Ocean Crusaders visit to St Helena Island found more than we were bargaining for. Luckily we had 172 eager volunteers to help us out. St Helena Island is a heritage listed island due to the historical ruins of the former…
It might of started off as a little bit cold, however by the time the 67 paddlers hit the water, the conditions were absolutely perfect, except for the fact there was debris to be cleaned. Courtesy of a grant from…
The culmination of our Yarra River Blitz was a Paddle Against Plastic event. These events are growing rapidly in popularity with paddlers of all types invited to come down and help clean up the river. We find that by creating…
For years, I have dreamed of owning a Spinlock PFD as they are the very best inflatable flotation devices on the market. They are comfortable to wear and have the best reputation on the market. With our new boat ‘Salter’…
Courtesy of a sponsorship from the team at Ocean Addicts, we held a very important Paddle Against Plastic event yesterday out of the Ocean Addicts SUP hire center at Cotton Tree. Rather than just your simple clean up, this time…
There are some days that you walk away from an event just shaking your head, and that happened at yesterdays Paddle Against Plastic at Bulimba Creek in Hemmant. So close to Brisbane city and a major tributary into the Brisbane…
Our second Paddle Against Plastic on Queensland’s Sunshine Coast was set up to finish cleaning Stumers Creek after a team of 18 paddlers had managed to pull 107kg of debris out back in June. We had a focus of cleaning…
Coming to the end of a big journey like this is bitter sweet. The feat of actually finishing is one thing, however the fact that it is over is another thing all together. When you add to the fact that…
One of the things I never did in Fiji when I was here last was go diving. We were running windsurfing and kitesurfing tours so a few snorkels were about as close as we got to the action. There were…
Waking up in Fiji means waking up in Fiji time. There is no hurry to do anything and as we had a whole weekend to fill in before we could get to the islands, that’s exactly what we did. We…