John & Pat Colquhoun Find Another Paddling Paradise By John & Pat Colquhoun Auckland Harbour is quite different to Sydney Harbour; it sits within the Hauraki Gulf. The Gulf is a huge stretch of water which is protected from the Pacific in the east by the Coromandel Peninsula, in the east by the mainland and … Continue reading
The Best Way to Spend New Year’s With Tim Shillington I needed time to myself and I had a week free from all commitments. I decided that the ideal trip for me was to paddle my ageing, second hand Arctic Raider from Sydney to Batemans Bay on the south coast of NSW. However when I … Continue reading
Nearly Anyway… With Lawrence Geoghegan In January this year Andrew McAuley, Paul Loker and myself paddled our kayaks from Strahan on the west coast of Tasmania and were trying to reach our destination of Hobart in the south. Myself in my Pittarak, Andrew in his Nadgee and Paul in his Mirage 530. The trip started … Continue reading
By Tim Dillenbeck Introduction This story is describing the process of developing a new sea kayak design. But let me first introduce myself. I am a Naval Architect as profession and have for the last 3 years developed a great interest in sea kayaking. I built a wood kayak in 2001 and have paddled many … Continue reading
By Ian Phillips Well it only took five-and-a-half years, but after being the classic miserable bastard solo kayaker for bloody yonks, I finally managed to join my first official Club trip in February this year. Being the first to arrive in the inky darkness, I did a spot of kayak building then I completed a … Continue reading
By Rob Mercer On returning from a recent paddle in far north Queensland it was put to me by a self proclaimed ‘purist’ that expeditions using sails should always note their reliance on the breeze. Any article or discussion of their efforts should carry a precursor warning the reader that it was wind assisted. Furthermore, … Continue reading
The Inaugural Paddle Polaris Kayak Challenge By Mark Berry The inaugural Paddle Polaris kayak challenge was held on Lake Eucumbene over the weekend of 7-8 December 2002. Huw Kingston and his cohorts devised a fiendishly clever event format, based on his popular Polaris mountain bike orienteering series. Two person teams were required to navigate and … Continue reading
How to Stand Out in The Crowd With Julian Smith How to stand out in the crowd. Be safe, be seen they say. With correct preparation your paddle can be located on a satellite photo — handy after your entire paddling lifestyle has been splattered along a wide stretch of surf beach after a mistimed … Continue reading
Coffee Cruisers do Murramarang By Trevor Gardner There seems to be a pervading undercurrent in the NSWSKC that serious Bruiser paddling, a concept borne on the South Coast, is the only valid form of kayak expedition. Suffering seems to be part of the pleasure. I was aware that Vince had just completed a solo crossing … Continue reading
Andrew McAuley Paddles Western Bass Strait Solo By Andrew McAuley It was around 5 am on January 16 this year, in the pre-dawn light three of us were struggling down to the beach in Stanley, Tasmania, with my loaded kayak. I remember easing into the cockpit and Paul shaking my hand in the darkness to … Continue reading
