I'm in Mallacoota, safe and sound, and had the most fantastic journey getting here. Not that it was all easy. In fact those who are sick of hearing about how wonderful the weather has been, and how Mother Nature has been serving up weeks of tailwinds will be very pleased to hear that most of the last three days paddling has been into a howling headwind.
‘Cos I’ve got so much to talk about, I’ve gone back and entered separate blogs for each day (isn’t that conscientious?), so you’ll find tall tales from the last 3 days in the last 3 blogs. As for today, its howling Sou-West at 30-40 knots, utterly ridiculous weather for paddling, so I’m staying with Tim Fraser from the Surfrider Foundation, who have been incredible in their support of the trip.
The trip suffered a little set-back when Emi, my partner and land crew, learnt about driving on Australian dirt roads the hard way and crashed into a tree. She’s fine which is all that matters, and NRMA has been fantastic in processing the claim and organising a quick repair. It should be back on the road by Friday, and I’m fine to continue myself as soon as the weather cleans up.In the meantime I’m eating as much as I can, organising more awareness raising on the pulp mill, and hoping that Bastion Point serves up the waves it’s famous for.
Warm welcome at Mallacoota: Locals very interested in dioxin pollutoin from the mill