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Friday, 28 June 2013

In the Paddle Stokes of Oscar Speck ....................


Dressed in an amazing Indian dress with intricate embroidery and small mirrors sown into it, Sandy stood before us, and her story was one of true adventure and inspiration.

Already, she had completed two stages of the her amazing journey.  To paddle from Germany to Australia by kayak, one would have to be crazy,  but that was what Oscar Speck achieved, just before World War II.  This is what Sandy is attempting and achieving in  replicating it.

In her quiet manner she recounts her trip down the Danube River, through various countries including Greece, Turkey, Cyprus, then across country to India and all the way down the west coast of the Sub Continent.

She made the trip sound like a Sunday paddle on the Swan River, but the reality is of an independent woman traveller, taking on the elements and bureaucracy, all in her stride.

Check out her web site at www.sandy-robson.com and if you can, make a donation to assist her in the next stage of her journey.

I wish her luck, she's a remarkable person

 

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