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Kayaking around Australia

Author : Andrew Gregory
Publisher : Hardie Grant Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1742737625
Total Pages : 572 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (427 download)

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Download or read book Kayaking around Australia written by Andrew Gregory and published by Hardie Grant Publishing. This book was released on 2011-08-01 with total page 572 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Kayaking is the perfect recreational activity for all ages, skill levels and budgets. What’s more, it’s the ideal way to discover Australia’s best-kept secrets, the many unspoiled natural locations that can only be accessed by water. Kayaking around Australia is the definitive guide to more than 40 of our most beautiful kayaking destinations. From the rivers that flow into the wild coastline of Port Davey in Tasmania’s remote south-west, to Pittwater in Sydney’s backyard, every state and territory is represented. Photographer and experienced kayaker Andrew Gregory personally tested every trip he recommends in the book and offers his expert advice on making the most of each journey.

All the Way Round

Author : Stuart Trueman
Publisher : Macmillan Publishers Aus.
ISBN 13 : 1743288093
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (432 download)

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Download or read book All the Way Round written by Stuart Trueman and published by Macmillan Publishers Aus.. This book was released on 2013-06-01 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 2010, Stuart Trueman set out on a 16-month voyage to circumnavigate Australia by kayak. He wasn't the first person to complete the circumnavigation, or even the second - but he was determined to make it a triumphant third. Stuart's adventure was to be done on a shoestring, with no support team and a powerful belief in the philosophy of Do-It-Yourself, albeit with the kindness and help of the many people he met along the way. This single-handed journey would see him face extraordinary challenges, including the non-stop crossing of mighty 200-kilometre cliff formations, huge seas, dangerous surf, sleeping whales, inquisitive sharks, large crocodiles and the sheer, relentless grind of paddling day in and day out all around Australia's massive coastline. From heatstroke in the tropical north to the icy gales of the Southern Ocean, and everything in between, Stuart's experienced all the wonders and terrors of Australia's diverse geography, writing a gripping account that vividly brings to life the coasts of our incredible continent. Filled with dry humour, resilience and the myriad incidents and dramas that made up this epic journey, All the Way Round is a classic of adventure.

The Dreamtime Voyage

Author : Paul Caffyn
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780958358446
Total Pages : 186 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (584 download)

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Download or read book The Dreamtime Voyage written by Paul Caffyn and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Keep Australia On Your Left

Author : Eric Stiller
Publisher : Forge Books
ISBN 13 : 1466875585
Total Pages : 620 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (668 download)

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Download or read book Keep Australia On Your Left written by Eric Stiller and published by Forge Books. This book was released on 2014-07-08 with total page 620 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Keep Australia on Your Left is a story of friendship forged--and sustained--under demanding circumstances. It is also the personal portrait of Eric Stiller's journey around a continent...and into himself. "You mad bastards. You mad bloody bastards." The challenge? Paddle a kayak around Australia. As Eric Stiller and Tony Brown would discover, the attempt would be a fascinating, frustrating, maddening, and at times hilarious crawl around what many consider the most beautiful but treacherous coastline in the world. Swamped by high waves and rain, hampered by faulty technology, blown off course, baked by a broiling sun or chilled by sub-zero temperatures, battling loneliness and exhaustion--and sometimes each other--it would be the most demanding emotional and physical challenge either had ever attempted. In short, it was the adventure of a lifetime! At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Fearless

Author : Joe Glickman
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 0762783060
Total Pages : 211 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (627 download)

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Download or read book Fearless written by Joe Glickman and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2012-01-24 with total page 211 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Like the instant classic The Last American Man, Fearless is the story of a remarkable individual who accepts no personal limits—including fear. Freya Hoffmeister, a forty-six-year-old former sky diver, gymnast, marksman, and Miss Germany contestant, left her twelve-year-old son behind to paddle alone and unsupported around Australia—a year-long adventure that virtually every expert guaranteed would get her killed. She planned not only to survive the 9,420-mile trip through huge, shark-infested seas, but to do it faster than the only other paddler who did it. As journalist and expert kayaker Joe Glickman details the voyage of this Teutonic force of nature, he captures interminable days on the water and nights camped out on deserted islands; hair-raising encounters with crocs and great white sharks; and the daring 300-mile open-ocean crossing that shaved three weeks off her trip. For 332 days Glickman followed Freya’s journey on her blog—along with a far-flung audience of awestruck, even lovesick, groupies—as she took on one terrifying ordeal after the next. In the end, he says, “her vanity and pigheadedness paled next to her nearly superhuman ability to master fear and persevere.”

The Backyard Adventurer

Author : Beau Miles
Publisher : Brio Books Pty Ltd
ISBN 13 : 1922267317
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (222 download)

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Download or read book The Backyard Adventurer written by Beau Miles and published by Brio Books Pty Ltd. This book was released on 2021-05-05 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After years of adventuring around the globe – running, kayaking, hitchhiking, exploring – Beau Miles came back to his block in country Victoria. Staying put for the first time in years, Beau developed a new kind of lifestyle as the Backyard Adventurer. Whether it was walking 90km to work with no provisions, building a canoe paddle out of scavenged scrap or running a disused railway line through properties, blackberry thickets and past inquiring police officers, Beau has been finding ways to satisfy his adventurous spirit close to home. This book is about conscious experimentation with adventure, making meaning and inspiration out of tins of beans, bits of rubbish and elbow grease. Beau’s Backyard exploits are funny, authentic, insightful and being copied all over the world by everyday people. YouTuber, new dad, and self-described oddball who needs to shower more, Beau is what happens when you cross Bear Grylls with Bush Tucker Man. With a PhD in Outdoor Education, a string of successful short films under his belt and a boundless passion for discovery, Beau is the real deal.

The Fat Paddler

Author : Sean Smith
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781921462313
Total Pages : 208 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (623 download)

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Download or read book The Fat Paddler written by Sean Smith and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Horrific car accidents, the Bali bombing, too many sausages ... Sean Smith survived them all. This is one man's story of his journey back to health and fitness and recapturing his passion for life....

The Packraft Handbook

Author : Luc Mehl
Publisher : Mountaineers Books
ISBN 13 : 1680516035
Total Pages : 406 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (85 download)

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Download or read book The Packraft Handbook written by Luc Mehl and published by Mountaineers Books. This book was released on 2022-01-12 with total page 406 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A staple for paddlers.... [The Packraft Handbook has] now become the bible for outdoor recreators taking their inflatable rafts into the backcountry." ― Anchorage Daily News 2021 National Outdoor Book Award Winner in Outdoor Adventure Guides 2022 Banff Mountain Book Competition Guidebook Winner Alaska-based author is a leading expert on wilderness travel Emphasis on skill progression and safety applies to wide range of outdoor water recreation Vibrant illustrations and photos inform and inspire The Packraft Handbook is a comprehensive guide to packrafting, with a strong emphasis on skill progression and safety. Readers will learn to maneuver through river features and open water, mitigate risk with trip planning and boat control, and how to react when things go wrong. Beginners will find everything they need to know to get started--from packraft care to proper paddling position as well as what to wear and how to communicate. Illustrated for visual learners and featuring stunning photography, The Packraft Handbook has something to offer all packrafters and other whitewater sports enthusiasts.

Sea Kayaking

Author : Philip Woodhouse
Publisher : BalboaPress
ISBN 13 : 1452508496
Total Pages : 381 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (525 download)

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Download or read book Sea Kayaking written by Philip Woodhouse and published by BalboaPress. This book was released on 2013-12-16 with total page 381 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Sea Kayaking, , comprehensive guide for those who travel the open waters in the Southern Hemisphere, Philip Woodhouse, Australian paddler and Royal Australian Air Force veteran, shares his years of experience, technical training, and military teaching skills. What began as a personal reference was soon developed as a training manual, recommended by the Victorian Sea Kayak Club to its membersand East Coast Kayaking to their patrons and Australian Canoeing students. Sea Kayaking covers boat design, kit requirements, paddling skills, health and well-being, meteorology, the ocean environment, navigation, communications, conservation andminimal-impact camping, conservation, seamanship, electrical bilge pumps, solar panels, light sources, boat repairs, leadership, risk management, basic safety and survival strategies , as well as a brief overview about the history and various types of canoeing.. There is also a comprehensive glossary to assist the reader in understanding the terms and concepts discussed in the main text. Woodhouses work differs from most manuals about sea kayaking in that it is written from the perspective of someone who paddles the Southern Hemisphere. As such, the major differences between the two hemispheresweather patterns, navigation, laws, and terminologyare discussed, as well as compared to their Northern Hemisphere counterparts. In the end, paddling skills are paddling skills, hypothermia is hypothermia, and twenty-five-knot winds are twenty-five-knot winds. A three-metre tidal range can still produce a long haul across mud flats when the tide is outand landing through two-metre surf is still scary (though a lot of fun), no matter where you paddle.

Dark Side of the Wave

Author : Paul Caffyn
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780959782301
Total Pages : 96 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (823 download)

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Download or read book Dark Side of the Wave written by Paul Caffyn and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "--In the winter of 1979 Paul teamed up with Max Reynolds - veteran of the success Fiordland Kayak Expedition - to tackle the formidable coastline of Stewart Island. As a warm-up to the trip Paul and Max set out to cross the treacherous waters of Foveaux Strait. --This --book is [an] --account of the first kayak circumnavigation of Stewart Island."--Page 4 of cover.

The Search for the Deepest Hole in the World

Author : Van Watson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780958358439
Total Pages : 248 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (584 download)

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Download or read book The Search for the Deepest Hole in the World written by Van Watson and published by . This book was released on 2021 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Back in 1968, an auspicious meeting was held in a Takaka Hill woolshed between Van Watson, an impetuous young Waitomo caver, and ex-British caver Julia James, 'a lady tornado', who was lecturing in chemistry at the University of Sydney. Van and Jules discovered a mutual interest in a quest to find the deepest hole (cave) in the world ... their quest focussed on the marble massifs of Mt Arthur and Mt Owen, in the South Island of NZ, with a series of recces and annual Xmas expeditions ... Following rumours in 1970 of very thick limestone beds in the Lavani Valley region of PNG, with the potential for a world depth record cave ... this book is Van's narrative of how the trip was conceived 47 years ago, plus a selection of tales from those still on their perches, how they viewed the 1973 expedition and what they went on to achieve. Paul Caffyn has tied it all together with his "better than average" photographs and snuck in a few chapters of his own" --Back cover.

The Happy Isles of Oceania

Author : Paul Theroux
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN 13 : 0547525184
Total Pages : 731 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (475 download)

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Download or read book The Happy Isles of Oceania written by Paul Theroux and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 2006-12-08 with total page 731 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author of The Great Railway Bazaar explores the South Pacific by kayak: “This exhilarating epic ranks with [his] best travel books” (Publishers Weekly). In one of his most exotic and adventuresome journeys, travel writer Paul Theroux embarks on an eighteen-month tour of the South Pacific, exploring fifty-one islands by collapsible kayak. Beginning in New Zealand's rain forests and ultimately coming to shore thousands of miles away in Hawaii, Theroux paddles alone over isolated atolls, through dirty harbors and shark-filled waters, and along treacherous coastlines. Along the way, Theroux meets the king of Tonga, encounters street gangs in Auckland, and investigates a cargo cult in Vanuatu. From Australia to Tahiti, Fiji, Easter Island, and beyond, this exhilarating tropical epic is full of disarming observations and high adventure.

Around Madagascar On My Kayak

Author : Riaan Manser
Publisher : Jonathan Ball Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1868424332
Total Pages : 340 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (684 download)

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Download or read book Around Madagascar On My Kayak written by Riaan Manser and published by Jonathan Ball Publishers. This book was released on 2010-11-15 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the last five years Riaan Manser has re-written the definition of tenacity and become the epitome of determination. Riaan rose to prominence when he became the first person to cycle around the entire perimeter of Africa. For over two years, he padalled a mammoth 37,000kms through 34 countries; some of which rank as the most dangerous places on Earth. It was a feat that earned him the title Adventurer of the Year 2006 and made his resulting book, Around Africa on my Bicycle, a best-seller. In July 2009 Riaan again set another world first when he became the first person to circumnavigate the world's fourth largest island of Madagascar by kayak; another expedition achieved alone and unaided. This incredible journey, 5000km in eleven months, was considerably more demanding, both physically and mentally. Daily, Riaan had to conquer extreme loneliness while ploughing through treacherous conditions such as cyclones, pounding surf and an unrelenting sun that, combined with up to ten hours in salt water, was literally pickling his body. The perseverance, of course, brought memorable close encounters with Madagascar's marine life - humpback whales breaching metres away from his kayak, giant leatherback turtles gliding alongside him and even having his boat rammed by sharks. Riaan travelled around Madagascar during a period of the country's political turmoil, which gave him unrivalled insight into the exotic island's psyche and even earned him two nights in prison on suspicion of carrying out mercenary activities. Around Madagascar in my Kayak is packed with engaging stories and beautiful photographs and is set to become another best-seller.

Around Tasmania

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (119 download)

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Download or read book Around Tasmania written by and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Drawn by its mysterious history and wild and rugged shores, the remote and little-known Australian island of Tasmania proved to be perfect coastline for us to explore by kayak, stopping along the 600-mile route to visit with fishermen and historians, sailors and aboriginals.

Mississippi Solo

Author : Eddy Harris
Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 9780805059038
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (59 download)

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Download or read book Mississippi Solo written by Eddy Harris and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 1998-09-15 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The true story of a young black man's quest: to canoe the length of the Mississippi River from Minnesota to New Orleans.

Paddle to the Amazon

Author : Don Starkell
Publisher : McClelland & Stewart
ISBN 13 : 0771082568
Total Pages : 337 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (71 download)

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Download or read book Paddle to the Amazon written by Don Starkell and published by McClelland & Stewart. This book was released on 1994-09-03 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It was crazy. It was unthinkable. It was the adventure of a lifetime. When Don and Dana Starkell left Winnipeg in a tiny three-seater canoe, they had no idea of the dangers that lay ahead. Two years and 12,180 miles later, father and son had each paddled nearly twenty million strokes, slept on beaches, in jungles and fields, dined on tapir, shark, and heaps of roasted ants. They encountered piranhas, wild pigs, and hungry alligators. They were arrested, shot at, taken for spies and drug smugglers, and set upon by pirates. They had lived through terrifying hurricanes, food poisoning, and near starvation. And at the same time they had set a record for a thrilling, unforgettable voyage of discovery and old-fashioned adventure. "Courageous . . . Exciting and always immediate." -- The New York Times Book Review

Sea Kayaking

Author : John Dowd
Publisher : Greystone Books
ISBN 13 : 1771641444
Total Pages : 312 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (716 download)

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Download or read book Sea Kayaking written by John Dowd and published by Greystone Books. This book was released on 2015-04-20 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sea Kayaking covers the basics of equipment and technique, including types of paddles and strokes, as well as such essential skills as how to read the weather and the water, how to navigate with and without GPS and how to travel with a group. Still regarded as “the bible” for both new and experienced kayakers after more than thirty years in print. Drawing on his many years of experience paddling in all climates, John Dowd presents practical advice on dealing with potential hazards (from surf to sea ice to sharks), carrying out rescues and planning for long-distance expeditions. New for this edition are hints about digital technologies for planning and navigating while kayak touring as well as lots of tips for outfitting boats, adapting equipment and finessing fishing technique while kayak angling—whether casting and jigging for fun on a day trip or trolling for dinner on a longer expedition. Also fully updated are the sections on managing risk and the inspiring stories of adventure, including Freya Hoffmeister’s record-breaking circumnavigation of Australia and Japanese paddlers’ increasingly challenging trips around the islands and beyond. As a sport, sea kayaking continues to evolve. Once the sport of a very few long-distance paddlers embarking on international expeditions, then the recreational pursuit of many weekend tourers, sea kayaking is now popular with many day trippers as well. As more and more paddlers take to the water—for the day, the weekend or many months, this classic guide continues to be required reading for those seeking adventure on the open ocean.