Blog enty written on a Toshiba Portégé R55-11Y

16Jan

Pristine Beauty

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Yes, she is “white” – at least still somehow. She’ll get colorful soon… Blog enty written on a Toshiba Portégé R55-11Y

15Jan

The Picture of the day…

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I was a long, boring drive down to Melbourne, through quite a bit of Australian’s backcountry. 800-something km, 13 hours…It’s dry everywhere, some cattle on few farms, few small creeks, that’s basically it. No koalas or wallabies or kangaroos sighted, but some flatish furry piles along the road and warning signs everywhere. The question on the […]