Auction prizes

Auction prizes for Wednesday night so far are....
Hope you can make it.

1. Kylie Double Pass – Silver
2. Adrenalin experience gift vouchers - www.adrenalin.com.au
   
3. Dinner for 2x at Favela - www.favela.com.au
4. Lamborghini toy cars - www.lamborghini.com
5. $300 ksubi voucher - www.ksubi.com
6. Men’s out fit from the new Fernando Frissoni label - www.sunherald.com.au/fashion
7. Framed large print from Aquabumps - www.aquabumps.com
8. Time Out Subscription - www.timeoutsydney.com.au
9. Ruby Smallbone dress - www.rubysmallbone.com.au
10. Famous Magazine beauty pack - www.famousmag.com.au
11. Deus Ex Machina gift vouchers - www.deus.com.au
12. Odyssey sunglasses - www.odyssey2020.com
13. 1 week satellite phone hire and 2 hour boat charter from Pittwater - www.banksiaferrycharters.com.au

Fundraising auction launch party

YOU'RE INVITED!

We're holding a fundraising party in Paddington on Wednesday 3rd Dec for anyone that can make it. There's going to be so many cool items up for auction including Odyssey sunnies, an Aquabumps surf pic and weekends away, to exclusive tickets to Kylie's sold out concert and Gucci handbags, plus loads more. We'll put a full list up soon. Please pass on the invite to anyone that would like to come, can donate something to the auction or would like to know more about our paddle and our cause - raising money and awareness of Prostate Cancer.

The kayak schedule

Here's our planned paddle schedule. It includes the approximate distance to paddle, date and destination. I seem to have underestimated the total distance by about 100kms from when we first considered this trip - oops. Just means some big paddle sections and less room for bad weather. We've got a remote camping spot planned on Broughton Island, but the rest are mostly towns. The biggest section is 60km, which could cause some problems, but we've got a couple of rest days and some fat within the plan. Currently Christmas is at Coffs and New Year at Seal Rocks. I'm not sure that the celebrations at Seal Rocks are going to be that wild, but I like the idea of a bonfire on the beach and beers.

5 weeks to go

I've been out this morning to buy stuff from a boat place. It feels like being a kid in lolly shop except its all a lot more expensive. Here's what I got myself:


1 x Hig vis workman's shirt - so I can be seen on the water
1 x workman's polaroid sunnies - much less expensive at $10 than the Oakley kind - also pretty cool looking
1 x 2m length of nylon rope - I feel like I should have it, without knowing what it's for
1 x roll of sealable rubber tape - for the paddles and minor repairs
1 x roll of all purpose duct tape - for major repairs
1 x fibreglass repair kit - for bolstering the middle of the kayak which has fallen in slightly - I'll do that tomorrow
2 x smoke flares
2 x red light flares
1 x plastic flag thing that can be seen by helicopters, satellites and god
1 x glow stick - for hard house kayaking once the ipod's installed
1 x emergency blanket - in case I get cold
1 x emergency mirror - for annoying people on the beach


I talked to the guys behind the desk and apparently we can hire EPIRBS and VHF radios which is great beacause the cost a bomb.

All that's left is to get an emergency collapsable paddle, marine charts, some lifejackets, funding, water holders, the kayak up to Byron and to start paddling. We're getting there. R

I'm a bi-global home owner

Oh my god, or (OMG) as my girlfriend puts it - I'm coming to terms with the fact that I'm a 'bi-global home owner'. In the past it's taken years for people to out themselves, but with modern technology and access to the web, it now takes just seconds. Literally 10 hours ago, me and Ali (my harem queen) signed a contract on a house in Manly...so what with kayak courses and a bloody great 6m fibreglass double kayak sittting in the garden outside...I'm penniless. Scott says that he'll bring me a sandwich and some milk when he comes round.

The auction party we're doing is looking great. We've got all sorts of crazy prizes. The venue and date will be confiormed this week and the invite will go up on the blog, so if you're reading this and can get to Australia in early Dec then you're morally, physically and spiritually obligated to come along. Anyone that can donate some cool prizes please let us know.

So...on media we've had some good news. The Morning show on Channel 7 have said they'd like to interview us. Aquabumps Eugene has given us a post. Outdoors magazine are doing a link and the Manly Daily are doing a shoot. Woop woop. We're going to make prostates famous.

Another massive thanks to Bruce from Pittarak kayaks and his lovely lady. We went up to see them last weekend and got some great advice that has reshaped our whole outlook on the journey. They've done some amazing work for kids' cancer research and there are sites all around the country that have been started by the work they've done together. Check out the site.

Name TBC

So we had our first paddle this morning on our new double Pittarak kayak that we brought on the weekend. I am a little and tired now after being up since 4:30am this morning but no pain no gain I guess... 

We were both happy to know that it floats!

The only thing left for us to do (besides the obvious of training  as much as possible) is to name her. We were hesitant to give her just any name so we are waiting for the name to come to us when training so we will keep you posted.

Only a small one today but thought it was important to let you know about another milestone achieved.

Scott.