By Paul Caffyn
Dreamtime Voyage is Paul Caffyn's tale of 1 of the main impressive trips ever undertaken through kayak - the 1st circumnavigation of Australia, a 9,420 mile epic.
it really is an inspirational story of 1 man's dogged choice to satisfy his very unlikely dream opposed to all odds, together with tropical cyclones, raging surf, sharks, crocodiles, sea snakes and lengthy sections of sheer limestone cliffs.
John Dowd, writer of Sea Kayaking defined the voyage as follows:
Amongst sea kayakers Paul Caffyn is nearly in a category of his personal. For the longest time after he complete his outstanding solo circumnavigation of Australia the silence was once deafening: few of his friends knew the importance of what he had performed, and maybe those that understood felt misplaced in his shadows. not just is Paul's Australian experience a top for sea kayaking, it's going to finally be well-known as one of many nice small voyages of contemporary historical past besides these of Slocum, Shackleton and Franz Romer.
The narrative is a mix of early maritime historical past, interesting dramatic moments, descriptions of the harshness and wonder of the gigantic Australian panorama, interplay with the coastal dwellers at paintings and play, and funny interludes together with his New Zealand help crew.
Paul Caffyn's Dreamtime Voyage was once additionally a trip of self discovery. For 4 months in Northern Australia he paddled solo with out likelihood of rescue within the occasion of a unmarried mistake. rather within the Kimberleys Paul journeyed into the twilight quarter of his personal dreaming. The grueling in a single day stints alongside the 3 units of cliffs supply compelling reading.
Dreamtime Voyage will encourage all those that dream approximately adventuring to being settling their very own desires in reality.
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Additional resources for The Dreamtime Voyage: Around Australia Kayak Odyssey
The next summer season, one other dream was once learned while I paddled my sea kayak Isadora round the North Island, followed through a workforce of associates on shore. Sea kayaking had relatively bitten me, for there has been no manner i'll shake off the compulsion to plot and adopt one other journey. Max teamed up with me back for a crossing of Foveaux Strait in August 1979, and a gripping yet relaxing journey round Stewart Island. the hot Zealand odyssey used to be whole. simply 4 months later, i used to be surprised via the scoop of Max’s loss of life. Tragically, he drowned with one other cobber within the flood-swollen waters of a river on the best finish of the South Island. jointly Max and that i had solid an impressive partnership at the excessive seas. He had an irrepressible experience of humour and a kindred wish to take on the unknown. I felt deeply saddened via his premature loss of life. i discovered that analyzing the funeral carrier was once way more emotionally stressful than something we had ever confronted at sea. years of educating tune and outdoors schooling to little ones at an area highschool within the mid seventies had left my morale and self worth at a low ebb. I had little spark, little zest to head out and utilize New Zealand’s nice outdoor. The odyssey round the 3 islands of latest Zealand, the place i used to be compelled to count implicitly alone review of stipulations and events, had revitalized my self belief and self worth. on the finish of every ‘big trip’, i'll glance again with satisfaction on the fulfillment of taking over a massive problem and finally achieving the target. other than the problem of the kayaking, one other part used to be the invention of a very stress-free lifestyle. camping out on seashores, poking into infrequently visited ports, studying concerning the early background of every zone, and being invited to affix within the impressive existence of the coastal dwellers, advanced right into a magic lifestyle. The encouragement of a shore-based help group additionally further to the excitement of the journeys. just like the drug addict bring to a halt from his offer, a routine challenge with my sea kayak expeditions used to be the inevitable withdrawal indicators or put up journey blues. because the reminiscence slowly light, the journeys started to tackle a dream like caliber. Sharp, vibrant psychological images of sharks, by no means finishing cliffs, cyclones and gruelling hours on heaving seas tackle a fuzzy legendary caliber. photos and excerpts from diaries re-light the stories, however the immediacy of the instant is long past ceaselessly. the one strategy to recapture the adrenalin rush of break-outs via great surf, the magic of paddling via moonlit nights, and the ‘thank God’ aid of escaping from a raging sea into the quiet tranquillity of a sheltered bay, is to dream up one other outrageous, very unlikely dream. thankfully, whilst i started knocking out the massive journeys, the period of sea kayaking was once corresponding to the golden 50’s interval of hiking while the key Himalayan peaks have been being explored and scaled for the 1st time. even supposing a centuries outdated and conventional kind of shipping within the Arctic Ocean, sea kayaking within the new sturdy of fibreglass kayaks used to be in its infancy.