Things I've learnt...

Things I've learnt since the start of this paddle:

1. Sitting on your arse for 8 1/2 hrs straight is not relaxing - couch potatoes and computer game addicts deserve more respect
2. Sitting on your arse for 8 1/2 hrs soaked in your own pee is generally unpleasant, but still preferrable to getting in the deep dark water where the sharks live, or leaving your World Of Warcraft game as with above said gamers
3. There's more than one use for a coffee cup and two are better than one...dependent on your muscle control
4. Despite what your watch says whilst kayaking, time is not constant, can slow, stop and sometimes go backwards - a similar and related theory applies to dentist waiting rooms, meetings on a monday morning and pregnancy tests
5. The land mass of Australia is in fact a floating island, that sometimes moves - generally clockwise - due to the east Australian current (EAC) first discovered by Nemo, causing land masses to move away from tired kayakers unable to keep up with its rotation and associated time flux
5. What looks like your final destination, often isn't, despite what the map says: a common happening that provides an endless source of amusing and sometimes intelligable expletives from Scott
6. Jeff Buckley, Rage Against The Machine and Coldplay, are all good at attracting sharks
7. Steak and eggs at 4am in the morning is an untapped unrenewable energy which could put India in the top 3 world leading countries if enforced nationally - shame they don't eat cows
8. Australian's like to swear alot and use a variety of interesting non-dictionary derived terms relating to the human antomy as expressions of endearment
9. Scott, unlike normal people and a little like the new Brad Pitt film, is ageing backwards and is currently celebrating his 10th birthday psychologically - shame for him that he doesn't look like a 29 year old Brad...note here that I'm learning how to 'rib': another form of native Australian bonding I've discovered recently and have perfected following a series of unsuccesful attempts that were mistakenly interpreted as 'dissing'
10. Kayaking is a little like moving to Australia: it takes a long time to get there, but it's all worth while once you finally arrive
ROB