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Great time of year to get out on the water. Photo credit. Snapper Brown
05/01/2026

Great time of year to get out on the water. Photo credit. Snapper Brown

Known fact the last thirty km of the australian nz traverse is the most dangerous. Wanna know why??In February 2007, Au...
30/11/2025

Known fact the last thirty km of the australian nz traverse is the most dangerous. Wanna know why??

In February 2007, Australian adventurer Andrew McAuley took a selfie in the middle of the Tasman Sea… a photo that would unknowingly become his last known image.

He was attempting the impossible — a solo 1,600 km kayak journey from Australia to New Zealand. No es**rt boat. No backup crew. Just one man, a tiny kayak, and the endless open ocean.

For weeks, he paddled through freezing nights, towering waves, and violent storms. He got so close — just 30 miles from land, after more than a month alone at sea.

Then, everything went quiet.

Andrew made a final distress call… and vanished.

His kayak was later found upside down, drifting in the waves.
Andrew himself was never recovered.

This haunting photograph is the last glimpse of him — exhausted, frostbitten, determined, and still fighting.

A man staring into the camera… with the entire ocean beneath him and fate above him.

Some journeys are remembered not because they ended…
but because of the courage it took to begin them.

Michael has just started a surfers journey. Sharing the stories and character of the surf and hinterland from Alaska to ...
04/10/2023

Michael has just started a surfers journey. Sharing the stories and character of the surf and hinterland from Alaska to deep into South America. Check out that journey here Michael McNamara

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~ 'God almighty said to Moses, peace be upon him: Take an iron staff and wear iron sandals, and then tour the earth until the staff is broken and the shoes are worn out'. - Muhammad bin al-Sarraj.

~ “Uncertainty is the true essence of adventure, and that’s why we feel so attracted to it.” - Kepa Acero.

There is a lot to see and do in this World. There is still adventure for those willing to seek it. Ibn Batutta, Marco Polo and Kepa Acero have shown us this. Peter Troy and Kevin Naughton also led some interesting travels and lives.

I knew what I wanted the moment I opened the Surfer Magazine edition featuring Erik Aeder's photos of Nias. I was around 12 years old at the time and I was so wowed by what I was seeing. I could not even begin to relate to the beauty of the place, the unimaginable quality of the Waves and the part of the World from where it was all happening. I just knew that I wanted that.

Years later, from high upon the mast, deep within the Indian Ocean, I shot this in the waning light of day.

A good day on the water is as good as a holiday!!!
19/06/2023

A good day on the water is as good as a holiday!!!

Reading the ocean is an art and science. A mastery course. Lessons available daily!
02/01/2023

Reading the ocean is an art and science. A mastery course. Lessons available daily!

Sure is a great day to get out on the water!!!
11/09/2022

Sure is a great day to get out on the water!!!

Summer has arrived. Let us know if you want to get out on the water.
25/12/2021

Summer has arrived. Let us know if you want to get out on the water.

This photo always makes me pause
28/10/2021

This photo always makes me pause

Some days are perfect !!! Let me know if you want to get out on the water.
27/04/2021

Some days are perfect !!! Let me know if you want to get out on the water.

Wave of the month/year/decade? Peter Mel, Mavericks. January 2021 Enjoy. Great time of year to enjoy a peaceful quite ...
13/01/2021

Wave of the month/year/decade? Peter Mel, Mavericks. January 2021 Enjoy. Great time of year to enjoy a peaceful quite paddle or push yourself if you dare !!!

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