Two Sydney men are preparing for a world-first voyage across the Tasman Sea in a kayak. Former schoolmates James Castrission, 24 and Justin Jones, 23 will attempt the “Crossing The Ditch” paddle from Sydney to Auckland in December.
Where else would you rather be in a Melbourne winter? Well of course, where else but Queensland and you might as well go via Vanuatu.
It’s almost winter on the east coast of Australia and with the cooler weather arriving, another visitor to the coastal waters is also now making their presence felt Every year, at this time, Humpback whales can be seen travelling up the New South Wales coast on their way to the Great Barrier Reef in time for their breading season. In fact Humpback whales will be making there way north throughout June and early July.
Mooloolaba Yacht Club skipper Michael Balkin completed a meteoric rise up the ranks of Queensland offshore yacht racing when he steered the former Royal Hong Kong Yacht Club sloop Corum to a popular win in the Brisbane to Gladstone race.
Just 18 months ago Balkin was satisfied with sailing in fun race events on the Sunshine Coast before he decided to buy the champion sloop Corum.
That became a career changing decision when skipper Balkin and his crew out sailed their rivals in a demanding test of tactical offshore racing over the 308 nautical mile course.
Light unstable winds will force the 48 skippers of the 58th Brisbane to Gladstone Yacht Race to rethink their race strategy when they line up for the start of the 58th Brisbane to Gladstone race today.
Even with the high standard of yachts competing in this years race, they will be struggeling to beat the 2004 race record of 10 hours of her 20 hour 24 minute 50 seconds. This record was set by Victorian super maxi “Skandia” when she recorded an impressive 15.09 knot average for the 308 n/mile course.
Nearly 2.7 meters long, a huge catfish was caught in northern Thailand. It may be the largest freshwater fish ever recorded. I came across this article in the National Geographic website and its worth reading.
Caught last May (05) in the Mekong River, a team of fishermen struggled for more than an hour to haul the creature in. It tipped the scales at 293 kilograms.
Zeb Hogan, a National Geographic Society emerging explorer and a WWF conservation science fellow said “It’s amazing to think that giants like this still swim in some of the world’s rivers.” The giant catfish is currently the focus of a World Wildlife Fund and National Geographic Society project to identify and study the planet’s biggest freshwater fish.
You can view the full story and a picture at the link below.
Full Giant Cat Fish story with pictures
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