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Day 64, Sunday, 22.03.2009 (back write-up!)

(Day 62 + 63 eventually updated as well…sorry it took me that long!) In the rainforest house off Mackay, dow by the rivers… The day off should be full of chores as ususal on such a pit stop…laundry, gear repairs, blog-updates, e-mails, preparing the next leg, shopping… But first thing in the morning were no chores […]
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Day 63, Saturday, 21.03.2009 (day 64 between day 74 and 75)

Mackay, 60 km Safe and sound in Victor and Alyth house. Sunday will be off for organisation. I need to write more later, sorry! (Day 64 between day 74 and 75…) Victor with his three woman Alyth (right), Beth and me Day 63 and 64 were very special for me, sorry it took that long […]
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Day 62, Friday 20.03.2009

21.32 149.28 Cape Palmerston.  70km. No losses today besides some weight—looking good! What are butterflies doing dozens of miles offshore?   This was another day paddling wide offshore in the open water. Tides pushing, islands passing by, not much to say (and to remember…) that late updating…I can’t even tell how the campsite was looking…I […]
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Day 61, Thursday 19.03.2009

22.00 149.51 Wild Duck Island 70km mostly BIG seas ride on strong wind against strong tide-endless tidalrace! Top speed 26.2 km! But average only 6 km.. One hour into the day’s paddle, a flash thought came to my mind – I couldn’t remeber I packed my mobile phone into the dayhatch as usual…I must have […]
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Day 60, Wednesday, 18.03.2009

22.13 150.28 Cape Townshend 75km perfect run with strong wind and tide through beautiful area, but lost my “securely strapped to the backdeck” PFD with ACR epirb. How stupid! Yes, I should better put it on… The signs are getting better…and bigger…amazing, when there is no pinch of civilisation anywhere, you are attracted by the […]
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Day 59, Tuesday 17.03.2009

22.39 150.48 Cliff Point. 60km. In military area live shooting range. I had to pass through the wide Shoalwater military training area, entering by permit only. A call on that morning on entering to the range officer made him a bit upset about me checking in that late, but oh well…I knew already there won’t […]
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Day 58, Monday 16.03.2009

Great Keppel Island 50 km I had to stop to fix some gear issues for 4 hours… It turned out that I didn’t put the hatch on wrong the last day to get a fully flooded stern compartment – I guessed on the next island – the beautiful Hammocky Island -I rather gave it a check again. […]
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Day 57, Sunday, 15.03.2009

23.29 151.14 Cape Capricorn 70km I was paddling way offshore all day, through 17 waiting freighters. It was quite a game to count them, as they were shifting perspective all the time, appearing and disappearing behind the horizont. I rather went outside than taking the inside passage of Curtis Island and passing Gladstone and quite some […]
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Day 56, Saturday, 14.03.2009

  23.58 151.36 Richards Point 75 km 11 hr   Three 20cm crabs were swimming 3km offshore, strange…I saw few turtles, but these huge bulked seaweed plaques started to float around. I first mistook them for giant turtles…   I was landing at low tide, and had to make a long portage on dry ground. There was […]
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Day 55, Friday, 13.03.2009

24.26 152.00 Mitchell Creek 55 km Mitchell Creek River Mouth I simply had enough on the second day paddling after 55km, I was till sore from the last 85 km day in rough seas. Amazing how fast your body looses the fitness… I was not sure about further up landings on this coast. The beach […]
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