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Text message from Freya via satellite phone: 38.37 142.59, Port Campbell. 5:30 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., 70 km.

Email from Freya: 38.23 142.13, Port Fairy. 5:30 a.m to 7:00 p.m.,  75 km. Same ride as yesterday…rough and wet, but nicely pushing!

Greg and I decided to put our faithful and trustworthy 4-wheel drive Mitsubishi campervan on the market for sale after my trip is finished.   Specifications: 4WD Long Wheel Base High roof Mitsubishi Delica 1996 Automatic 2.8 liter Turbo intercooled diesel. 63000 km. Dual airconditioning. Reversing close circuit camera / DVD Player.   Camper fit out […]

A lot of local Australian people have helped me along the way, with either accomodation, food, transport, sharing knowledge, company or publicity help. I’m aware that for most  people on the following list it will be tough or next to impossible to follow my invitation to join my arrival party on Tuesday/ Wednesday, but nevertheless […]

(Picture by Rose Fletcher) It looks like I’m having three days of padling left. My arrival day at Caffyn’s Cove in Queenscliff, Melbourne will probably be Tuesday, 15th, before slack tide around noon.  Everybody is very much welcome to join me to paddle to Caffyn’s Cove the last few km from Point Lonsdale. The VSKC is so kind to […]

Email from Freya: 38.22 141.24, Cape Bridgewater. 65 km, 5:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. A rough paddle in moderate to strong following wind. Glad to arrive in the sheltered Bridgewater Bay.

Email message from Freya: 38.03 140.52, Brown Bay. 7:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.,  50 km What a ride! Yes, it was strong northwest following wind as forecast, 20-25 kn, but I felt I could handle it and I wanted to go. There were plenty of reef-sheltered beaches up to Port McDonnel where I’d be able […]

Text message from Freya: 37.54 140.23, Carpenter Rocks. 60 km, 8:00 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. I didn’t want to go at first, as the wind was strong with a front and a dark sky was coming through in the morning. But it was supposed to ease a bit, and the wind to shift a bit to […]

Text message from Freya: 37.29 140.00, Beachport. 75 km, 5:00 a.m. to 8:30 pm. A mostly calm day aside from the last three hours of moderate headwinds. After Robe a big swell was breaking on the reefs – stay away! After Nora Creina I paddled about 10 km inside the reef, until it was unprotected again.

The last Coorong Beach day! Everyday the surf got lower, and actually, this morning there was not much big surf at all any more. It was still a wide line of breakers, but they were tiny this morning, and temporary on a lull it was even showing up almost a smooth surface.   The forecast […]