For myself, however, I prefer my ocean rowing to be a much tamer affair, as it was when I went out one evening to kayak with Outdoor Discoveries over to Brown's Island in the harbour for a sunset picnic. It was a lovely thing to do, despite the wayward steering and unitasking co-paddler (and unscheduled landing on a nudist beach): calm seas, colourful spinnakers, cheese and wine and real coffee, sunset over the city, watching all the lights come on, and then, a first for me, phosphorescence in the water on the way back in the dark - or bioluminescence as it's called these days. Whichever, it's fascinating, spectacular and fun, all at once. Just thinking about it makes me want to do it again.
Monday, 15 March 2010
O for awesome
For myself, however, I prefer my ocean rowing to be a much tamer affair, as it was when I went out one evening to kayak with Outdoor Discoveries over to Brown's Island in the harbour for a sunset picnic. It was a lovely thing to do, despite the wayward steering and unitasking co-paddler (and unscheduled landing on a nudist beach): calm seas, colourful spinnakers, cheese and wine and real coffee, sunset over the city, watching all the lights come on, and then, a first for me, phosphorescence in the water on the way back in the dark - or bioluminescence as it's called these days. Whichever, it's fascinating, spectacular and fun, all at once. Just thinking about it makes me want to do it again.
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I love kayaking too especially in rapids although calm water is also great.
I just had a small travel adventure canoeing on Hilo Bay, which I wrote about on my blog. What fun it was!
Coming to you via the Queen!
Bali: Welcome! I've only done rapids in Australia where the fact that there were crocs in the water was more of an issue (http://www.nzherald.co.nz/travel/news/article.cfm?c_id=7&objectid=10587369) - but it was fun.
Hattie: Good for you! There's nothing like messing about in boats, as Ratty said.
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