http://qajaqunderground.com Home of Freya Hoffmeister Thu, 02 Jul 2009 11:38:35 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The new kayak and I are ready to go! The boat is customized to my needs and sealed, the gear is cleaned and repacked and my skin is healed (well enough) to get going again on the long haul down to Perth. I'm launching tomorrow from the same spot where I landed before my break. ... http://qajaqunderground.com/2009/07/02/day-162-166-sunday-thursday-2806-02072009/ My old boat loaded on Terry Bolland's van, ready to drive back to Perth.   It's pool time for the new boat! Luckily the Broome Caravan Park has a beautiful one, and the management lets me jump into it with my new kayak!           http://qajaqunderground.com/2009/06/28/day-161-saturday-27062009/ It's outfitting time! Thanks to Terry Bolland and to my partner Greg Bethune to do an increadible job today! They were busy all day on the new boat, plus getting the old one in shape again to stay as a spare kayak for me. Terry will take the old one back down to Perth, ... http://qajaqunderground.com/2009/06/28/day-160-friday-19062009/ I was still working all next morning on my website, when we thought we should make some phone calls to find out where Terry Bolland was on his drive up from Perth to Broome with my new epic 18 x sport expedition kayak on his roof rack! It turned out he'll arrive ... http://qajaqunderground.com/2009/06/28/day-159-thursday-25062009/ Busy updating my website   When I landed Tuesday night in very last light at Kooljamans, it was still not directly at the beach of the Kooljaman's wilderness camp, where I planned to stay for some days with shower and electrical hookup for charging my batteries. I was waiting Wednesday morning in my beach ... http://qajaqunderground.com/2009/06/28/day-158-wednesday-24062009/ Yes, I made it yesterday to Cape Leveque/ Kooljaman through BIG spring tides in a 85 km leg. I'll write about details later. I'm in a dry climated room right now to heal my sore skin, it really doesn't look and felt good the last days paddling. I've got internet access here, and will upload ... http://qajaqunderground.com/2009/06/23/day-157-tuesday-23062009/ Jacqui Williams of Epic Australia reports: Freya’s boat left this morning  - very securely tied down on Terry Bolland’s car.  Terry is an Epic reseller in Perth through his shop Canoeing Down Under in Bassendean. Thanks Terry and those who went to great efforts to help us find a way to get ... http://qajaqunderground.com/2009/06/23/the-new-epic-kayak-is-on-its-way/   I couldn’t leave the beach before the water was at least there where it has been when I arrived – at the edge of the steep sandy beach. The sandy and muddy tidal flat needed to be flooded. The sound of the rushing in tide tried to keep me awake last ... http://qajaqunderground.com/2009/06/23/day-156-monday-22062009/   The first light always has a magic effect on my body. Tiredness was gone, and I prepared myself to eventually make some progress towards Caesar Island! I took the chance to jump out of the boat to open my hatches for more food on a shallow reef edge, but not ... http://qajaqunderground.com/2009/06/23/day-155-sunday-21062009/ Sam Marshall, manager of the Kuri Bay Pearl Farm, sending me off at 5am     I woke from the mutual alarm making noise all over the pearl farm at 4am. The workers start their day quite early! But I was ready to go anyway. I filled my water bags for the last 5 ... http://qajaqunderground.com/2009/06/21/day-154-saturday-20062009/