Did you know we are never going to clean up the ocean at the rate Marine Debris is going into it. NEVER. We can only change behaviour.
On march the 2nd I will begin the circumnavigation of the Sydney basin. In a world first I plan to Stand Up Paddle 350km and overland portage 50km taking two weeks.
To sponsor SupExplore for this HUGE effort visit www.tangaroablue.org/ and help support the Australian Marine Debris Initiative run by Tangaroa Blue - helping to keep our oceans healthy!
I will have a gps tracker, so you can follow the journey, the link will be posted here.
SupExplore ? Sydney ? Estimate of Daily Timetable
MARCH 2104
Sunday 2nd ? Narrabeen Lake to Palm Beach.
Sunday 2nd ? Gear display at Sydney Harbour Challenge - Middle Harbour Yaght club.
Monday 3rd - Dee Why to Dangar island
Tuesday 4th - Dangar to Wiseman
Wednesday 5th - Wiseman to Sackville ? Meet Brewongle EEC
Thursday 6th - Sackville to Windsor
Friday 7th - Windsor to Yarramundi
Saturday 8th - Yarramundi to Penrith
Sunday 9th - walking
Monday 10th - walking
Tuesday 11th - Liverpool to Oatley ? Meet Georges river EEC
Wednesday 12th ? Oatley to Maroubra
Thursday 13th - Maroubra to Bondi
Friday 14th - Bondi to Manly
Saturday 15th -Manly to Dee Why
Sunday 16th ? Dee Why to Narrabeen Lake. FINISH 9am @ JPP Nisco SUP race.
Regular updates here:
www.facebook.com/supexplore
Further information:
www.supexplore.com
www.tangaroablue.org/
Link to my GPS TRACKER. LIVE UPDATES to my path and location.
spotwalla.com/tripViewer.php?id=8e1553112c2ddc730
Tracker Link goes live tomo at 6am :)
spotwalla.com/tripViewer.php?id=8e1553112c2ddc730
Day one complete. 18 .6 km in 3 hr 20 min Narrabeen lake to Palm beach in overcast and rainy conditions. Big thanks to Alex Faser who joined me and picked up some
debris left on the beach. The longest journey starts with thew first step. Day two - Dangar Island
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Good luck Stu and I will be checking the tracker along the way.
Where are you staying for your Maroubra stopover ?
Surfclub ?
Thanks M
This is done on my credit card so great to hear you are engaging with it. Cheers mate.
NewScotty The sands hotel has been kind and donated a night and are one of my accomodation sponsors.
I will be very happy to have made it that far. That coast is tricky. Hopefully the shore break is behaving !!!
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Thanks M
This is done on my credit card so great to hear you are engaging with it. Cheers mate.
NewScotty The sands hotel has been kind and donated a night and are one of my accomodation sponsors.
I will be very happy to have made it that far. That coast is tricky. Hopefully the shore break is behaving !!!
Let me know if you require access to either Maroubra or South Maroubra surf clubs for a shower or if one of your support crew needs parking or access.
I will pm you my mobile. I have a good contact with both clubs.
Thats sounds fantastic. A friendly welcome would be awesome. I will pm you. Thank you. Stuart
Day Two - Update. Palm beach to Dangar Island, 11.2 km 2hr 20min. A southeast wind on our back changed as wind from the Hawkesbury funneled into our faces for most of this leg. Thankful again to have Alex Fraser along as support crew along with Andy Fermo taking on land crew. Tomo is bigger 60km to Wisemans. So a rest for me this afternoon after I look around this beautiful Island.
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Thats sounds fantastic. A friendly welcome would be awesome. I will pm you. Thank you. Stuart
Sweet mate.
See you Wednesday week.
Hey Stuart, great paddle for a great cause. I live at Sandy Point, about halfway down the Georges river, keen to do the Liverpool to Oatley leg with you. Shane.
Gps Live Tracker Link. Follow the adventure live step by step.
spotwalla.com/tripViewer.php?id=8e1553112c2ddc730
Here is the Dangar Island Dory next to the Fanatic Falcon custom touring 14x27.25. This rowing Dory was first designed and built in plywood sewn together with copper wire in 1982 by Dangar Island resident Ted Holiday 90 years young. This photo shows a Dory which won the annual Dangar Island derby race around the island.
Thank you Dangar for the hospitality. AWESOME
Day three update. It is 4.30am and I am getting my gear ready for a 5.30 am start for the 60 km leg to Wisemans Ferry. Coffee time.
Stuey. Loving the updates. Keep 'em coming. Get through today and tomorrow and looks like wind should be kind to you 
Kissa. 8 hours today. Sore and rcramping
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stoked. Thx
My trusty Suunto watch shows when I ran dry of 3 litres of hydration fluid !!!
Bring on day 5.
Talk to kids at Sackville tomo about sup and Tangaroa Blue
Looking fwd to that.
Follow me live on the Gps SupExplore tracker
spotwalla.com/tripViewer.php?id=8e1553112c2ddc730
Going well.... keep up the great work.
Pretty good average speed considering the distance you have covered.
I have just purchased a Suunto ambit 2, what exercise program do you use?
Have you found a specific program for SUP?
If so does it track your cadence?
Big Lump. Thx for the support. That average speed is with stops to eat and sore feet. Am still new to the Suunto. I have mine custom set to SUP. As far as cadence goes I would start looking for a custom app from suunto users. I love my watch.
I am knackered. 33km in 5hrs 6min into light winds. Just sore from yesterday. Ten dollars for Tangaroa Blue from Rob aboard Crackling Rose. Item of the day : A TV monitor floating by. And a great welcome from Brewongle EEC at Sackville. Tomo 31 km to the famous town of Windsor and a great welcome from the Windsor Canoe Club.
Backing up day after day is hard. Today was half the distance and harder. Tomo is strong head winds. I am coming off injury and a two month rest phase so am feeling it.
What I meant was paddling 33 km yesterday was harder than the 60km the day previous.
Day 5 update. 31km to Windsor and a big welcome in by the Windsor canoe club after 4hrs 56min into the tide. These guys know the essence of mate ship. The Hawkesbury Gazette was on hand to interview me for a story for the paper due out next wednesday. I am on the doorstep of the Nepean portages. Excited
Day 6 Update - 24.6km 5hr 6min, three portages. Best day in ages. Body is getting used to the long days. The team from the Windsor canow club paddled me up to the Nepean river in preperation for the massive 20km and 18 portages I face tomo to get to Penrith. The Windsor club does weekly clean ups shedding light on the monster marine debris problem even up here on the upper Hawkesbury beaches. Thanks Horst, Niel, Warren, and paddling Legend 80 year old Bryan Norman. Donate to Tangaroa blue with some cash or clean up your local beach and send the stats into Tangaroa to go on the Australian Marine Debris Initiative, minimum required 100m 4x a year to represent seasonal variation. Change the way we do things at the top and bottom.
Just started reading this thread Stu.
Awesome effort and a great cause.
Keep up the good work.
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