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Finish at Queenscliff – now more pictures uploaded!

DONE! Thanks to all people helping me along and welcoming me so nicely! A special thanks to the VSKC! It was an overwhelming reception! I promise, if anyone will paddle around Australia within the next 27 years, I’ll be at the finish line!   More pictures: (most pictures by Philip Dyer)    some fellow paddlers with flares […]
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Day 330 + 331, Sunday + Monday, 13.+14.12.2009

Text messages from Freya:   38.22 144.16 Point Addis 6.30 to 20   Beautiful day with lots of “office work” on the water   38.44 143.40 Apollo Bay 5 to 5 pm 75 km.  TWO DAYS LEFT!
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Day 328, Friday, 11.12.2009

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!
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Selling our campervan

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 […]
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Thanks! Please join the party!

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 […]
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outlook

(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 […]
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Day 327, Thursday, 10.12.2009

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.
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Day 326, Wedesday, 9.12.2009

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 […]
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Day 325, Tuesday, 8.12.2009

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 […]
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