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North Reef Expedition 2011: Done & dusted

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Thursday, July 28, 2011. We've just arrived into Keppel Bay after a rollicking ride across 40km from Hummocky Island. We hung back until 11am to try to avoid the monster current that clobbered us yesterday, and struck out for Emu Park with about 2 hours of the ebb remaining. Photos and more details to follow, we're going to put our feet up tonight and then head back to Sydney tomorrow. Thanks so much to everyone who has sent messages of goodwill and support through the trip, they were most appreciated.

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North Reef Expedition 2011: Lady Elliot Island Crossing

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Monday, July 18, 2011. Lady Elliot Island Crossing. Greetings from Lady Elliot Island. Rob, Chris and I pulled into the tiny beach in the lee of the island at 8.20pm last night, having set out from a position approximately 2km to the North of Rooney Pt on Fraser Island just over 13 hours earlier. We camped Sunday night on Fraser in incredibly beautiful and pristine conditions, tucked into the lee of the dunes with a big moon providing the floodlighting. At about the 45km mark we were really making ground...

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North Reef Expedition 2011: Ocean Paddler Magazine Article - The North Reef Expedition

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Tuesday, May 8, 2012. Ocean Paddler Magazine Article - The North Reef Expedition. We had the article documenting the North Reef Expedition published in the UK's prestigious sea kayaking magazine Ocean Paddler. You can read the article by clicking HERE. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). North Reef Expedition 2011. We'll all be paddling the new Rockpool Taran, a boat we feel is the most modern incarnation of the load carrying, fast, expedition sea kayak. Flat Earth Kayaks Sails. Weve just arrived into Ke...

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North Reef Expedition 2011: June 2011

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Wednesday, June 29, 2011. North Reef Expedition - the countdown begins. The iconic image of a lone lighthouse on a tropical island, some 110km off the Queensland Coast, makes a tempting target for a sea paddler. Unprotected by the reef, and subject to shifting and largely unpredictable currents which give birth to East Australian Current, the area is a renowned rough water seaway best avoided when things aren't all lined up in the mariners' favour. Or it's close neighbour North West Island. We'll all be ...

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North Reef Expedition 2011: 42km Lady Elliot to Lady Musgrave

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Sunday, July 24, 2011. 42km Lady Elliot to Lady Musgrave. The forecast models for Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday all had the wind cranking up again by mid afternoon which lowered our margin for a safe passage to Musgrave below an acceptable level. Friday's forecast from Karel at kayakweather.com was far more encouraging however, for the first time predicting a drop that would stay down. Our forecast for Sunday is ideal, winds 20 kn from the SSE to SE, so the plan is to get going early and continue our '...

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North Reef Expedition 2011: Our Island Homes….

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Thursday, July 7, 2011. Our Island Homes…. Our expedition takes past more than 20 reefs, cays and coral islands, but unfortunately there are only three in the first 200km on which we're allowed to land. This has meant a bit of logistical pre-arrangements with the owners and managers of two of the three islands to accommodate us and our likely unpredictable schedule. The first stop is. The second of our 5-star stopovers is the world renowned. We've promised to spend a few hours on the water with Tim when ...

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East Cape Kayak Fishing - Links

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WORLD-CLASS FISHING FROM INCHES ABOVE THE WATER! These are links to some our favorite Web sites. If you have a link that you think would go well on our site, please submit it via our contact form. For our review. We are happy to link back to those that link to us if we feel it is appropriate. Kayak Fishing Records from around the world. Blue Water Jon video. CA Dept. of Fish and Game. Torrey Pines Glider Port Real Time wind Conditions. La Jolla Shores Hotel. The Hyatt in La Jolla. Nor Cal Kayak Anglers.

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North Reef Expedition 2011: All set, waiting for weather confirmation

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Saturday, July 16, 2011. All set, waiting for weather confirmation. We landed in Bundaberg this morning to grey skies and a honking Sou'Easter churning up the sea. The forecast is for it to build over the weekend then drop Monday and swing to the south west on Tuesday. We're now in Hervey Bay waiting on tomorrow's 4am forecast to confirm the SE winds and then we have Ken standing by with his charter to run us out to Rooneys for the take-off. All three of us are excited and raring to go. This blog will do...

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North Reef Expedition 2011: North West to Hummocky

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Thursday, July 28, 2011. North West to Hummocky. We left North West this morning just after sun up, after yet another pack and load in the early morning darkness. We had long morning on a dead sea with a head current for half the day which slowed us to just over 6kmh. We spotted a whale about 5km off North West, and the flying fish continued to put on their spectacular aerial shows. It was a nice way to end what was probably the only uninspiring day on the water on our whole trip. This blog will document...