Enjoy the CDU Newsletter
Published: Fri, 12/12/14
Issue
447
13th December 2014
Message Bank
It's hard to believe that Christmas is around the corner.
We are waiting for all the frenzy buying but it hasn't happened
yet!
How about a new Epic Ski or Epic paddle for
Christmas!
Skis $150.00 off - Club Paddles $399.00
Last week there was the Mandurah Duel although it wasn't
a duel as they didn't run the river section so everyone paddled
the ocean. I had too much on to take part in it but I'm sure
paddlers had a good time. This week is the Bay to Beach, a
race that paddles through the harbour and this year finishing
at Leighton Beach, so it is a bit shorter.
Peter Liddle at the Mandurah Duel
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Hi Terry
How are you?
I have now made it all the way across the Bay of Bengal to
Chittagong.
I have had to take a little break to go to Dhaka to try to
sort out my Myanmar permits.
Hopefully I can find a way to get them to let me paddle in.
Will update my blogs etc this week while I am in Dhaka with
computer access.
Bangladesh is an amazing place to paddle, loving it so much.
Werner paddle still going strong! soon I am crossing my 10000km
mark on this trip.
Sandy
Sandy is somewhere around Chittagong in Bangladesh
I'm just amazed at Sandy's trip around India and Bangladesh.
It really is one of the most amazing trips that a paddler
can do.
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Training & Courses
Fitness Training/
Sausage Sizzle
Saturday 13th of December.
Christmas Sausage Sizzle after the 4km race.
The cook Steve Pilton
The skimpy waitress Alaine but...she's decided not to go skimpy!!!
We are putting on a sausage sizzle at 8.00am after the race on Saturday
13th of December.
Featured Products
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Xstream 420
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Stories
Sandy in Bangladesh
December 1st, Rest Day at Nhijum Dwip,
This is a really fantastic little part of the world to explore.
In the morning at 6.30am I woke up to the sounds of the ranger
calling in the deer from the Forest. There are a couple of
deer that are really tame. After breakfast we went by motorbike
to have a tea shop and from there we could walk into the main
part of the mangrove forest and explore. Some locals had heard
I was there and tagged along so I could meet them. We crossed
many log bridges and not all of them had handrails but the
local policeman helped me balance and then later I got to
meet his family.
Doing my laundry drew
a crowd which I found very amusing - all these people watching
me wash my undies! In the afternoon the SAFE team arrived
and it was great to finally meet Moshiur. They are going to
support me on the rest of my journey across to Chittagong
to make arriving at these islands a little easier. They will
find me places to stay and organise my meals too.
Dec 2. Nhijum Dwip to Tomoruddin, Hatia Island, 32km, I didn’t
really want to leave Nhijum Dwip because I had made a lot
of new friends there, including the friendly deer. The funniest
moment of the day was when I was paddling away and one of
the forest rangers was running along the shore with his camera
and he yelled out “Hold Me, Hold Me!”, of course
he meant “Wait, Wait” because he wanted to snap
a photo (thanks to Khandaker Rahman for that photo below).
I got the tides all wrong
today and that made everything very slow. I found it interesting
how wrong the charts were on this section. Some islands on
the charts were not actually there and other islands had joined
up to form bigger islands. A lot of sediments come down these
river deltas and the sea floor is constantly changing. They
also get regular cyclones which has a dramatic effect. I arrived
to Tomarrudin on Hatia after dark, but that was ok because
the SAFE team where there already. They sent me the landing
location coordinates and they had a good place for me to stay
right on the river front. A local Dr was letting me stay at
his home. I was feeling bad about the large crowd I drew to
this private house, so we went out to dinner in the market
place and the crowd came too and stared at us for the whole
meal. It was not very relaxing, but we could see the funny
side. On the way home we tried to lose them, but it didn’t
work. Thanks to Dr Saju and his family for giving me a place
to stay and for tolerating the crowd. Thanks to the local
police for maintaining the security overnight. Thanks to SAFE
for all arrangements and a great meal.
Fog surround the fishing
boats
Hatia Islands
Hatia Islands, cluster
of islands situated in the Meghna estuary of the Padma River
(Ganges [Ganga] River) delta, southeastern Bangladesh. The
largest of these, South Hatia Island, is a low-lying land
mass about 23 miles (37 km) long and 4–8 miles (6.5–13
km) wide. Only partially protected by embankments from sea
incursions, it frequently is subject to cyclones and destructive
ocean waves. To the northwest, another large island of the
Hatia group divides the Meghna River into two arms, the Shahbazpur
River to the west and the Hatia River to the east. Smaller
islands of the group lie to the west of South Hatia Island
in the Shahbazpur River. The larger of the Hatia Islands are
connected by ferry with the mainland.
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Tasman crossing:
Kayaker Stuart Cleary rescued after distress call
By Charmaine Kane and Tom Forbes
Solo kayaker Stuart Cleary
has been rescued off the New South Wales mid-north coast less
than a day after he set off to cross the Tasman Sea.
Mr Cleary, 53, departed from his home
town of Ballina, in northern New South Wales, on Sunday night
and was attempting to be the first person to paddle solo and
unassisted to New Zealand.
The former oil rig driver contacted
his wife on Monday morning to say he was aborting the mission
and would attempt to paddle towards land. It was understood
the adventurer's homemade kayak had developed steering problems.
A spokeswoman from the Australian Maritime
Safety Authority said a distress beacon was activated on Monday
afternoon. A helicopter and water police headed towards the
signal, about 40 nautical miles north east off Coffs Harbour,
and Mr Cleary was rescued by NSW water police about 4:15pm
(AEDT).
He arrived in Coffs Harbour just after
6:00pm and was described as being in a good condition. Mr
Cleary originally expected the trip to take about 60 days.
The former deep sea diver had spent almost four years preparing
for the Tasman crossing.
"I got interested in it a few years
ago when I saw Andrew McAuley's story," Mr Cleary told
ABC News before he set out.
McAuley was a 38-year-old adventurer
who attempted the crossing in a modified sea kayak in 2007.
He disappeared within sight of New Zealand.
Including Mr Cleary, seven people have
now made 13 attempts to cross the Tasman Sea.
Earlier this year, a New Zealand man
had to be winched to safety just kilometres from finishing
his attempt to become the first solo kayaker to cross the
Tasman.
It was not clear whether Mr Cleary would
continue with the attempt at a later date.
Photo
of the Week
Canadian Friends
Heading Home
Waaaaa!! We are in Christchurch
airport waiting to fly to Sydney and on to Vancouver. Flight
has been delayed a bit - shouldn't miss our connection (but
wouldn't be really sad if we did).
Went kayaking in the Milford Sound and swimming with the dolphins
in Kaikoura and hiking to see the seals. Was really cool with
the dolphins although you can't really see them from above
the water. There were literally about 200 of them and they
would swim right up under you and around you. It was pretty
cool - not like in Florida where you got to touch 1 dolphin
while your other hand was behind your back!
This has truly been a trip of a lifetime and we are so thankful
to our Australian friends for showing us so much of their
beautiful country.
Milford Sound, NZ
Dan and Cheryl have spent
3 months touring Australia and New Zealand. Now they are on
their way home to the snow and freezing temperatures. It appears
they have had a great time.
Bolland
before the Beard
Bolland before the Beard
On location
in New Zealand 1975
Hitch hiking around New Zealand. At the
time when milk was cheap but cars so expensive
Hitch hiking in the middle
of nowhere but the countryside is pretty to look at
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Bishop completes
kayak pilgrimage
A bishop is completing a one week kayak journey from Auckland
to the Bay of Islands following in the footsteps of early
missionaries.
An Anglican bishop is completing
a 250km sea kayak voyage to mark 200 years since the church's
beginnings in New Zealand.
Assistant Anglican Bishop
of Auckland Jim White left Mission Bay in Auckland on November
30 and is expected to end his pilgrimage on Sunday at Oihi
Beach in the Bay of Islands.
A service there on Christmas
Day will mark 200 years since Maori and Christian missionaries
gathered for the first Christian service in New Zealand in
1814.
Bishop White says he had reflected on
the early history of the church and was impressed that early
missionaries and bishops travelled mostly by sea.
"Some of them were wonderfully
intrepid and brave," he said when setting off.
"So, rather than go for a journey
by land, I have decided to go by sea."
Bishop Jim has made the trip with a
friend from school days.
Races
28-Dec-14 Sunday
10 Km Champion Lakes
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18-Jan-15 Sunday Marathon
# 3 Claisebrook Race
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22-Feb-15 Sunday Marathon
# 4 Canning River Race
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01-Mar-15 Sunday City
Lights Long Distance Event
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07-Mar-15 Saturday State
Championships
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08-Mar-15 Sunday State
Championships
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15-Mar-15 Sunday Rod
Fry Memorial Race, Swan
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22-Mar-15 Sunday Bevan
Dashwood Dash, Canning
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Fourth Annual Sea Kayak Symposium 2015
27th February - 7th March 2015
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03-Apr-15 Friday Marathon
Champs Canberra, Easter Weekend
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12-Apr-15 Sunday Canning
Classic
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2014/15 Summer
Series Time Trials
Next one
4: 17 January 2015 City Beach Sorrento Beach 3:30pm
Sponsored by Canoeing Down Under
5: 14 February 2015 City Beach Sorrento Beach 3:30pm
6: 14 March 2015 City Beach Sorrento Beach 3:30pm
7: 18 April 2015 City Beach Sorrento Beach 3:30pm
The Rules
Leg leash and PFD are mandatory on all paddles.
Surf Life Saving craft and members have the right to tell
you to get off the water.
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